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Plagiarism

What it means and how to avoid it

Date : 01/03/2017

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Ronald

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Uploaded on : 01/03/2017
Subject : English

Plagiarism is replication peoples` ideas and works and owing them for your own personal merits without their authorization (University of Oxford, n.d.).

EXAMPLES

Producing songs in the music industry without the consent of the artists hence killing their morale

Copywriting of some author`s work at and making a sell at a more affordable price hence creating unfair competition

Stealing of portraits ideas e.g the aHrt industry and possessing them to attract more customers (Jlo, 2014).

Copywriting of videos in the film industry hence leading to more bunning of video tapes

Copying of ideas by various media houses such as reenacting programs and advertisements from various agencies

Research projects by students from various institutions of higher learning from their fellow students or famous writers

How to avoid plagiarism

Avoid copywriting of artists works hence putting effort in your own personal work

The film lovers should be cautious enough to buy genuine video and music tapes hence discouraging the bunning of CDS

Production of genuine videos with the consent of artists

Quoting of information as it is from various materials used

Citing various sources

Paraphrasing of reference materials and be cautious enough not to use the authors words

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