Intellectual property is defined as the unique intellectual output of a person or persons. Some examples of intellectual property are works of art, written or design works that are for commerce, patents, and copyrights. The World Intellectual Property Organization (2018) uses the terminology "creations of the mind". The legal definition for each of these things being intellectual property varies by type and by jurisdiction. For example, some IP is protected by copyright, some by patent, so there is a need to know what type of IP you are dealing with to ascertain the legal dimensions of it (Keener, Lock & Makaravage, n.d). But as a general principle if somebody adds unique value to a work, then that value-added work can be considered their intellectual property. If someone creates an entire work, then it is clearly their property, but the value added principle allows for people to build on things – they would not hold the entire work as property, just what they have added. Plagiarism is a specific violation of intellectual property ethics whereby somebody passes off the written work of another, without giving credit. There are a number of different factors that contribute to something being considered...
The first is whether the idea is common knowledge. An example would be the definition of plagiarism. If 100 people write out that definition, it will be fairly similar because the approximate definition of the term is well-established and common knowledge. That said, if I copy my definition from a website, then I need to credit that website, because it is not my definition at all. Plagiarism.org (2017) also adds that "changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit" would also qualify, as would "copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work."References
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Marshall, J. & Siciliano, N. (no date). The satire/parody distinction in copyright and trademark law: Can satire ever be a fair use? American Bar Association. Retrieved January 14, 2018 from https://apps.americanbar.org/litigation/committees/intellectual/roundtables/0506_outline.pdf
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