Copyright & Plagiarism Issues
Creating Extension publications is commonly associated with misinterpretations about the responsibilities associated with copyright and plagiarism, which can lead to legal and ethical violations. The sources below are provided to help you avoid the potential consequences.
The Principles of Plagiarism, Alabama Cooperative Extension
Plagiarism Within Extension: Origin and Effects, Journal of Extension
Copyright and Intellectual Property, Ohio State University
Plagiarism vs. Copyright Infringement, eXtension
Ethics in Research & Publication, Elsevier
Is it Plagiarism Yet? Purdue Online Writing Lab
Excerpts from the Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.), used by WSU Extension editors for numbered publications
13.2 Quotations and modern scholarship
Few ideas spring up on their own, and the act of assimilating the words of others is central to modern scholarship. In the words of Jacques Barzun and Henry F. Graff, “Quoting other writers and citing the places where their words are to be found…is a very sophisticated act, peculiar to a civilization that uses printed books, believes in evidence, and makes a point of assigning credit or blame in a detailed, verifiable way.”1 The observation holds true in a world where more and more ideas are created, published, shared, and archived electronically.
1. The Modern Researcher, 5th ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992), 273.
4.77 Overview of the legal doctrine
Authors invoking fair use should…transcribe accurately and give credit to their sources. They should not quote out of context, making the author of the quoted passage seem to be saying something opposite to, or different from, what was intended.
Bonus Link
Adapting Publications for Local Audiences: Learning from Focus Groups and Community Experts, Journal of Extension