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176 nformaticsPractices is the legal term used to describe the terms under which Beware!! people are allowed to use the copyrighted material. We √√ Plagiarism means will limit our study to software licensing in this chapter. using other’s work and not giving A software license is an agreement that provides adequate citation legally binding guidelines pertaining to the authorised for use. use of digital material. The digital material may include any software or any form of art, literature, photos, √√ Copyright infringement etc., in digital form. Any such resource posted on the means using Internet constitutes intellectual property and must another person’s be downloaded, used or distributed according to the work, without permission or guidelines given in the license agreement. Failure to without paying followsuchguidelinesisconsideredasaninfringementof for it, if it is beiIntellectualPropertyRights(IPR),andisacriminaloffence. sold. 6.4.3 Violation of IPR Violation of intellectual property right may happen in one of the following ways: (A) Plagiarism With the availability of Internet, we can instantly copy or share text, pictures and videos. Presenting someone else’s idea or work as one’s own idea or work is called plagiarism. If we copy some contents from Internet, but do not mention the source or the original creator, then it is considered as an act of plagiarism. Further, if someone derives an idea or a product from an already existing idea or product, but instead presents it as a new idea, then also it is plagiarism. It is a serious ethical offense and sometimes considered as an act of fraud. Even if we take contents that are open for public use, we should cite the author or source to avoid plagiarism. (B) Copyright Infringement Copyright infringement is when we use other person’s work without obtaining their permission to use or we have not paid for it, if it is being sold. Suppose we download an image from the Internet and use it in our project. But if the owner of the copyright of the image does not permit its free usage, then using such an image even after giving reference of the image in our project is a violation of copyright. Just because it is on the Internet, does not mean that it is free for use. Hence, check the copyright status of writer’s work before using it to avoid copyright infringement. Reprint 2026-27