Plagiat Definitionen

Ein Plagiat (über frz. aus lat. plagium ‚Menschenraub‘) ist das Aneignen fremder geistiger Leistungen. Dies kann sich auf die Übernahme fremder Texte oder anderer Darstellungen (z. B. Zeitungs-, Magazinartikel, Fotos, Filme, Tonaufnahmen), fremder Ideen (z. B. Erfindungen, Design, Wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse, Melodien) oder beides gleichzeitig (z. B. Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen, Kunstwerke, Romane) beziehen.

Quelle: Deutsche Wikipedia: "Plagiat"

Plagiarism is the act of taking credit for someone else's work. In college, this usually involves writing, but other kinds of work can be plagiarized as well, including music, ideas, and artwork. Taking credit for work that someone else created is stealing and is a violation of intellectual property law. So plagiarism is more than just a violation of school policies and a teacher's trust. It is an illegal activity that isn't so different than stealing someone's iPod or wallet.

Quelle: A Definition by Naomi Rockler-Gladen

Plagiarism isn't just copying the exact words someone else wrote as though they were your own. It is also stating ideas that other people wrote and not attributing the ideas to them [...]. Keep in mind that the people who are reading your essay have likely already read some or even all of the material you are using. If you present an idea as your own, and the idea is already in the literature, we know that either stolen the idea or you've had an unoriginal idea that you did not know was out there because you've not really done your homework.

Quelle: An Article by Greg Laden

Plagiarism is the action or practice of taking and submitting or presenting the thoughts, writings or other work of someone else as though it is your own work. Plagiarism also includes the preparation or production and submission or presentation of assignments or other work in conjunction with another person or other people when that work should be your own independent work. This remains plagiarism whether or not it is with the knowledge or consent of the other person or people.

Quelle: Avoiding Plagiarism at Swinburne

nach Karsten Kutschera: "Als Plagiat bezeichnet man allgemein die bewusste Aneignung fremden Geistesgutes. Plagiator ist derjenige, der ein fremdes Werk oder Teile eines fremden Werkes als sein eigenes Werk ausgibt und somit "geistigen Diebstahl" begeht. Der Plagiator begeht eine zivilrechtlich unerlaubte und zum Schadensersatz an den Autor verpflichtende Handlung, die gleichzeitig auch noch strafbar ist. Der Plagiator ist also derjenige, der seinen Text wörtlich bei einem anderen Urheber abschreibt, ohne ihn korrekterweise zu zitieren, um anschliessend dieses Werk als sein eigenes geistiges Eigentum wieder herauszugeben."

Quelle: http://www.rhetorik.ch/Plagiat/Plagiat.html

Eine eher scherzhafte Definition.

Aus einem Buch abschreiben = Plagiat;aus zwei Büchern abschreiben = Essay;aus drei = Kompilation;aus vier = Dissertation.Heute mag man ergänzen: aus der Wikipedia = Hausarbeit.

Quelle: http://plagiat.htw-berlin.de/

According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means

- to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own -

to use (another's production) without crediting the source

- to commit literary theft -

to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.

>In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward.