Tradition of plagiarism

Plagiarism refers to a form of cheating that has been defined as “the false assumption of authorship: the wrongful act of taking the product of another person’s mind, and presenting it as one’s own” (Alexander Lindey, plagiarisn and originality (New York: Harper, 1952)

Plagiarism, as defined in the 1995 Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary, is the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work."[1] Within academia, plagiarism by students, professors, or researchers is considered academic dishonesty or academic fraud and offenders are subject to academic censure, up to and including expulsion.

1. ^ qtd. in Stepchyshyn, Vera; Robert S. Nelson (2007). Library plagiarism policies. Assoc of College & Resrch Libraries. p. 65. ISBN 0838984169.

There are many reasons why plagiarism is unacceptable and unintentional. There is lot of awarness is required to get the right path while reporoducing information. The urge to know things and providing information which sometimes useful for others sametime it should not lead others in worng path.

Here !!!!!!! i just given a difinition of the problem of plagiarism......insgiht of plagiarism is much more which has to be dealt with care.