Today in class we learned about plagiarism. Prof. Joyce discussed illegal downloading of music as well as other forms of multimedia and how this is considered plagiarism. We discussed the law of copyright. Authors can have a copyright claim on their work for over 80 years. Their children and descendants can claim that work and reap the benefits even after the author has passed. We also talked about creative commons which is when someone takes someone else's work and changes it in some way. There are different levels of creative commons starting with just taking a work and changing it for your personal use all the way up to changing a work and generating money from it. Wikipedia is an example of a creative commons.
The overall message today was don't plagiarize the information in your papers. Here is a list of what must have a citation.
1. quotes and paraphrases
2. fact when not widely known
3. claims that are arguable that isn't your own
4. judgments or opinions
5. photos, charts, graphics, etc.
6. collaborative work
Homework: Continue working on your midterm portfolio including the midterm memo, editorial analysis, and edits to the news analysis. The midterm portfolio is due on Friday. Bring Everything's an Argument to class on Wednesday.
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