Creating Content by Using Good Research Practices

November 4, 2008 by Victoria Stankard  
Filed under Content Creation

Plagiarism is when a person uses the language and thoughts of another author and then represents them as their own original material. Theft is taking and removing the personal property of another with the intent to deprive the owner. When a person copies off of another website, which is not owned by them and for which they haven’t been given permission to copy from, it is both plagiarism and theft. Basically, don’t take other people’s hard work and use it for your own content. It’s...