What is Plagiarism

laws in civilized societies regard expression as property of its author. . . . Plagiarism – either by verbatim copying or paraphrasing – is infringement of a copyright, a kind of tort. . . .The owner of the copyright (i.e., in most cases, the true author) could sue the plagiarist in federal court for violation of the copyright (n.p). ................
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