In this Year of Reading, please take extra care to understand the importance of valuing the written word, data and image. In our cut and paste era, it is easy to take someone else words, and use them as though it was our original thought or idea.
We all know how authors, artists and other creatives work hard to come up with their ideas, writings, novels, plays and other forms of expression.
We should value the efforts and thoughts of authors, and not take these ideas without acknowledging the ideas or thoughts of the original author.
Credit the artwork or creative output of everyone in a respectful manner. You may have an opinion about other’s ideas and thoughts; but if you didn’t have the original idea please give credit! Keep your integrity high, respect the author’s efforts and work.
Review the charts below from TheVisualCommunicationGuy.com and ask the critical questions in the way you use data, information and words/photos/pictures or other creative works found online, in print and multimedia format. See where you fit on this chart. Have you violated the basic principles? How serious has your violation been? Seriously insane or somewhat miscued? See for yourself!
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Did I Plagiarize? The Types and Severity of Plagiarism Violations
Can I Use that Picture? The Terms, Laws, and Ethics for Using Copyrighted Images
