ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -When a work is said to be in the public domain (also referred to as “commons”) what is meant is that the work no longer has a right owner (of the economic rights). This is usually because the term of copyright protection has expired.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Plagiarism” is a much misunderstood and misused term in common parlance. In layman’s terms, it is generally used to convey the notion of copying or reproducing the work of another in a clandestine manner, usually without the permission of the author.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -piracy, act of illegally reproducing or disseminating copyrighted material, such as computer programs, books, music, and films.

Detailed explanation-5: -Simply put, plagiarism is the process of taking other people’s words and/or ideas and pretending that they are your own. An alternative definition of plagiarism is forwarded by the Collins Dictionary which explains that plagiarism is the practice of using someone else’s work and pretending that it is your own.