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Patricia · 11-26-2009, 03:45 PM

I think that it's both.
I've had students plagiarising from copyrighted sources. But if they copied from Dickens or Shakespeare, then it would still be plagiarism.
It may not be a crime, but it is very much frowned on in the academic and literary community.

This Wikipedia article makes a distinction betwen the two:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism

11-26-2009, 03:45 PM	#16
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I think that it's both. I've had students plagiarising from copyrighted sources. But if they copied from Dickens or Shakespeare, then it would still be plagiarism. It may not be a crime, but it is very much frowned on in the academic and literary community. This Wikipedia article makes a distinction betwen the two: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism