Copyright
When an individual or organisation creates work and applies for it to be copyrighted as their own official piece of work because it is a unique creation made by the individual/organisation that they believe it to be valid enough to a point where it should be copyrighted. It gives the creator of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works legal ownership over the work as well as control over how their work is used by other people who wish to include the work of the individual/organisation in a part of their own work. The official name of the law in the UK prohibiting people from using other people's work without getting the correct permission to do so is called the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. The law clearly states that it is not necessarily the concept of what you've created that is protected but what is protected is the creation itself and its content as you can't consider an idea a complete work because it isn't at a point where it is its own fully developed entity so it isn't possible to own it because it is only little pieces of work which hasn't actually been created yet.
For example, the concept behind a song that someone creates would not be protected by the law but the finished song is a piece of work so it would be considered copyright infringement for someone to claim that the work is theirs and not give credit to the author of the work, it is also illegal since it comes under this law which also means the owner of the work has the right to take the claim of infringement to court if they wish to. The types of works covered and the duration of the copyright on the works that are relevant to the type of project I am making for my FMP (music video) are literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works which last for 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the last remaining author of the work dies or also if the work is made public domain by authorised performance, broadcast, exhibition etc. whereas sound recordings and broadcasts are available after 50 years rather than 70 years. However, because we are in education these laws do not apply to us but once we are in the industry we must abide by them unless we want to risk being legally pursued due to breaking the law put in place to stop copyright infringement from happening.
(UK Copyright Law. Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 :: The UK Copyright Service, 2000)
(Example of the copyright symbol, n.d.)
Plagiarism
When an individual presents another person's work as their own and doesn't fully acknowledge the author of work when incorporating it into their work. Whether the plagiarism is done on purpose or by accident, it is still against the law if it is making the ownership of a person's work seem uncertain but if it is done in a college/university and not outside of education, the worst that will most likely happen is the student who has plagiarised will be removed from their course and kicked out of the educational institution. The main types of plagiarism are verbatim, copying and pasting from the internet without referencing, paraphrasing, collusion, inaccurate citation, failure to acknowledge assistance, use of material written by professional agencies or other people and auto-plagiarism.
I would say that the most common form of plagiarism in colleges/universities is paraphrasing because of certain students who believe that if they change a few words and write everything else exactly how it is without referencing the source they are getting the information from, they will be able to cheat the system and not have to spend time citing the sources they utilise, but even if they are not intentionally trying to present it as their own work still isn't allowed. It is important to do research when creating a project though so including a bibliography that has references to the sources you have gathered your new knowledge from that will help you improve the quality of what you're making is essential otherwise the piece of work could be seen as less trustworthy and legitimate by people who come across it due to the insufficent amount of effort put into the research.
(Plagiarism | University of Oxford, n.d.)
(A person stealing another person's idea, n.d.)
Bibliography
Copyrightservice.co.uk. 2000. UK Copyright Law. Copyright, Designs And Patents Act 1988 :: The UK Copyright Service. [online] Available at: <https://copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/uk_law_summary> [Accessed 3 April 2020].
University of Oxford. n.d. Plagiarism | University Of Oxford. [online] Available at: <https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/academic/guidance/skills/plagiarism?wssl=1> [Accessed 3 April 2020].
n.d. Example Of The Copyright Symbol. [image] Available at: <https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTqWu3JMmwj7MmH3Cl1JcE8j0YGyOByzBtIYCkkvM8kf_UUmge7&usqp=CAU> [Accessed 4 April 2020].
n.d. A Person Stealing Another Person's Idea. [image] Available at: <https://www.sciencemag.org/sites/default/files/styles/article_main_large/public/ca_0629NID_Plagiarism_Larger_online.jpg?itok=93R9R1Em> [Accessed 4 April 2020].
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