When you are all set to start an academic content the first step is research. This research has to be through and from empirical sources. For example, legal doctrines are consulted while preparing a report on matters related to law. For academic contents, researchers use a journal, question papers, textbooks, and thesis. While doing this the writer gets trapped in plagiarism.
What is plagiarism?
When a writer infringes another authors' content is called plagiarism. Though in a legal context this is not a crime. Copyright is also a form of plagiarism. In case of breach of the copyright act, strict legal remedies are there. But in the case of plagiarism, there is no rigorous punishment.
Laws to protect literary works
Indian copyright act 1957, safeguards literary creations. There is no explicit expression of penalty for plagiarism.
There is a concept of fair dealing which allows the writer to use others creation as a foundation of their writing or mentioning the name of the real creator. The application of fair use is monitored by the following authorities
- Institutional Academic Integrity Panel
- Departmental Academic Integrity Panel
- Higher Educational Institution
The students and other faculty members are instructed to come up with new ideas and concept to keep the problem of infringement at bay.
The penalty depends on the level of plagiarism. Below 10% there is no penalty. From 10-40% penalties are as follow
- Students are asked to withdraw manuscript and re-do work
- Termination or suspension
Precautionary measures for an academic writer
- Use plagiarism checker apps such as Turnitin
- Take permission from the copyright holder
- Avoid copy-pasting beyond 10%
- Give them due credit in case of recycling knowledge.
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