IRM1501
SEMESTER TWO
ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
UNIQUE NUMBER: 193286
ASSIGNMENT NO 1
Discuss plagiarism and provide examples where necessary.
(10 MARKS)
Copyright infringement is the demonstration of utilizing another person's work, thoughts, or words
without legitimate attribution or assent and introducing it as one's own. It is a significant offense in
scholar and expert settings as it disregards the standards of trustworthiness, genuineness, and
protected innovation.
There are a few types of literary theft, including:
1. Direct Copyright infringement: This includes replicating in exactly the same words from a source
without legitimate reference. For instance, on the off chance that an understudy duplicates a
passage from a site and glues it into their exposition without utilizing quotes or refering to the
source, it would be viewed as immediate copyright infringement.
2. Self-Copyright infringement: This happens when an individual presents their own work that they
have recently distributed or submitted for one more task without legitimate affirmation. For
example, in the event that a specialist reuses critical bits of their past paper in another distribution
without refering to the first work, it is viewed as self-counterfeiting.
3. Mosaic Literary theft: This includes sorting out data from different sources to make another work
without legitimate references. For instance, on the off chance that an understudy consolidates data
from numerous sites and articles without crediting the sources, it would be viewed as mosaic
counterfeiting.
4. Coincidental Literary theft: This happens when an individual unintentionally neglects to refer to or
appropriately reword a source because of an absence of comprehension of scholastic shows. For
example, on the off chance that an understudy unexpectedly neglects to remember references for
their paper, it very well may be viewed as unintentional counterfeiting.
Literary theft has serious outcomes, including scholarly punishments like bombing a course or being
removed from a program, legitimate repercussions for copyright encroachment, and harm to one's
SEMESTER TWO
ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
UNIQUE NUMBER: 193286
ASSIGNMENT NO 1
Discuss plagiarism and provide examples where necessary.
(10 MARKS)
Copyright infringement is the demonstration of utilizing another person's work, thoughts, or words
without legitimate attribution or assent and introducing it as one's own. It is a significant offense in
scholar and expert settings as it disregards the standards of trustworthiness, genuineness, and
protected innovation.
There are a few types of literary theft, including:
1. Direct Copyright infringement: This includes replicating in exactly the same words from a source
without legitimate reference. For instance, on the off chance that an understudy duplicates a
passage from a site and glues it into their exposition without utilizing quotes or refering to the
source, it would be viewed as immediate copyright infringement.
2. Self-Copyright infringement: This happens when an individual presents their own work that they
have recently distributed or submitted for one more task without legitimate affirmation. For
example, in the event that a specialist reuses critical bits of their past paper in another distribution
without refering to the first work, it is viewed as self-counterfeiting.
3. Mosaic Literary theft: This includes sorting out data from different sources to make another work
without legitimate references. For instance, on the off chance that an understudy consolidates data
from numerous sites and articles without crediting the sources, it would be viewed as mosaic
counterfeiting.
4. Coincidental Literary theft: This happens when an individual unintentionally neglects to refer to or
appropriately reword a source because of an absence of comprehension of scholastic shows. For
example, on the off chance that an understudy unexpectedly neglects to remember references for
their paper, it very well may be viewed as unintentional counterfeiting.
Literary theft has serious outcomes, including scholarly punishments like bombing a course or being
removed from a program, legitimate repercussions for copyright encroachment, and harm to one's
