Plagiarism: Misconduct Awareness on Novice Research within the Cyberworld

Authors

  • Nafta Mokate Lehobye Tshwane University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2010/v13i3a2696

Keywords:

Copyright, novice authorship, plagiarism, cyber-digital environment, fair-use doctrine, legal protectionism, legal certainty, plagiarism.

Abstract

More often than not, there exists some form of infringement relating to the use of other authors' work. This is particularly so in instances in which novice authors make use of the information available within the cyber-digital environment. The article explains the meaning of plagiarism and describes the many manifestations thereof, with the primary aim of providing guidance to novice authors.

    

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

References

Bibliography

Ackermann and Britz Information, Ethics and the Law

Ackermann M and Britz H Information, Ethics and the Law: A Guide for Information Practitioners, Students and the Corporate Environment (Van Schaik Pretoria 2006)

Brinson et al E-Commerce and Internet Law

Brinson JD et al Analysing E-Commerce and Internet Law (Prentice-Hall Upper Saddle River 2001)

Buys and Cronjé Cyberlaw@SA

Buys R and Cronjé F (eds) Cyberlaw@SA II: The Law of the Internet in South Africa 2nd ed (Van Schaik Pretoria 2004)

Carter Copyrights in the Digital Era

Carter ME Electronic Highway Robbery: An Artist's Guide to Copyrights in the Digital Era (Peachpit Press Berkeley 1996)

Dodge and Kitchin Mapping Cyberspace

Dodge M and Kitchin R Mapping Cyberspace (Routledge London 2001)

Fausett 2007 New Architect

Fausett BA "Do you copy?: What the courts are saying about fair-use and linking rights" 2007 New Architect July 7(7) (page numbers not available)

Ferrera et al Cyberlaw

Ferrera GR et al Cyberlaw: Your Rights in Cyberspace (Thomson Learning Cincinnati 2001)

Ginsburg 2001 Columbia-VLA Journal of Law and the Arts

Ginsburg JC "Copyright use and excuse on the Internet" 2000 Columbia-VLA Journal of Law and the Arts 124–45

Gregory 2003 Ethics in Research

Gregory I Ethics in Research (Continuum London 2003)

Hacker Bedford Handbook for Writers

Hacker D The Bedford Handbook for Writers 4th ed (Bedford St Martin's Boston 1994)

Halbert and Ingulli CyberEthics

Halbert T and Ingulli E CyberEthics (South-Western College Mason 2005)

Hartnett Copyright Law Symposium

Hartnett DA "A new era for copyright law: Reconstituting the fair use doctrine" 1992 Copyright Law Symposium 39 167–203

Hoon Guidelines

Hoon P (ed) Guidelines for Educational Use of Copyrighted Materials: Designed for Educators and Librarians in the Higher Education Setting (Washington State University Washington 1997)

Howard 1995 College English

Howard RM "Plagiarisms, authorships, and the academic death penalty" 1995 College English 788–806

Lahore and Rothnie Digital Agenda

Lahore J and Rothnie WA Digital Agenda – The Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000 (Butterworths Sydney 2004)

Leonard and Cronan 2001 JAIS

Leonard LNK and Cronan TP "Illegal, inappropriate, and unethical behaviour in an information technology context: A study to explain influences" 2001 JAIS 1(12) 1–31

Leonard, Cronan and Kreie 2004 Information Management

Leonard LNK, Cronan TP and Kreie J "What influences IT ethical behaviour intentions – Planned behavior, reasoned action, perceived importance, individual characteristics?" 2004 Information Management 143–158

Litman Digital Copyright

Litman J Digital Copyright (Prometheus New York 2001)

MacDonald, McDonald and Norman 2002 Journal of Business Ethics

MacDonald C, McDonald M and Norman W "Charitable conflicts of interest" 2002 Journal of Business Ethics 67–74

Masango 2007 Libri

Masango CA "Perceptions about copyright of digital content and its effects on scholarship: A South African perspective" 2007 Libri 57(2) 84–91

Masango 2009 IJIM

Masango CA "Understanding copyright in support of scholarship: Some possible challenges to scholars and academic librarians in the digital environment?" 2009 IJIM 29(3) 232–236

Patry Fair Use Privilege in Copyright Law

Patry WF The Fair Use Privilege in Copyright Law 2nd ed (Bureau of National Affairs Washington 1995)

Quinn Ethics for the Information Age

Quinn MJ 2005 Ethics for the Information Age (Pearson Addison Wesley Boston 2005)

Rao 2003 Online Information Review

Rao SS "Copyright: Its implications for electronic information" 2003 Online Information Review 264–275

Spinello CyberEthics

Spinello RA CyberEthics: Morality and Law in Cyberspace 3rd ed (Jones and Bartlett Publishers Sudbury 2006)

Register of Internet resources

Band 2008 http://bit.ly/ekMAgg

Band J 2008 Publish and perish? Protecting your copyrights from your publisher http://www.policybandwidth.com/doc/20080523-PublishANDPerishFinal.pdf [date of use 25 Nov 2010]

Elmore 2005 http://bit.ly/eLCmSH

Elmore J 2005 Why do people plagiarize? http://www.geneseo.edu/~elmore/Why_plagiarism.htm [date of use 28 Nov 2010]

Harper 2001 http://bit.ly/hvylsH

Harper G 2001 Will we need fair use in the twenty-first century? http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/fair_use.htm [date of use 25 Nov 2010]

Indiana University sa http://bit.ly/gStdOm

Indiana University sa Code of student rights, responsibilities, and conduct http://www.iu.edu/~code/ [date of use 25 Nov 2010]

MacDonald 1999 http://bit.ly/fofF6c

MacDonald I 1999 Copyright in the new communication: Balancing protection and access http://www.copyright.org.au/admin/cms-acc1/_images/1108597724c97f63a1aca8.pdf [date of use 25 Nov 2010]

University of Texas System sa http://bit.ly/39Nkq9

University of Texas System sa Crash course in copyright http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm [date of use 28 Nov 2010]

WordIQ.com sa http://bit.ly/foHTAQ

WordIQ.com sa Copyright – Definition http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Copyright date of use 28 Nov 2010]

WordIQ.com sa http://bit.ly/g2wKRT

WordIQ.com sa Fair dealing – Definition http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Fair_dealing date of use 28 Nov 2010]

Register of legislation

Copyright Act 98 of 1978

Published

19-06-2017

How to Cite

Lehobye, N. M. (2017). Plagiarism: Misconduct Awareness on Novice Research within the Cyberworld. Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 13(3), 493–508. https://doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2010/v13i3a2696

Issue

Section

Notes