This really infuriates me and I have people plagiarising me, but what really annoys me are people who blatantly use images and publish them as their own and don’t give the photographer the credit for their work or use a piece of music without giving the musician credit and gaining their permission to do so. If I use a photograph for the cover of a book I go to a stock image company and pay the royalties or fees for its use or gain the services of a designer who again I credit and pay the royalties/fees due.
I personally have had parts of my work copied where people have passed as their own. Most authors don’t make a great deal of money, royalties made on books are very small, non the less authors have to make a living and its infuriating when even what little we make is denied to us. People assume it’s easy to write and publish a book, it’s not, it takes months even years of hard work and editing and re-editing and its even more difficult to find a publisher and then someone comes along and takes the credit for it.
What is Plagiarism?
The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own:
So its not just words but ideas and its not limited there, it also includes photographs, images and music, it’s actually a crime as it’s committing fraud.
Don’t assume because something is all over the internet it’s available for use for everything created is copyright and permission from the owner needs to be saught before you can use it.
“Using an image, video or piece of music in a work you have produced without receiving proper permission or providing appropriate citation is plagiarism. The following activities are very common in today’s society. Despite their popularity, they still count as plagiarism.”
From http://www.plagiarism.org/ (“What is Plagiarism” 4th October 2016) And visit the website for more details
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