What Is Plagiarism?

[HeIsRisen2018]

Fanfiction is fun stuff...it can be a parody or serious. But since it's just for practice writing and not for money no one cares... well the original author cares as well as the publisher because this fan fiction generates free publicity and excitement for upcoming new releases.
Original Star Trek series as well as Star Wars had a ton of it...in fact some of it got published and paid royalties.

Currently Harry Potter has the most fan fiction... Chronicles of Narnia has some too. A lot of Japanese Anime has a good bit too. Werewolves and Vampires rounding it out.

I'm trying to remember what else has a bunch of fanfiction going on...but I'm drawing a blank at the moment.

Japanese Anime,.. you mean like Naruto? *cough!* *cough!* (Literally the only Anime I watch, write and read fanfics for, and roleplay.)

 

[for_his_glory]

Oh...well that's not what the word critique actually means ("a detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory").

If I critique something then I am giving my opinion, but can also mean that I can rewrite the story line with the same characters making it my own, but not for profit as that would be infringement on using the same characters even though people do it all the time.

 

[KevinK]

can also mean that I can rewrite the story line with the same characters making it my own

I can't find that definition. Do you have a reference?

You're not thinking of "parody"? Or "synopsis"?

 

[KevinK]

I mean, I hate to lay one of these on you...

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

I mean, I hate to lay one of these on you...

LOL! I love that movie!

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

Also just to be clear since I really don't want to end up the same route as my fiancée and I'm trying to avoid going to prison (even though he's innocent) I have written new rules that I have posted on my roleplaying page (most importantly no sexual content) and I enforce those rules as well. Especially since I have agreed to roleplay with people under the age of eighteen and I make sure that they read my rules and understand why I have them there.



I will post the link of my roleplay page for anybody who is interested in joining me although I've posted it before. Right now I have been mostly been roleplaying with my own original character which is a little girl named Keiko who currently lives with her aunt who is a nurse at a hospital, and uncle who is a wild and crazy biker and rocker with piercings and tattoos but still loves his three nieces (and one nephew) like crazy! :biggrin Come and join the crew if you'd like! :wink

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[HeIsRisen2018]

Oh yeah and btw, just in case anybody else is wondering, this is a Naruto roleplay, but considering the fact that not everybody know who Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno are,.. I just called them her aunt and uncle. (Although currently it's a different aunt I'm referring to as Sasuke has a sister in here that isn't my character.) Just so you know who they are here,.. educate yourself.

Okay sorry I just had a fangirl attack this happens all the time lol! Sasuke Uchiha= hottest cartoon/anime character ever!

 

[OzSpen]

It seems like a silly question I know but even though I know it means taking credit for something that isn't yours is it possible to do it unknowingly? I mean most everybody on here (if not everyone) already knows that I have a news thread. Even though I copy and paste the sources for my reports I reword (or sometimes word exactly) a lot of what the actual newscasters were saying. Does that count?

HIR,

If I wrote that plagiarism is the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own I would commit plagiarism. Why? Because I used another source and didn't give credit. In other words, I stole the statement from another source.

If I write plagiarism is 'the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own' (Lexico 2019. s.v. plagiarism) I would not commit plagiarism because I gave the source. Lexico is the new name for Oxford Dictionaries (online).

When I wrote my PhD dissertation (dissertation-only in the British system), my supervisor was adamant that whether I gave direct quotes or paraphrased what another author wrote or said, I had to give that author credit for using his/her material.

When I write articles that are published for popular-level e-journals I give links to my sources.

Sometimes on CFnet I notice that some posters use other material and don't give the source. It stands out like a sore thumb because the plagiarised material uses a different style to the poster's normal style.

These are a few thoughts from one who spells it as 'plagiarised' and not 'plagiarized'.

Oz