In Class Blog 10-17-12

I think plagiarism is taking someone's work and passing it off as your own without citing or naming the original author. Plagiarism is different from copy righting because copyright is using someone elses song, lyrics, or art without getting permission and plagiarism is using written work and passing it off as your own without the proper citing format. An example of plagiarism that is not copyright is Taylor Swift buying the rights to a songwriters song and not giving them credit and passing them off as your own. An example of Copyright that is not plagiarism is the Ohio state marching band doing their own rendition of the song Gangnam Style and presenting it as a tribute. They still could get sued for using the song without permission.