Based on unit 4 readings regarding plagiarism, I feel that it is crucial to cite our sources. There are many reasons why. The first reason why we should cite properly would be to give credit to the author who actually wrote the information. The second most important would be to help the reader obtain the exact location of source used within the research if the reader is interested in researching the topic further.
If I found out that someone used something that I created without giving me credit I would be very upset and I would report the incident as a fraudulent report. I would also, notify the writer to correct their mistake by apologizing and ask them to remove my portion of information utilized within their research.
In today's society there seems to be a lot of real-world plagiarism issues that include professionals. In situations like this, my opinion would be to have the professional redo or edit their work and properly cite all work that was obtained by other sources. I also, feel that these same professionals be held accountable for their errors and be fined because it means that if they ever get famous then lied their way to the top.
Internet really does blur the lines of "legally owned" because there are many websites that contain the very same information or materials and there are not always properly cited. Another good example would be that there some website out there that are made up by normal people like you and I and a lot of times these websites list information without any citations or information on where the sources where obtained.
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