Plagiarism issue is one of the hottest ones for freelance writers. We live in the epoch where everything has its price and everything has its owner. Forgive me for such almost anti-globalist-like rhetoric
Still, the truth is that you can hardly make money being a freelance writer and know not enough about copyright and plagiarism. Any student will tell you that plagiarism is severely punished in universities. Plagiarism beyond universities is punished no less severely and may destroy someone’s reputation and “the guilty one” will frequently have to pay a huge compensation. That is one side.
The other side is that you may find yourself blamed of plagiarism in situations when you honestly consider yourself totally innocent. Why does that happen? It mainly happens when you lack knowledge and information concerning copyright law.
I am positive that any freelance writer should be well aware of copyright law issues. It is great if you can afford consultations from good copyright lawyers. But that’s not common and if you want to protect yourself from either plagiarism or from being blamed in plagiarism you should possess information on that matter.
It's good to start up with
US copyright law .
Students know that almost each university has its policy regarding plagiarism. Definitions may be kind of different at different schools. But the central idea is the same. Look at
definitions of plagiarism on web sites of universities.
If you want to be a good writer, good research skills are essential. Don’t be lazy to research plagiarism and copyright issues when you start working.
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