Plagiarism involves an extra act of deceit. You’re passing off someone else’s work as your own. It appears most people find this immoral.
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TORFdot0@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I find the reaction to this and hbomberguy’s plagiarism video interesting. Both pirating and plagiarism are forms of infringement of intellectual property rights but one is considered ok and even just while the same voices condemn the other.
What makes ok against a faceless corporation but not ok against an independent creator? Should be wrong in both cases.
asret@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
zeppo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Plagiarism is fraud. In many cases the original creator doesn’t expect anything financial, just acknowledgement.
Skrewzem@kbin.social 9 months ago
While both are infringement on intellectual property, the cardinal difference is that plagiarism is stealing someone else intellectual work and passing it off as your own product. With piracy the pirate doesn't claim they themselves made the game, nor do they resell the game for profit.