Plagiarism involves presenting another's work as one's own without proper citation or credit. It is considered an academic offense and breach of ethics. While plagiarism itself is not a crime, it can constitute copyright infringement, which is a civil wrong and criminal charges. Universities and regulators are taking measures like guidelines and potential deregistration or dismissal to address plagiarism in academics and discourage this deteriorating practice. Stricter laws are needed to protect intellectual property and encourage original work.

1. TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION
IN EDUCATION
ASSIGNMENT
TOPIC: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES OF
PLAGIARISM
SUBMITTED BY
ANUJA ROY JR
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
ROLL NO. :27

2. PLAGIARISM
INTRODUCTION
The word “plagiarism” has been derived from
the Latin word “plagiare”, which means “to kidnap or
abduct.
Plagiarism is an act or instance of using or closely
imitating the language and thoughts of another author
without authorisation and the representation of that
author’s work as one’s own, as by not crediting the
original author.
In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves
both stealing someone else’s work and lying about it
afterward.
Plagiarism is the “wrongful appropriation” and
“stealing and publication” of another author’s
language, thoughts, ideas or expressions and the
representation of them as one’s own original work.
Bill Gate has also expressed his views on Plagiarism as
an “Intellectual Property Theft”. The theft of
Intellectual Property with the use of computers and
internet is on the rise in contemporary time.
It Is done in three ways :-
Stealing with the Web.
Stealing within the Web.

3. Stealing from the Web
Different Forms of Plagiarism:-
The Potluck Paper :- The writer use different sources
and compile them up to create a new article. Actually
only few sentences and paragraphs are changed.
The Photocopy :- Some significant portion are taken
exactly without making any alteration.
The Self-Stealer : – It is not considered as wrong or
offence in India as the author has right to reproduce
his own works as he or she wishes to make changes.
The Ghost Writer : – It is the exact copy of the work of
another. All the words are copied accrediting to their
own name.
LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES OF PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism is considered academic dishonesty and a
breach of journalistic ethics. It is subject to sanction
like penalties, suspension, and even expulsion.
Recently, cases of ‘extreme plagiarism’ have been
identified in academia. Plagiarism is not a crime per se
but in academia and industry, it is a serious ethical
offense, and cases of plagiarism can constitute
copyright infringement.

4. • Plagiarism in normal sense considered as unethical
issue but not a crime.
• The violation of an author’s right to be credited
and copyright infringement are both civil wrongs
and criminal charges can also be filed against the
violator.
• As someone else’s work or ideas are
misrepresented as one’s own work, so it amounts
to “Fraud”.
• When the act has been done dishonestly it shows
the ingredients of “Cheating”.
Civil Wrongs and Criminal Offences
• Plagiarism is actually considered as an unethical
conduct of a person and not a crime by itself.
• The violation of an author’s right to be credited
and copyright infringement are both civil wrongs
and criminal charges can also be filed against the
violator.
• In case of a civil suit, the remedies that can be
awarded are : injunctions to restrain further
infringement, damages, the delivery of accounts of
profit and both infringing copies of the work used
to make them. Certain administrative actions may
also be taken.

5. • A convicted infringer is liable to be imprisoned
between six months and three years, and to be
fined between fifty thousand and two lakh rupees
under section 63 of the Act. The punishment is
enhanced for subsequent convictions.
• Sometimes College and University rules for
student conduct takes Plagiarism as an academic
offense and not a legal offense. But this is not the
actual case. Plagiarism is not only an academic
offence but also a legal one
Deteriorating Condition of Education System
due to plagiarism
• After a lot of cases arising about plagiarism, the
regulator of the higher education i.e., UGC
(University Grants Commission) is serious about it
and provided guidelines to be followed by the
Universities to check plagiarism in academic
activities.
• Plagiarism is considered as an academic sin by the
Universities all over the world.
• The incidents like plagiarism are very unfortunate
and disappointing for our current educational
standard.

6. • If the world starts to copy one another then the
individualism will lose its importance and it will
lead to retardation in growth.
Measures Taken and Need to be taken
• The Government of India is planning to make strict
law to prevent plagiarism in academics. The law
will consist provisions from warning to
deregistration of students and dismissal of the
teacher concerned.
• The people working for the socio-economic and
cultural development of the society facilitates us
with enormous inventions and creations which are
making our life better and easier. The need of the
hour is to encourage the inventors and the
creators. Their work must be rewarded by suitable
legal protection through strict laws otherwise the
people working behind the scene for the
development will be at a loss.
REFERENCES
https://blog.ipleaders.in>plagiarism.
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