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Quote from: Thirdspace on June 19, 2019, 07:57:42 PM

imo, posting someone's infographic shouldn't be regarded as stealing or plagiarism
though adding the source and give credits to the creator would be best practice
I agree with CryptopreneurBrainboss on watermarking the image,
most of infographic images (should) have watermark or creator name on it
if the poster deliberately remove that and/or claim it as his own, then we can call it stealing

Watermarking most often i just plain ugly and ruins the graphic for everyone. This is not acceptable in academeic community nor should be normal in other communities, a reference is enough.

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imo, posting someone's infographic shouldn't be regarded as stealing or plagiarism
though adding the source and give credits to the creator would be best practice
I agree with CryptopreneurBrainboss on watermarking the image,
most of infographic images (should) have watermark or creator name on it
if the poster deliberately remove that and/or claim it as his own, then we can call it stealing

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As someone who have made my share of graphics on this forum, I believe that it is okay to use the Infographic if its
1. With a source
and
2. is contributing to the discussion and the person who posts it have something to say about the topic. And it is complete cool of the person is using it as argument to the discussion.

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Technically posting someone elses photos or infographics are not in breach of copyright on bitcointalk. (KEYWORDS: on bitcointalk) The images are hosted on an external server not in control of this website. If there is a breach of copyright it is with the image host and the person who posted it. Bitcointalk only links to the image. In most jurisdictions linking to an image does not result in breach of copyright.

I've previously discussed that here

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Quote from: naska21 on May 27, 2019, 06:46:57 AM

But does that apply to translated articles?

I am not a mod, so I can only give you my opinion.

As you say, in any reputable scientific journal, a simple translation would be plagiarism and wouldn't even being considered for publication. This is discussion forum though, not a scientific publication, and the same rules don't apply. As long as there is clear attribution to the author and a link to the original, I think that's ok. At least translating content (properly translating, not using machine translating) requires a bit of effort. There is certainly a place for translated content, but I will concede that the majority of these translated threads seem to fishing for merit.

Quote from: tmfp on May 27, 2019, 07:45:05 AM

So what is the default assumption then? That if something is not attributed then its reproduction in any context is an attempt to do this? I think that's too simplistic.

I concede you are probably right here, and I'm being over zealous. As discussed above, in a professional capacity I'm used to everything requiring full attribution, from a graph to a photo to a single statistic, but those rules are too strict to apply to the forum. It just doesn't sit right with me using someone else's content without at least mentioning their name.

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Quote from: hilariousetc on May 26, 2019, 07:48:31 AM

What's next? Banning people for memes?

No, but there is a difference between using a random picture or meme like in your example, and posting someone else's infographic without a source. Something like this (https://thumbnails-visually.netdna-ssl.com/bitcoin-infographic_5029189c9cbaf_w1500.jpg) contains far more information and took far longer to produce than most of the content which is plagiarized around here. I'd argue trying to pass off something like this as your own is a far greater offense than the usual "Great project can't wait for it to go to the moon" plagiarism, and the latter does result in a ban.

I've used infographics occasionally to illustrate a point I'm making within a thread and would say that it's up to the compiler/author of the graphic to include their signature/attribution (as they have in your example) if they want to ensure being credited for it.
Also, of course, quite often the infographic's linking text is itself plagiarised (as in your example.)
The key condition imo is whether or not the motivation for using it is to "pass it off as your own", i.e. to gain some advantage, like reputation or credibility enhancement, by omitting to mention that you are not the creator. So what is the default assumption then? That if something is not attributed then its reproduction in any context is an attempt to do this? I think that's too simplistic.
What are we to think of hilari's meme? Do we see it as just an amusing way of sharpening a point by using a publicly available image, or are we to think that he's a good meme creator because, as he didn't provide a link to the image source, he must have created it himself?

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Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on May 25, 2019, 03:06:33 PM

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Simply copy and pasting someone else's work, adding nothing of your own, and slapping a reference link on the bottom, whilst not plagiarism is pretty low behavior my opinion.

Good point and I'm all for it. But does that apply to translated articles? I see bunch of them in Russian section, clear translation from various sources ( of course with relevant links), nothing added, I'm scientist and among my colleges that is considered as plagiarism with no excuse.

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In my own opinion stealing inforgraphics is still considered a crime and punishable. It is a discretion of the admin to ban users in this kind of stealing. It is still known that admin bans only users that has been copying and pasting a posts or thread in bitcointalk.org or any source that has not been acknowledge. Clearly if one will going to chose between the two kind of stealing then copy and pasting words of others is a clearer violation than infographics. It may be harder to prove that a certain infographic was being copied and paste in the forum. Probably in the near future admins will going to cater this kind of violation and probably all users will be advised for this to avoid in getting ban in the future.

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What about ANN and Bounty threads in that case? I am pretty sure that there are a few users who originally created a few templates and designs and these designs are being used by many projects promoting their own ICOs. I don't feel like going into the bounty zone to look for examples but I think you get the point.

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If you copy an infographic without any credit, then that seems to be a clear case of plagiarism. The same applies to images, although many images have been released into the public domain. Even if an image contains a water mark, you should still check to see if its use is allowed. Cutting out a watermark can create a plagiarism accusation.

I created a couple of image hosting sites - Jazz Pics and Mobile Img, and I have stated that images can be used freely provided that the watermark is not removed. Always check the site for usage permissions.

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Quote from: Lauda on May 26, 2019, 12:34:05 PM

The source is the link included in the "[img'][/img']" tags, don't be stupid and annoying. Thanks.

Does that also apply if I download an image, upload it on imgur and copy the bbcode, will the source indicated be from my account or the original one?

In most cases the original source is not the actual source which makes it complicated to track down plagiarism or define it even.
If it's an infographic created by a member in the forum and posted here, it is courteous to reference the owner when using it here on the forum. But putting any strict punishment would have to cover a much wide scope and we'll have much more ban appeal discussions.

Who says you didn't find it on imgur to begin with? The link is the source. End of story.

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Quote from: Lauda on May 26, 2019, 12:34:05 PM

The source is the link included in the "[img'][/img']" tags, don't be stupid and annoying. Thanks.

Does that also apply if I download an image, upload it on imgur and copy the bbcode, will the source indicated be from my account or the original one?

In most cases the original source is not the actual source which makes it complicated to track down plagiarism or define it even.
If it's an infographic created by a member in the forum and posted here, it is courteous to reference the owner when using it here on the forum. But putting any strict punishment would have to cover a much wide scope and we'll have much more ban appeal discussions.

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The source is the link included in the "[img'][/img']" tags, don't be stupid and annoying. Thanks.

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Plagiarism.org Go to the site to learn more about plagiarism.

It is comprehensive contents, but is not relevant here. In the forum, we should notice that definitions, rules, and punishments on plagiarism are flexible, or some kind of a bit different from the official definition of plagiarism. theymos, actually has his own approach to treat forum users whom plagiarised. In my opinion, it is the most appropriate to read what theymos's statements on plagiarism in the forum, as well as global moderators or forum staffs on this issue.
So, why not visit my topic, and get them? (Maybe, I missed some of them, and have not fully collected all posts on plagiarism made by admins, global moderators, or staffs; but I think from what I already collected, it is good enough to have overview on plagiarsim in the forum).
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Beyond my topic, you can also get newest posts of theymos here: theymosisms - A collection of posts for reference

I know the forum rules for plagiarism - I didn't have anything to say about that. Theymos, mods can create their own rules for the forum. I also read your topic a few days ago.

What I wanted to point out by linking the link was about the DOs & Don'ts and how plagiarism work. Peoples need comprehensive content to learn something deeply to gain deep knowledge.

Let's say, someone plagiarized and got forum banned according to forum rule, but what if the original creator of the content also put a Lawsuit against the plagiarist?
So imo peoples should also know the punishments available for them outside the forum if found which can spoil anyone's life forever. Plagiarism/Copyright infringement is a fucking hell crime.

Frankly speaking, after knowing the punishment from plagiarism.org, now I can say Theymos/Mods punishment is nothing for the plagiarist. Though I was questioning a few days ago why so STRICT punishment.

That's what my previous post for.

I'd be happy if you put the link in your topic so that newcomers can have deep knowledge about plagiarism.

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Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on May 26, 2019, 08:43:53 AM

No, but there is a difference between using a random picture or meme like in your example, and posting someone else's infographic without a source.

But they all can be categorize as image right? yes of course. so if you are to punish a user for posting a "infographic image without source" then you should punished those who post meme, and other images, picture etc without link to source too which just sounds funny to my hearing. Like I said before if this images have been edited, removing creators identification like watermark, name etc and posting it as theirs (i.e claiming ownership of the infographic image with their own name, watermark etc when posting), then we can consider those cases as plagiarism but for an infographic image like every other images just been shared I see no problem with that since such act doesnt present itself as claiming ownership of the infographic image as plagiarism posts does.

The creators of each infographic image should add a watermark to their image so we can easily identify who the owners are when we see them. But if they don't then don't blame the sharer for not linking a source, we shouldn't distract ourselves now, the crime here is plagiarized post/article these are what the shitposters are getting paid for not images.

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Quote from: El duderino_ on May 26, 2019, 05:56:33 AM

I'm also absolutely guilty of sharing something über bullish add the WO with a link provided, but I just don't do it else wear.... (sometimes its just important to know where and when as well....)

The WO thread is a world unto it's own with its own special rules, though, and I don't think that's unreasonable. There are no signatures in WO, so no one can be accused of doing it for financial gain.

Quote from: hilariousetc on May 26, 2019, 07:48:31 AM

What's next? Banning people for memes?

No, but there is a difference between using a random picture or meme like in your example, and posting someone else's infographic without a source. Something like this (https://thumbnails-visually.netdna-ssl.com/bitcoin-infographic_5029189c9cbaf_w1500.jpg) contains far more information and took far longer to produce than most of the content which is plagiarized around here. I'd argue trying to pass off something like this as your own is a far greater offense than the usual "Great project can't wait for it to go to the moon" plagiarism, and the latter does result in a ban.

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Things become complicated a bit with infographics. That comes from basic characteristics of infographics, that have two main components: graphics & texts.
- Graphics: It is obviously to judge if two infographics have identical graphic designs. The later published infographics mostly plagiarised ones.
- Texts: this one is more complicated, because the core ideas of infographics is turning already known documents into briefly phrases that will be presented on infographics. By summarizing from original documents, texts on infographics might be identical. However, the point is no one will actually do all texts in their infographics as 100% identical as of works from other people.

Personally, infographics should be considered as plagiarism if:
- Graphics stolen from other ones.
- More than 30 percent of texts presented on infographics are identical as of other infographics.
Sources of original documents from which infographic designers used should be credited to avoid plagiarsim.

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What's next? Banning people for memes? If someone just posts an infographic with no context then it's probably spam and should be removed, but if somebody writes an original post and uses infographics or pictures or memes to back up what they're writing then I don't see an issue with it. Sure, provide sources if you can but this is not something we should be looking to punish if they don't. The entire context matters here as well. Is all they're posting infographics? If so, probably a spammer, but if they're using someone else's image to make a point then I really don't see the big deal here. Again, give credit if you can but this really isn't on the same level as the plagiarism issue we have here.

Would you ban me for this post or is fair use/transformative enough:

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That's a funny joke. Do you have any more? Have you had accounts banned personally? You only seem to pop up to complain about sig bans Roll Eyes

. The problem here for a long time has been campaign managers aren't doing their job properly if at all and hence why we have such a huge problem with spam in the first place. If every campaign manager here did an exemplary job then we would have little issue with spam in the first place.

Is that post bannable because I used an image I found on google? Should I spend time trying to track down the original owner to either source it properly or ask for permission to use it? If I had just posted the image then sure, pretty spammy, but not in context and used with the rest of the post to make a point.

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Quote from: r1s2g3 on May 25, 2019, 10:11:22 PM

Copy pasting for a sake of starting a discussion and adding your view is much different then the just copy paste image and put source link.
If forum allows this then their lot of user that just paste image/text and put source underneath. Mods always delete this post when reported.

Allowing these post will just flood bitcointalk from all kind of information from outside without any discussion happening in this forum.

But you will be always welcome to discuss the news/outside information if you really have to add something in it.

I agree, our local board is somehow half dead because of this kind of strategy, copy pasting, translating stuff that leaves a little room to a discussion. This kind of post does not stimulate readers to think and react since the sense of discussion is already killed there.

Quote from: DdmrDdmr on May 26, 2019, 05:56:16 AM

It’s not plagiarism per se since the source is added.

I think this is subjective (discussing about a starting thread post that copy paste the whole content and just leave a source link), bitcointalk is lenient with regards to plagiarism detection so this kind of action is not considered Plagiarism. But it is plagiarism outside Bitcointalk.
But factwise: it is plagiarism.

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All of the following are considered plagiarism:

turning in someone else's work as your own
copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not (see our section on "fair use" rules)

from the source given by one of the reply : https://www.plagiarism.org/article/what-is-plagiarism

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Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on May 26, 2019, 04:24:21 AM

Quote from: r1s2g3 on May 25, 2019, 07:35:46 PM

If somebody just posted a infographics with a link then you can report it as low quality post. Mods generally trash these threads (from my personal experience.)

For sure, and I have spent plenty of time reporting people who just spam news articles they didn't write without a single original thought just to farm their account. The posts are deleted, but the user doesn't actually suffer any punishment.

in word of thread starting I do understand .....

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Quote from: El duderino_ on May 25, 2019, 07:47:34 PM

Sometimes the posted thing could be a question as well, just to know how other respecter members thinking about that matter, so isn't it better to post it like that with a link rather then making it up yourself?

Sure, but I think the OP should at least be including a sentence or two, even if it's something simply along the lines of "I read this and found it interesting because of x/y/z. Keen to hear what other people think about it."

True your absolutely right.... (the again sometimes @ the WO things end up there, but thats more like a happy bullish quote or thing to cheer @ Cheesy

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I'm also absolutely guilty of sharing something über bullish add the WO with a link provided, but I just don't do it else wear.... (sometimes its just important to know where and when as well....)

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Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on May 26, 2019, 04:24:21 AM

<…>Sure, but I think the OP should at least be including a sentence or two, even if it's something simply along the lines of "I read this and found it interesting because of x/y/z. Keen to hear what other people think about it."

That how I see it too. This week I’ve come across a couple of threads started in the Beginners & Help section that were a verbatim copy/paste with a link to the source at the bottom of the post. On neither of the occasions did the OP come back to the thread to provide any thoughts or comments whatsoever, but they did happily collect the stray merits provided to them.

It’s not plagiarism per se since the source is added, but it is often an intentional merit bait post from people who would never be able to phrase the content in such a way, and one would expect at least a pinch of personal thoughts thrown into the post. Perhaps there are boards/threads where it is part of the tradition with a long standing context to it, but seeing it on Beginners & Help, Bitcoin Discussion, on my local board, and other places seems rather much a lazy merit fishing expedition to me.

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Quote from: r1s2g3 on May 25, 2019, 07:35:46 PM

If somebody just posted a infographics with a link then you can report it as low quality post. Mods generally trash these threads (from my personal experience.)

For sure, and I have spent plenty of time reporting people who just spam news articles they didn't write without a single original thought just to farm their account. The posts are deleted, but the user doesn't actually suffer any punishment.

Quote from: El duderino_ on May 25, 2019, 07:47:34 PM

Sometimes the posted thing could be a question as well, just to know how other respecter members thinking about that matter, so isn't it better to post it like that with a link rather then making it up yourself?

Sure, but I think the OP should at least be including a sentence or two, even if it's something simply along the lines of "I read this and found it interesting because of x/y/z. Keen to hear what other people think about it."

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Quote from: akamit on May 25, 2019, 03:29:25 PM

Plagiarism.org Go to the site to learn more about plagiarism.

It is comprehensive contents, but is not relevant here. In the forum, we should notice that definitions, rules, and punishments on plagiarism are flexible, or some kind of a bit different from the official definition of plagiarism. theymos, actually has his own approach to treat forum users whom plagiarised. In my opinion, it is the most appropriate to read what theymos's statements on plagiarism in the forum, as well as global moderators or forum staffs on this issue.
So, why not visit my topic, and get them? (Maybe, I missed some of them, and have not fully collected all posts on plagiarism made by admins, global moderators, or staffs; but I think from what I already collected, it is good enough to have overview on plagiarsim in the forum).
[TIPS] to avoid plagiarism
Beyond my topic, you can also get newest posts of theymos here: theymosisms - A collection of posts for reference

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Quote from: El duderino_ on May 25, 2019, 07:47:34 PM

Copy pasting good work (and providing useful LINK) from people that could contribute to a place isn't that bad imo, just know where to post such things and where to avoid, but if I see a good thing on twitter or somewhere, then I rather copy paste + provide a link then turn around the words and make it something of my own...
To find something that could lead to an interesting discussion isn't that bad imo, when I do such things I also only do it where its appreciated...

Sometimes the posted thing could be a question as well, just to know how other respecter members thinking about that matter, so isn't it better to post it like that with a link rather then making it up yourself?

Copy pasting for a sake of starting a discussion and adding your view is much different then the just copy paste image and put source link.
If forum allows this then their lot of user that just paste image/text and put source underneath. Mods always delete this post when reported.

Allowing these post will just flood bitcointalk from all kind of information from outside without any discussion happening in this forum.

But you will be always welcome to discuss the news/outside information if you really have to add something in it.

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Quote from: finaleshot2016 on May 25, 2019, 02:36:32 PM

I'm thinking if stealing of infographics with or without a source is considered as plagiarism?

Without a source - definitely plagiarism. With a source - not plagiarism, but kind of scummy in my opinion.

Simply copy and pasting someone else's work, adding nothing of your own, and slapping a reference link on the bottom, whilst not plagiarism is pretty low behavior my opinion. You see it all the time across the forum; people posting entire news articles, blog posts, medium posts, etc., written by someone else, and not even adding a single sentence of their own thoughts. The same thing could happen with infographics, although it is much less common than the other categories I mentioned. Providing a source means they won't get banned, but I still think it's a pretty scummy thing to do and obviously only for padding post count and/or fishing for merits.

Edit: I accidentally a word

Copy pasting good work (and providing useful LINK) from people that could contribute to a place isn't that bad imo, just know where to post such things and where to avoid, but if I see a good thing on twitter or somewhere, then I rather copy paste + provide a link then turn around the words and make it something of my own...
To find something that could lead to an interesting discussion isn't that bad imo, when I do such things I also only do it where its appreciated...

Sometimes the posted thing could be a question as well, just to know how other respecter members thinking about that matter, so isn't it better to post it like that with a link rather then making it up yourself?

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Quote from: finaleshot2016 on May 25, 2019, 02:36:32 PM

I'm thinking if stealing of infographics with or without a source is considered as plagiarism?

Without a source - definitely plagiarism. With a source - not plagiarism, but kind of scummy in my opinion.

Simply copy and pasting someone else's work, adding nothing of your own, and slapping a reference link on the bottom, whilst not plagiarism is pretty low behavior my opinion. You see it all the time across the forum; people posting entire news articles, blog posts, medium posts, etc., written by someone else, and not even adding a single sentence of their own thoughts. The same thing could happen with infographics, although it is much less common than the other categories I mentioned. Providing a source means they won't get banned, but I still think it's a pretty scummy thing to do and obviously only for padding post count and/or fishing for merits.

Edit: I accidentally a word

If somebody just posted a infographics with a link then you can report it as low quality post. Mods generally trash these threads (from my personal experience.)

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What do you think about infographics that have watermarks or stamps indicating where it came from or at least the website where you can find it? Does it get a free pass from users who haven't posted their sources or do you still count is a plagiarism as they haven't referenced the material in a proper way? Because most of the infographics I see are marked either by the name of their maker or website like this one.

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Lets not complicate things here if we start going after infographic thefts that means we have to go after image (picture) thefts too because most infographic information on the forum are in the form of images. For those infographic that have copyright or watermark (sorry don't know if that was the right word to use) but I means those infographic that have a form of identification of creator, if those type of infographic are edited, removing the creators identify in the process and rebroadcasted as theirs then that can be considered as plagiarism but for those who don't have a form of identity of creator, they can always be rebroadcast since the plagiarism rules on the forum isn't that strict on rebroadcasting of image on the forum. Although if those information were created by member of forum and they were gotten from forum then it's best to qoute the infographic directly from OP or it will be considered plagiarism.

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Quote from: finaleshot2016 on May 25, 2019, 02:36:32 PM

There's a lot of infographics that have been shared here. I'm thinking if stealing of infographics with or without a source is considered as plagiarism?

Of course it is also part of plagiarism. Members most of the time get away with it because the no nonsence anti-plagiat bot can't detect this kind of plagiarism and also you can find lots of copies of images floating on the internet so it's sometimes hard to pinpoint the source of the image

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Plagiarism.org Go to the site to learn more about plagiarism.

According to Plagiarism.org, the punishment is quoted below. I found the information in this site.

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Most cases of plagiarism are considered misdemeanors, punishable by fines of anywhere between $100 and $50,000 — and up to one year in jail. Plagiarism can also be considered a felony under certain state and federal laws. For example, if a plagiarist copies and earns more than $2,500 from copyrighted material, he or she may face up to $250,000 in fines and up to ten years in jail.

It's a very dangerous thing...

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Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on May 25, 2019, 03:06:33 PM

Quote from: finaleshot2016 on May 25, 2019, 02:36:32 PM

I'm thinking if stealing of infographics with or without a source is considered as plagiarism?

Without a source - definitely plagiarism. With a source - not plagiarism, but kind scummy in my opinion.

Simply copy and pasting someone else's work, adding nothing of your own, and slapping a reference link on the bottom, whilst not plagiarism is pretty low behavior my opinion. You see it all the time across the forum people posting entire news articles, blog posts, medium posts, etc., written by someone else, and not even adding a single sentence of their own thoughts. The same thing could happen with infographics, although it is much less common than the other categories I mentioned. Providing a source means they won't get banned, but I still think it's a pretty scummy thing to do and obviously only for padding post count and/or fishing for merits.

Yeah, but still the forum itself is allowing that method. Many users are already doing it to gain activities, posts, and merits. It's the dumbest way to maintain themselves as good posters and the worse part here is doing it and gain some merits with less effort. That's my point when I've said earlier that this is the easiest way to receive something. A thread should have good content and discussion, I can't call this a thread if those posts aren't created by their own brain cells.

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Definition of plagiarism in English: The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

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Quote from: finaleshot2016 on May 25, 2019, 02:36:32 PM

I'm thinking if stealing of infographics with or without a source is considered as plagiarism?

Without a source - definitely plagiarism. With a source - not plagiarism, but kind of scummy in my opinion.

Simply copy and pasting someone else's work, adding nothing of your own, and slapping a reference link on the bottom, whilst not plagiarism is pretty low behavior my opinion. You see it all the time across the forum; people posting entire news articles, blog posts, medium posts, etc., written by someone else, and not even adding a single sentence of their own thoughts. The same thing could happen with infographics, although it is much less common than the other categories I mentioned. Providing a source means they won't get banned, but I still think it's a pretty scummy thing to do and obviously only for padding post count and/or fishing for merits.

Edit: I accidentally a word

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Lately, a lot of users got banned because of plagiarizing some posts from other members and websites. There's a lot of infographics that have been shared here. I'm thinking if stealing of infographics with or without a source is considered as plagiarism?

It's a thing that only a few people can do and infographics are well made by graphic artist, it's not easy to create a good infographic without a sense of art. We can consider it as a thing or masterpiece of the owner, so we should ask for permission to use it in a topic/content right? Another thing is, it's kinda unfair for those who manually design their thread or creating their own infographics just to share info.

Infographics are very pleasing to the eye and complex information can be optimized to understand it easily through visuals. Creating infographics are the most effective way to introduce contents or information to a viewer. Now, Infographics are tools that might catch the attention of a user and the easiest way to receive a pleasant discussion or maybe bigger than that, you know what it is. I'm just wondering, still need thoughts of the others.

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