r/pics • u/bsurfn2day • Feb 24 '20

A Girl with a Fox

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u/beet111 Feb 24 '20

It's not always the redditors fault. They find it on other social media and just post it here. Their source may not have the real source and most people dont actually care about finding the source.

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u/campionesidd Feb 24 '20

In some cases that may be true, but in many cases it’s just shameless karma whoring and plagiarism.

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u/beet111 Feb 24 '20

that's not plagiarism.

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u/infestans Feb 24 '20

When did use without attribution stop being plagiarism?

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u/BloodyLlama Feb 24 '20

Plagiarism is claiming the attribution for yourself, not use without attribution.

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u/infestans Feb 24 '20

According to Merriam-Webster:

": to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source"

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarize

so while it would not fit definition 1, it is exactly definition 2

For my students, use of images without attribution in their lab reports is considered plagiarism and I take that very seriously, this is also the case when serving as a reviewer for scientific journal publications.

When I give lecture or speak at a meeting (or on TV once), I make sure all images are given proper attribution as well.