What
makes a book, essay, poem, and any other kind of artistic work so interesting?
They are interesting because they bring something new to the minds of others.
Something original that many people would stop, look and exclaim, “Wow! That’s
some interesting ideas you have there!” People always have something to say
about some topic. There may be times where these ideas might coincide and match
but there are also times where they are totally different. It gives a whole new
different perspective to a certain subject.
In
today’s world, ideas can be known easily through something we all know, the
internet. Information can be known easily by just one tap of a finger on a
mouse pad. Thoughts can be seen by everyone in the world. Someone can opt to
write about a certain issue then if it is radical enough, the whole world can
know it by just one click. That is not to say that this technology is something
bad. Think of all good things the internet brought the world. You don’t have to
look through a great big library and a whole section of books just to look for
the history of a certain location. Everything is so accessible that you can
know just about anything in the comfort of your home.
Although
this tool gave way to a world where ideas can be shared to many people, this
also gave way to a world where plagiarism became an issue. Plagiarism is
basically copying another’s work or idea and claiming it is your own work. Just
by not sourcing the text where the idea came from is already considered
plagiarism. Since there is a great big access to much information, there are
great many people who try to use another person’s original idea and say that
he/she himself/herself thought of it.
There
are times where plagiarism is merely mistake and he/she just forgot to source
the person who have thought of the idea. Thus, caution must be practiced for
even by just forgetting to properly cite the true owner of the idea is already
considered plagiarism. For in lay man’s terms, plagiarism is stealing. Therefore,
the only thing that can be said is, be mindful, cite properly and originality
is today’s best friend to an easier and fulfilling life.
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