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"Plagerism"?

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[solri.livejournal.com]

The important point is not to be completely original, but to acknowledge where you got your ideas. Some teachers explain plagiarism as stealing intelectual property, but IP is such a thorny philosophical and legal issue, I avoid this explanation (even if you accept the idea of intellectual property - which I don't really - what about plagiarising works in the public domain). Rather, I present plagiarism as a form of lying. Except for well-known facts, if you don't cite, you are implying that this is an original idea, when it isn't, and trying to take credit for someone else's work.