#its stealing from copyrighted work. its plagiarizing essays

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literally how has AI not been banned yet

#i have not seen ONE single good helpful use of AI #like everyone who posts about it is just complaining about it causing more problems.... #its stealing from copyrighted work. its plagiarizing essays #work has had to send out 2 separate emails now begging people not to upload research data into AI databases #confidential patient data is being spewed out #there was that whole thing with zoom i saw earlier this week mining video calls for things to upload to ai #today i saw another article about ppl with eating disorders using ai to generate diet plans well below the recommended calorie intake #it has no way to filter when people are using it to harm themselves #AND my friends just linked me to another source from an author who had entire books written under her name with ai #made by some random dude hoping to get easy money from ppl seeing her name associated with the book #please. ban it. kill it. we can think for ourselves i promise it wont kill us #but noooo!! we gotta keep the tech bros and entrepreneurs happy!!

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I wrote an essay on this topic, which is what the comic is based off of. If you care to read it it's beneath the cut , as well as my works Cited, and alt text.

This was a college English assignment, first the essay then the multimodal project. I wanted to share it with the internet people on my phone because this is something that is important to me. (i added it up and i spent roughly 40+ hours on this comic in two weeks, guys, the carpal tunnel is coming for me...)

i would also like to give a huge thanks to some of my best friends for helping me, @ellalily my wonderful talented friend who i love so much and adore their work. (i love her art so much). I know you'll see this, love you king <22223333.

and my partner, @totallynotagremlin . amazing artist and the person i admire every day. thankyou for helping me with this and listening to me rant about this project. i love you so much *kisses you on the forehead.

If anyone reads this, please go check out their art.

THE ESSAY

If you're not paying attention you could mistake AI art for art made by real artists. Many people use AI without much knowledge about it, thinking it's something harmless and fun. However, AI art has a real impact on the art community. AI art is largely harmful to the art community because it negatively impacts artists by stealing and plagiarizing their work.

Knowing how AI generators create art provides important context in understanding the negative impacts of AI-generated art and why it is bad. In an article by The Guardian, Clark L. explains, “The AI has been trained on billions of images, some of which are copyrighted works by living artists, it can generally create a pretty faithful approximation”. On its own, this doesn't sound that bad, and many fail to see the issue with this. However, the corporations training these AI art generators use artists' work without their knowledge or consent. Stable diffusion, an online AI art generator, has provided artists the option to opt out of future iterations of the technology training. However, the damage has already been done. AI is ‘trained’ by being fed images. It analyzes them. It works by being given large amounts of data and input codes. In an article by  The Guardian, written by Clark L, there is a quote from Karla Ortiz, an illustrator, and board member of CAA, concerning this issue. She says, “It’s like someone who already robbed you saying, ‘Do you want to opt out of me robbing you?”.

Another article by Yale Daily News has several categories, the first being, “How does AI generate art”.  As the heading explains, the first section of the article explains how AI text-to-image generators like DALL-E2 and Midjourney create images by “analyzing data sets containing thousands to millions of images” (Yup K.). In the same article, they cite an artist, Ron Cheng, a Yale Visual Arts Collective board member who is against AI because AI fails to obtain consent from artists before stealing their art. Cheng says “There are enough artists out there where there shouldn't really be a need to make AI to do that.” (Yup K.). The article says Cheng views AI as a tool but not at the cost of the people who spent their lives developing artistic skills.

Many artists feel that they should be compensated or that this should fall under copyright laws but because proving this machine-made art has taken elements of their style is so difficult, the AI companies get off with no consequences. For an artist to take action against an AI image generator, they would have to prove that one of their art pieces had been copied into the system which can be difficult. They would have to prove specific elements of their personal art style have been directly copied and prove that their art has been used and imitated without their consent. Many artists feel that this technology will take their jobs and opportunities in the creative field of work. Kim Leutwyler, a six-time Archibald Prize finalist artist, expressed her issues with AI companies stealing her art in an ABC news article.  Leutwyler said that they had found almost every portrait they created, included in a database used to train AI without their knowledge or consent. They said it “feels like a violation” (Williams T.). 

  With AI art relying on, often, stolen artwork, and creating an interpretation of what it sees, it blurs the line between what is copyright infringement and what is not. In a BBC article by Chris Vallance,  Professor Lionel Bently, director of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at Cambridge University said that in the UK, “it's not an infringement of copyright in general to use the style of somebody else” (Vallance). Another point to keep in mind is that not many artists have the means to fight these legal battles for their art even if they wanted to. This same BBC article speaks about the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS), an organization that collects payments on behalf of artists for the use of their images. One quote helps illustrate their point, “I asked DACS’ head of policy Reema Aelhi if artists’ livelihoods are at stake. “Absolutely yes,” she says” (Vallance).

Another concern about AI mentioned in this article is deep fakes, porn, and bias. “Google warned that the data set of scraped images used to train AI systems often includes pornography, reflected social stereotypes, and contained “derogatory, or otherwise harmful associations to marginalize identity groups.” (Vallance). These are all important things to consider when using AI because an AI system can harmfully replicate biases and negative stereotypes because of what it learned. For example, if you input the prompt criminal, it is more likely for the image to be of a person of color. On the other hand, if you input the prompt, CEO, it is strongly probable that an image of an old white man in a suit will show up, not a woman, or a person of color. These stereotypes go much further and much deeper than just these two examples, but the AI recreates what it was taught and can follow patterns that are harmful to minorities.

Another concern many artists have is about their jobs and livelihoods. With how AI art has progressed in the past few years, it is starting to take opportunities from real artists. “It’s been just a month. What about in a year? I probably won’t be able to find my work out there because [the internet] will be flooded with AI art,” Rutkowski told MIT Technology Review (Clarke L.). Many of the articles I researched mentioned the Colorado State Art Fair, where an AI-generated image won first place. The BBC article written by Vallance talks about how a man (Allan) entered an AI-generated image mid-journey and won. Many artists were outraged by this and suddenly aware of how AI could take opportunities like these from them. The artists who entered this competition spent hours and hours on their pieces. As you can imagine they were angry, rightfully so, that an AI-generated piece that took no more than a few seconds won. There is a level of unfairness to this and many artists feel that AI should not be allowed in art competitions like this. It feels like they got cheated out of something they worked hard for. Nobody would let a robot compete in the Olympics or a cooking competition, so why should a machine be allowed to enter an art fair? AI could start taking jobs from artists working on animated projects, or taking commissions.

With AI’s ability to imitate a certain artist's style, some people may feel that they no longer have to pay an artist for work when they could just input a few words into a machine and get something done in seconds. There were artist and writer strikes in Hollywood, in part because of this. These creative people wanted to be paid fairly and have better working conditions, as well as a promise that not all of them would be replaced with AI. When SORA AI came out, I saw many artists online who aspired to have jobs in the animation industry, losing hope and motivation. A soulless and emotionless machine can rip away a lifelong hobby and passion.

Many artists were upset but Allen, the winner of the Colorado State Art Fair, stood by his point and said, “It's over. AI won. Humans lost” (Clark L.). The article quoted a game and concept artist, RJ Palmer's tweet, “This thing wants our job, it's actively anti-artist”.  The article speaks of how artists often take inspiration from other artists, “great artists steal”, but Mr. Palmer said, “This (AI) is directly stealing their essence in a way”. In an article by The Guardian, Clarke L. writes about how AI art has raised debates on just how much AI can be credited with creativity.  Human art has thoughts, memories, and feelings put behind it and takes a lot of skill, whereas, on the opposite end, AI art can't handle concepts like that. AI does not experience life like real people do. It does not have feelings or emotions and it can only think with the knowledge we give it. Since it cannot have these emotions, the art it creates will never have the emotions that art made by real artists has.

Cansu Canca, a research associate professor at Northeastern University and founder and director of the AI Ethics Lab said, “It is important to be mindful about the implications of automation and what it means for humans who might be ‘replaced’” (Mello-Klein, C.). She went on to say that we shouldn't be fearful but instead ask what we want from machines and how we can best use them to benefit people. The article says “With the push of a button, he was able to create a piece of art that would have taken hours to create by hand” (Mello-Klein, C.). Some artists said, “We’re watching the death of artistry unfold right before our eyes” (Mello-Klein, C.). In an article by the New Yorker, Chayka, K., started by giving three reasons why artists feel wronged by AI image generators that are trained using their artwork. The “three C’s”, they didn't consent, they were not compensated and their influence was not credited. The article states how it is hard for copyright claims based on style to get picked up because in visual art “courts have sometimes ruled in favor of the copier rather than the copied” (Chayka, K.). This applies to music as well, where some songs can sound similar but nothing will be done about it because they are different enough, or the source material was changed enough not to be seen as a complete copy. The article said, “In some sense. You could say that artists are losing their monopoly on being artists” (Chayka, K.). Some people are even hiring AI to make book covers instead of hiring artists.

While I am personally against the use of AI art as well as many of my artist friends, all people have their own opinions about the technology. The article by the New Yorker, written by Chayka, K, quotes Kelly Mckernan, who said they watch Reddit and Discord chats about AI. This provides opinions on some everyday people who aren't in the art field. on the situation and said, “They have this belief that career artists, people who have dedicated their whole lives to their work, are gatekeeping, keeping them from making the art they want to make. They think we’re elitist and keeping our secrets.” (Chayka, K.). I remember an acquaintance of mine said that he used AI art because he could not afford to commission an artist. Not everyone can afford to commission an artist and pay them fairly for their time. However, this does not mean artists should settle for less than their work is worth. Art takes time and that is time the artist could be doing something else. 

Northeastern Global contacted Derek Curry, an associate professor of art and design at Northeastern, who gave his thoughts on the subject and he does not believe AI art will ever replace humans because technology has limits. “The cycle of fear and acceptance has occurred with every new technology since the dawn of the industrial age, and there are always casualties that come with change” (Mello-Klein, C.). The article goes on to say how auto-tune was once controversial but it has become a music industry standard. It's used as a tool, and AI art could be similar. It is true that with new technology, people always fear it before it is accepted. For example, the car. People feared it would take jobs and replace people, and this did happen, but it offered more convenience and opened up more jobs for people than it took. Now cars are used by everyone and it is almost impossible to get around in America without one because it wasn't made for walking, it was built around roads. There are many more examples of people fearing a new technology before accepting it, so this could be the case with AI, but for AI to be used as a tool and aid to artists, greedy corporations have to change the way they think about the technology. They have to see it as, not a replacement, but a tool. Big animation companies want to replace a lot of their human artists, who need their jobs to support themselves and their families, with AI. This prospect is something that is discouraging to artists who want to enter the animation field, which is already competitive.

The Yale Daily News (Yup, K.), cites Brennan Buck, a senior critic at the Yale School of Architecture. He uses AI as a tool to colorize and upscale images. He does not think AI is a real threat to artists. This is a very different take from most artists I’ve heard about and talked to. I can see how this technology can be used as a tool and I think that is one of the only right ways to use AI art. It should be used as a tool, not a replacement. Another way AI art can be used as a tool is to learn how to draw. New artists can study how art is made by looking at colors and anatomy for inspiration, though it should be taken with a grain of salt because AI tends to leave out details, and things merge and some details make no sense. These are all things real artists would notice and not do in their pieces. Young artists could also study the process of real artists they admire. Getting good at art takes years and practice. Seeing all kinds of different art can help with the learning process. On the topic of some people feeling like AI is not a real threat to artists, some people feel that eventually the technology will fade in popularity and will become more of a tool. Only time can tell if AI art will take the jobs of artist.

  With everything being said, AI art is actively harming artists and the art community. Even if some artists like Brennan Buck feel that AI isn't a real threat to artists, presently, it is taking opportunities and jobs from artists and it will only get worse as the technology progresses. We need to prioritize real artists instead of a machine, a machine that will never be able to replicate the authenticity of living people's art that reflects their experiences and lives. Some artists use art to express and spread awareness of real-life issues. I have neurodivergent, transgender and queer friends who create art to show what it feels like to experience the world when it seems everyone is against you. I make art to reflect the beautiful things I see and read. I too am queer and fall under the trans umbrella term and I'm autistic, and I use art as a way to express myself through these things that make up my identity.

AI could never put the emotion that real people put into the things they create. Art is a labor of love and pain. Art like Félix González-Torres free candy contemporary art piece cannot ever be replicated by AI and have the same meaning. He “created nineteen candy pieces that were featured in many museums around the world. Many of his works target HIV”(Public Delivery, n.d.). The opinions and views on this, relatively, new technology differ from person to person. Some artists view generative AI art as a tool to utilize in their art while others see it as a threat and something that is taking away from artists. AI art can be used for bad, as it has and will be used to make deep fakes unless limitations are put on it. The AI systems are trained on thousands of images of real people and of art made by artists, all without their consent and most of the time, without their knowledge. On the other hand, some artists use it to aid their process and don't see the issue. Based on what I have learned, I do not think AI art is good, nor should it have a place in the creative job fields. Companies should not copy and steal work from artists. Artists work their whole lives to learn to create, and that should not be replaced by a machine.

ALT TEXT (I didn't know where to put the alt text, sorry, also, this is the first time I've ever done alt text so I'm sorry if its not the greatest, i tried. if you have feedback though, that would be greatly appreciated)

Page 1

“AI art is NOT real art” under  a picture of the letters AI, crossed out in red.

“AI text-to-image generators like DALL-E2 and Midjourney create images by, “analyzing data sets containing thousands to millions of images” (Yup K.)” 

Beneath the test is a set of polaroid photos strung up, with a black crow sitting on the wire. There is a computer with a few tabs open and two ladybugs near it.

“AI art generators are trained off of artwork used without the artist's consent.”

To the side of the text is a small person holding up something they drew. There are lines leading from their drawing to an ai recreated version of it.

Page 2

There is a picture of Kim Leutwyler 

“Feels like a violation”

“I found almost every portrait I've ever created on there as well as artworks by many Archibald finalists and winners”

Kim Leutwyler

(Williams T.)

There is a picture of Tom Christopherson

“I didn't think I would care as much as I did. It was a bit of a rough feeling to know that stuff had been used against my will without even notifying me.”

“It just feels unethical when it's done sneakily behind artists' backs… people are really angry, and fair enough”. 

Tom Christopherson

(Williams T.)

There is a drawing of Ellalily drawn by them,  with their cat sitting on top of the bubble they're in.

“AI sucks the life out of art… there’s no love, no creativity, no humanity to the finished product. And that's not even scratching the surface of the blatant violations put upon artists whose work has been stolen to fuel this lifeless craft” 

EllaLily

(@ellalily on tumbrl)

There is a drawing of Gremlin/Cthulhu 14 with small mushrooms growing off of their bubble

“AI art isn't real art because it just copies from real artists. Art is something that is so very human and it has human emotions in it. A robot can't replicate that emotion and cant give meaning to an art piece”

gremlin/cthulhu14

(@totallynotagremlin on tumbrl)

There is a drawing of myself gesturing towards the text.

“AI art is actively harming the art community by:

Taking jobs

Opportunities

Hope and motivation

From artists.”

Page 3

“Most artists can't do anything against the people feeding their art into these AI systems.”

There are two drawings of myself, sitting down, crisscross, underneath the text with speech bubbles showing that I'm theI'm person talking.

“Many artists don't have the means to fight these legal battles for their art, even if they wanted to.”

“Some dont have the:

Money” 

drawing of a dollar and some coins

“Time” 

drawing of a clock with the numbers jumbled

“Capability” 

drawing of a green frog in a purple witch hat and dress holding up a magic wand with its tongue.

“And even if they did…

Most AI art escapes copyright laws”

Beneath this is an image of Professor Lionel Bently and a small drawing of the university of cambridge.

“Professor Lionel Bently, faculty of law at university of cambridge said (In the UK) “its not an infringement of copyright in general to use the style of someone else””

There is a drawing of the same wizard frog from before. It is laying down.

“so … AI gets away with stealing from artists with no consequences.”

The text is surrounded by a yellow and orange comic emphasis speech bubble

Image of van gogh, starry night, and fake ai recreation.

Image of Zeng Fanzhi art, image of john chamberlain art, “art by artists inspired by Van Gogh

“Artists take inspiration from each other. AI only companies what it sees.”

Page 4

There is a drawing of a green beetle with yellow wings in the top right corner. On the other side of the page, there is an image of Reema Aelhi.

Design and Artist Copyright Society (DACS) is an organization that collects payments on behalf of artists for the use of their images. “I asked DACS’ head of policy Reema Aelhi if artists' livelihoods are at stake, “absolutely yes,” she says”. (Vallance).

There is a brown bat hanging upside down from red swirls on the page.

“Deep fakes and biases

Another problem with generative AI is that often, the data sets used to train it contains, “pornograhy, reflected social stereotypes and contains “derogatory… or harmful associations to marginalized identity groups””. (vallance)”

There is a cartoonish small white and brown cat underneath the text.

“Example, Prompt CEO”, image of a white old man.

“Prompt, criminal”, image of person of color

“These are examples of HARMFUL BIASES”

There is a moth emerging from a green cocoon through three images. The first is an untouched cocoon, the second has a yellow, red, and green moth halfway emerged from the cocoon. The third has the moth fully emerged, resting on the cocoon. There is one last moth flying across the page underneath the text.

“AI art also threatens the jobs and livelihoods of artists.”

There is a drawing of a brown suitcase with stickers on it, and college certificates around it.

“The artist and writer strike in 2023 that lasted 148 days happened in part, due to the fear of being replaced by AI.”

There is a broken yellow, red, and green moth wing at the bottom of the page.

Page 5

“AI also takes opportunities” two green shoes are hanging from a red dot.

“Animated jobs”

Two cartoon birds are on a television screen with a red/pink background.

“commission work”

There are two people, one is a person in a purple shirt who is handing over a drawing to a girl in a blue shirt with ginger hair.

“Book cover art jobs”

There is a fake book with a person on the cover, who has a big orange bird on her arm. There are clouds and three stars in front of her.

“The Colorado State Art Fair was won by an AI image, entered by Jason M. Allen”

Arrow from Jason M. Allens name to quote, “it's over. AI won. Humans lost” - quote from Allen (Clark L.)

“Artists were outraged. You don't let robots compete in sports competitions, why was it allowed in an art competition?”

Tweet from RJ Palmer, @arvalis - august 13, 2022

“This thing wants our jobs. It's actively anti-artist”

“Great artists steal…[but] this (AI) is directly stealing their essence in a way.”

How much can AI be credited with creativity? Human art has emotions /feelings, thoughts/memories, and takes skill and time.

AI art has none of that”

Beneath the text, there is an image of a desert with two clouds, one partially covering the sun. The sky is blue and there are cacti in the background. There is a singular tumbleweed bouncing through the scene.

Page 6

“With a push of a button, he (Allan) was able to create a piece of art that would have taken hours to create by hand… we’re watching the death of artistry unfold right before our eyes.” (Mello- Klein C.)

There is a person in a coffin. There is water in the coffin covering most of them. There are stars over their chest. There are leaves surrounding the coffin.

Page 7

“It is important to be mindful about the implications of automation and what it means for humans who might be replaced”

-Cansu Canca, research associate professional at Northeastern University, founder and director of AI ethics lab. (Mello-Kline, C.)”

There is an image of Cansu Canca. There is also an orange owl in flight.

“Most artists taken advantage of by AI feel wronged in 3 main areas

They didn't consent”

There is tea in a  white and blue cup. Steam is coming up from the brown tea.

“They weren’t compensated”

There is a bronze coin. Next to it is a stamp with the words “the three C’s (Chayka, K)”

“Their influence wasn't credited”

There is a blue credit card with waves on it and a silver chip. On the credit card, there are the words “credit card numbers :D”

“Courts have sometimes ruled in favor of the copier rather than the copied”

There is a red fox with a blue butterfly on its nose and a turquoise background.

Page 8

“If AI art should be used at all, it should be used as a tool and not a replacement”

There is a hammer with a red handle and two wrenches, one on either side of it, followed by two files and yellow pencil. 

“Brennan Buck, senior critic and Yale School of Architecture uses AI also a tool to colorize and upscale images.”

Next to the text is an image of Brennan Buck.

“New artists can look at art made by artists and AI to learn new techniques. However, learning from real artists is more ethical and effective.”

Beneath and between the text is a drawing of a woman with long flowing ginger hair. Her body is obscured by waves like clouds or mist. Six white wings are coming out of her back. She has several hands surrounding a woman with shorter brown hair.

Page 9

“AI is actively harming artists and the art community. It's presently taking jobs and opportunities. Art is a labor of love and pain. Artists cannot and should not be replaced by machines.”

There is a drawing of myself in a birch wood forest. There are bits of sunlight streaming through the gaps in the leaves. I am painting a picture of the scene I see before me. I am in a green dress with a white off-the-shoulder top and there is a brown easel.

Works Cited

Chayka, K. (2023, February 10). Is A.I. Art Stealing from Artists? The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/is-ai-art-stealing-from-artists?irclickid=xyOXQL259xyPRBuWV7XlJViKUkH17cVGIzN7Xs0&irgwc=1&source=affiliate_impactpmx_12f6tote_desktop_FlexOffers.com%2C%20LLC&utm_source=impact-affiliate&utm_medium=29332&utm_campaign=impact&utm_content=Online%20Tracking%20Link&utm_brand=tny. February 28, 2024.

Clarke, L. (2022, November 18). When AI can make art – what does it mean for creativity? The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/12/when-ai-can-make-art-what-does-it-mean-for-creativity-dall-e-midjourney. February 28, 2024.

Mello-Klein, C. (2022, October 12). Artificial intelligence is here in our entertainment. What does that mean for the future of the arts? Northeastern Global News. https://news.northeastern.edu/2022/09/09/art-and-ai/. February 28, 2024.

Public Delivery. (n.d.). Why did Félix González-Torres put free candy in a museum? https://publicdelivery.org/felix-gonzalez-torres-untitled-portrait-of-ross-in-l-a-1991/

Vallance, B.B.C. (2022, September 13). “Art is dead Dude” - the rise of the AI artists stirs debate. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-62788725. February 28, 2024.

Williams, T. (2023, January 9). Artists angry after discovering artworks used to train AI image generators without their consent. ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-10/artists-protesting-artificial-intelligence-image-generators/101786174. February 28, 2024.

Yup, K. (2023, January 25). What AI art means for society, according to Yale experts - Yale Daily News. Yale Daily News. https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/01/23/what-ai-art-means-for-society-according-to-yale-experts/. February 28, 2024.

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How to Write Plagiarism-free Content: 10 Effective Ways to Stay Original

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Introduction

‍Plagiarism is taking credit for someone else’s work. It can be unintentional or intentional. For example, you may not realize that your article reads exactly like an encyclopedia entry. Or perhaps you read an article and thought it was so good that you included it word-for-word in your work without citing the source. Whichever kind of plagiarism you encounter, it’s something to avoid if you want a career as a writer. You don’t want to become known as a cheater because even if nobody finds out, you know what you did was wrong. This article will help you understand what plagiarism is and why we need to stay away from it at all costs. With these tips, you can stay original and create great content every time.

Defining Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the act of taking someone else’s work and pretending that it is your own. It is different from copyright infringement, which is a violation of someone’s rights concerning the work they have created. When it comes to plagiarism, there are two broad types: self-plagiarism and unintentional plagiarism. Self-plagiarism happens when you re-use your work without citing it. For example, you might write an article and publish it on two different websites. Unintentional plagiarism is when you don’t realize that you are using someone else’s work as your own and you don’t give them credit.

Why is plagiarism bad?

Plagiarism is bad because it’s both unethical and dishonest. It takes credit for somebody else’s work without giving them the acknowledgment they deserve. It makes you look untrustworthy like you have no moral compass. Nobody wants to work with an unethical person, and neither do employers, so plagiarism can drastically reduce your chances of getting your desired job. Not only that, but you’re also doing a huge disservice to the reader by giving them inaccurate information. You’re not only stealing their time but also their money.

What should I do if I get caught plagiarizing?

If you get caught plagiarizing, the first thing you want to do is apologize. This can be done even if you don’t feel like you were wrong, because it shows that you are a good person and that you care about other people. Keep in mind that plagiarism is a hard subject to avoid, so you should only avoid it if it’s really necessary. If the content of your paper is already well-researched and comprehensively written, then there’s no need for you to worry about plagiarism. What is plagiarism: Tips on how to write a plagiarism-free paper.

What are the consequences of plagiarism?

If you get caught plagiarizing, your grade could drop by a significant amount. This is because the teacher will likely think that you’re not as committed to your work as others. They may also think that you aren’t able to do your research, since you have stolen it from someone else. This can lead to lower grades and poor job prospects, so it’s not worth it.

What is the difference between plagiarism and copyright?

Plagiarism is when you use someone else’s work as your own. Copyright, on the other hand, is when you “own” the work of another person. You can think of it as a type of copyright in which you are allowed to copy someone else’s work. However, plagiarism and copyright are not the same things. Plagiarism is usually a form of copyright infringement, but not all forms of copyright infringement are plagiarism. For example, if you write an essay based on another person’s report or book, this would be an example of plagiarism but not copyright infringement.

What makes a good paper?

A good paper should have strong arguments that support its conclusions and claims. It should also include interesting ideas that people will want to read more about after they finish reading your paper. A good paper will also have well-researched information that supports its claims and doesn’t rely on random guesses or assumptions. It should also be clear and easy to understand for anyone who isn’t completely familiar with the subject matter covered in your paper. If your paper is too long or too difficult to understand for anyone who isn't already familiar with it, then it's likely that it won't be very effective at persuading them to accept your views or beliefs about it.

How can I avoid plagiarism?

The best way to avoid plagiarism is to make sure that everything in your paper is original content. If any parts of your paper are copied from other sources, then those sections should be rewritten and expanded upon into something original. Another good idea is to use quotation marks around all of the information you get from other sources, so there will be no confusion as to where exactly it came from. Finally, make sure that your paper is well-researched and comprehensive enough to stand on its own without being stolen from someone else.

Check your facts before writing

If you write about a topic that you’re not familiar with, make sure you check your facts. Otherwise, you might accidentally plagiarize someone else’s work because you didn’t fact-check properly. This is a huge no-no because if you don’t cite the source, you’re essentially stealing someone else’s ideas. You don’t want to be known as that guy who steals other people’s ideas because it’s not just unethical, it’s illegal. It’s considered copyright infringement, and you could face consequences if you’re caught.

Write with a partner or group of friends

This is a great way to avoid plagiarism by making sure that you reference your sources properly. Although you don’t have to cite your sources word-for-word, you should include them in your writing so that the reader knows where you got your information from. Having a partner or group of friends helps you stay honest because you don’t want to let them down by plagiarizing. You don’t have to write alone all the time; having a partner can help you come up with unique ideas and be more creative. Having a group of friends helps you stay honest because you don’t want to let them down by plagiarizing. You also don’t have to write alone all the time; having a partner or group of friends can help you come up with unique ideas and be more creative.

Don’t trust free translation tools

You may find yourself needing to translate something from English to another language for your writing and decide to use a free translation tool. Don’t do it! There have been many instances of people using a translation tool and accidentally plagiarizing a source because the machine mistook the source’s language for English instead. You don’t want to be responsible for plagiarizing someone else’s work just because you decided to use a translation machine. You don’t want to be responsible for plagiarizing someone else’s work just because you decided to use a translation machine.

Write with synonyms and vocabulary you know well

Using words and synonyms that you know well will prevent you from accidentally plagiarizing someone else’s work. You don’t want to include words and phrases in your content that are not your own because that’s plagiarism. If, for example, you’re writing about a specific topic in your field and use a word that you don’t know, you can always look it up in a dictionary or online to find out what it means. When you write with synonyms that you know well, you’ll be able to express yourself better and avoid plagiarizing someone else’s work.

Use Grammarly to check for plagiarism and grammar mistakes

Grammarly is a free plagiarism checker that helps you check your work for mistakes and make sure you’re not accidentally plagiarizing someone else’s work. You can use it while you’re writing and save it to your computer as a document to use again and again. Having a plagiarism checker like Grammarly helps you avoid accidentally plagiarizing someone else’s work. It will let you know if a sentence is too similar to another source. Having a plagiarism checker like Grammarly helps you avoid accidentally plagiarizing someone else’s work. It will let you know if a sentence is too similar to another source.

Write unique content with your own voice

Are you afraid of sounding too different from other writers? Don’t be. The best way to avoid plagiarism is to write unique content that sounds like you. You don’t want to sound like an encyclopedia or an impersonal textbook. Instead, use your voice to write articles that sound like they came from you. This way, you don’t have to worry about plagiarizing someone else’s work because your articles will be so different from theirs. The best way to avoid plagiarism is to write unique content that sounds like you.

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Hey aelaer, I have a question and since you seem to have been writing fanfic forever, I think you're a good person to ask this. I have a crossover idea with Doctor Strange and another universe, but to my dismay someone has already written something similar (not the same universe). I did have my story plotted out already, but there's some key concepts that can't be avoided I don't know if I should give up. I don't want to be accused of plagiarism even if the story is completely different.

Hi, thanks for thinking of me for your question! I have a tendency to ramble (and I ended up writing an essay for this) so let me answer you immediately: yes, you should still write it.

Now the rest of the answer delves into the why, in entirely too much detail as I am wont to do.

According to plagiarism.org, Merriam Webster defines the following items as plagiarism:

to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own

to use (another’s production) without crediting the source

to commit literary theft

to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source

For instance, if I were to state that the above was my own words, I would be plagiarizing both Merriam Webster and plagiarism.org (which is just irony at its finest).

Figuring out how to avoid plagiarizing words is easy: don’t copy-paste words that aren’t yours and declare them as yours. Slight rewording of the content doesn’t keep it from being plagiarism, either. The issue of ideas, however, is a good deal more difficult to quantify, especially in the creative space.

The Office of Research Integrity starts off by giving us a base point of idea plagiarism with the sciences in the following statement:

“In the sciences, as in most other scholarly endeavors, ethical writing demands that any ideas, data, and conclusions borrowed from others and used as the foundation of one’s own contributions to the literature, be properly acknowledged. The specific manner in which we make such acknowledgement may vary depending on the context and even on the discipline, but it often takes the form of either a footnote or a reference citation.”

This makes sense. In many educational systems kids are taught to properly site sources for information, which extends to ideas within the scientific community. If you are building your thesis on cancer research upon the discoveries of other researchers, they need to be referenced and cited properly (and it builds credibility for your own studies).

But how does this apply to creative writing, or indeed any creative medium? Obviously you don’t see footnotes for every source of inspiration in popular fiction across creative media, and it’s not like magical schools are banned from fiction because JK Rowling wrote a series about such a place. How do the rules of plagiarism of ideas that have a clear guideline in formal writing adapt to the creative arts?

To answer this question I am first going to turn to the modern legal system. Every country has its own set of laws regarding the protection of original works and ideas, but for the sake of ease the following is based on US laws and definitions. If you’re interested in your own country’s specific laws (and how they differ from what is stated here) I recommend a quick Google search.

Copyright is a concept that puts some (but not all) acts of plagiarism into a legal liability. It came into form as the printing press (and printed works) became more popular, but has grown significantly over the past 150 years as new technology and new ways to distribute media have come into play. As Wikipedia succinctly summarizes, “In law, copyright is the exclusive right, given to the creator of a work, to reproduce the work, usually for a limited time. Copyright protects the original expression of an idea in the form of a creative work, but not the idea itself. A copyright is subject to limitations based on public interest considerations, such as the fairuse doctrine in the United States.” This is how parody and criticism are protected, for instance.

It’s important to note that copyright protects the specifics, but not the actual idea. For instance, Marvel (and thus, Disney) have the copyright to the story of Stephen Strange, the arrogant surgeon that had a terrible car crash and went to Kamar-Taj and learned the ways of the Mystic Arts. However, if someone were to write about Trevor Baker, the arrogant baseball player that lost his arm in a car accident and went to a secret society in Japan to learn magic to become a sorcerer, there is no copyright protection. The idea is the same (and perhaps plagiarized), but there is enough difference to make it its own work.

You may note that, under that copyright definition and the current state of US law, all fanfiction are copyright infringements. Alongside that, all fanfiction can be considered a plagiarism of ideas in the eyes of some original creators. However, you’ll find that most authors, studios, and creative organizations are tolerant and sometimes encouraging of fanfiction and other fan-derived works so long as it’s not done for profit and clearly stated to be a fan-derived work (one time commissionsseem to be a grey area that most seem okay with, but something like art prints of copyrighted or trademarked characters is not something I’ve found definite rules for, and I imagine that it is also on a case by case basis; publishing written fanfiction works widely for profit is a big no for most creators). For more on this subject and how fan-derived works have fared legally, take a look at this wiki article, which mostly looks at cases within the United States but is still an interesting read. For more details about specific cases you can go to the sources linked.

You’ll note that, since copyright law does not protect ideas, that it doesn’t really fall into the scenario prompted in the original ask. The reason I bring up copyright is that it is important to recognize the differences between copyright and plagiarism.

I think Sara F Hawkins (an actual attorney, unlike me) states it best in her article about it. She has a whole list of the differences between copyright and plagiarism, but I think for the sake of this topic, this point is especially relevant to us: “Plagiarism is a violation of moral, ethical, or organization norms not laws.”

So let’s look at this case from those three viewpoints (for the sake of ease, I am using this definition to show the difference between ethics and morals. I don’t know if it’s right, but it’s useful).

Moral: The plagiarism of ideas and where it stands on a moral ground really varies from person to person. For instance, one may accuse me of plagiarizing @amethyst-noir​‘s ideas with the embellished or different spins on the prompts and asks received in her inbox. However, my moral stance would be that this falls into inspiration rather than plagiarism because there is enough of my own work within these prompts. This is a stronger argument as I also have her full support (as well as the support of a couple of the anons), but even if I didn’t, I think that if you put enough of your own spin onto the base of an idea, you craft it enough to make it your own. Many, many stories follow the same general plot lines and tropes; that does not mean they are all plagiarizing each other. Furthermore, the original ask makes it sound like you, anon, did not know this story existed after crafting the outline, making the argument null. How can you plagiarize something you did not know existed? You can’t, not from a moral standpoint.

Ethical: Unfortunately this one is a bit harder and the one you seem most concerned about. There is no one culture amongst the fan fiction community, and even every fandom has its own set of different communities with their own sets of norms, leaving this not entirely possible to predict. Instead I would rather critically examine the key plot points that are the same as this writer and figure out if they are relatively common tropes or entirely too specific to each other. For instance, if there’s a kidnapping, that’s in half the fiction out there. It’s way too broad a trope to be considered an idea one can really plagiarize. However, if both your story and theirs feature a kidnapping of the same character in the same spot with the same method after a very similar series of events, then there may be more people that see the similarities between them.If you want to take precaution against overzealous fans of the other work, upon publication of your own story, you can outright mention that you found a work similar to yours well after beginning your story and that any similarities are unintentional, with a link and a positive plug to the story in particular. You could even reach out to the author themselves before publishing, but I don’t think this is necessary, especially since you are crossing over a wholly different world (which already distinguishes itself as a different piece of work in regards to the base idea in most cases).

Organization: The authority on transformative works is usually considered to be AO3. AO3 would not pull a work for very similar ideas; if that were the case, the hurt/comfort, chatroom, and E-rating categories would be much, much smaller than they are now. So no worries on that end.

I cannot predict the behavior of your reviewers, anon, and without specifics I cannot say how similar your work is to this work already published, but I hope that everything I outlined above gives you an idea of where to go from here.

I am going to end this essay of an answer with something I found in my research on this subject. I came across this fantastic article by a Jonathan Bailey about the plagiarism of ideas and how they apply in US patent law (unlike copyright law, you can patent ideas), and what it would mean for the creative space if they were applied similarly. I recommend reading the whole article, but this passage especially stood out to me:

The best thing that we can do is realize that, in the eyes of the law, the value of a creative work is in its execution, not the idea behind it. As such, we have to take it upon ourselves not only to be original, but to carry out our visions the best possible way.

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YIIK and the Art of Plagiarism vs Sampling

Hot warning that this is going to be a rather short and very angry piece. I’ve been sitting on this for a while and recently got reminded of this, and I feel this strong need to talk about this because of how many people don’t think that this is plagiarism.

For anyone not in the know, YIIK was recently accused of plagiarizing Haruki Murakami’s novel After Dark. u/malphasia on Reddit made this post with the title “"can i copy your homework" "sure just change a few things so it's not obvious":

More examples of plagiarism were found by journalist Ryan Brown:

It’s pretty obvious the latter examples provided by Brown are straight plagiarism. (This is corroborated by NicheGamer’s writers.) But we’re going to be talking about the example from Murakami’s novel specifically, as some people have contested the idea that it’s plagiarism:

As well, Allanson responded to the accusations with. Well,

So let’s talk about references, plagiarism, and homage.

First things first: I honestly, truly believe that this is plagiarism. Maybe a sentence would have been a reference; not nearly an entire paragraph worth of words.

Second, NO ALEX FUCKING DIDN’T READ IT ALLANSON, BECAUSE YIIK TAKES PLACE IN 1999 AND AFTER DARK WASN’T PUBLISHED (in English) UNTIL 2007, YOU EGG.

Third, and this is more of a sidenote, Proto-Woman only exists for one part at the beginning and never appears again and only really exists to be a naked woman spouting cryptic bullshit for a bit. So add a new checkmark to YIIK’s sexism pile, as yet another female figure in this game prominent enough to get a portrait contributes absolutely nothing to the story.

Fourth, let’s talk plagiarism. From the Merriam-Webster dictionary, to plagiarize is “to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source.” Kotaku (as much as I hate using that site) notes that Murakami isn’t named in the game’s credits.

So, what about the countless other pieces of media that have quoted other games or books? Literaryterms.net shows some excellent examples of what we would call a “homage,” or references to another work that the original author respects. Hot Fuzz pays homage to Point Break, even showing the main characters watching said movie. That 70′s Show pays homage to Star Wars by mimicking its intro text roll, along with other parts of the movie throughout that specific episode.

What separates those from YIIK, however, is this: those previous pop culture examples draw attention to the fact that it is paying homage at all. YIIK doesn’t mention Haruki Murakami once before that scene with Proto-Woman plays out. And, fun fact, the game isn’t shy about name-dropping other inspirations that it had, such as Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana. So why weren’t After Dark or Haruki Murakami mentioned at all in order to set up a future homage?

Because it probably wasn’t a homage. I don’t buy Allanson’s excuse of “it was a homage” for a goddamn second. He’s backpedaling because he got caught plagiarizing.

Allanson also claimed in his response:

At least in my experience going through YIIK? None of the parts of ‘broken reality’ made much sense or seemed connected in any way, shape, or form. They just sort of... happened. And maybe I’m just not well-versed in that side of pop culture, but none of those parts appeared to be references to anything. Which is a shame, because I love that idea! Having reality distort and be seen through someone’s eyes, a reality that’s influenced by the type of media they consume or the memories that they have. Yet, that really doesn’t feel like what happened with YIIK. YIIK’s broken reality segments all sort of just... blend together. That’s besides the point, though.

But let’s have a look at another counterpoint, that being this person mentioning sampling (often a practice in music):

Sampling is still a highly grey area legally and still contested heavily, mate. Also, general consensus is that you have to get permission from the original artist because then it becomes an issue of copyright infringement.

“The act of sampling without permission infringes copyright in three distinct ways. Firstly, it is a breach of copyright in the original sound recording. Secondly, it is a breach of copyright in the underlying music and lyrics, and thirdly, it constitutes an unauthorised use of one or more of the performances in the original work, such as a guitar riff, vocal hook, or drum part. In addition, the moral rights of the original artist may be infringed, if sampling is undertaken in a way that the artist objects to, or if the artist isn’t credited.”

“You've all heard of musicians being sued for "borrowing" another songwriter's material or famous published authors guilty of stealing from one another. Sometimes plagiarism profits the plagiarizer (if he or she doesn't get caught) and deprives the "original" creator of the "idea or product" of earnings (to quote the Webster's definition at the top of this page). In such cases, we are talking about copyright infringement, a legal issue.”

So yeah. General practice appears to be “get permission from the original artist before sampling, otherwise it can get very messy legally.”

Huh. Sounds familiar, don’t it?

Anyway tl;dr I wholeheartedly believe that Andrew Allanson plagiarized Haruki Murakami’s novel for his game, and the evidence of him plagiarizing dictionaries is also really damning. (Even worse is that YIIK is a public, commercial product, so it can be seen as Allanson profiting off of someone else’s words.)

Remember to cite your sources, kids. It’s why I have ten thousand links per essay--I try to source everything I can.

Moral of the story is: don’t be Andrew Allanson.

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Plagiarism is not in itself a crime, but can constitute copyright infringement. In academia and industry, it is a serious ethical offense.Plagiarism and copyright infringement overlap to a considerable extent, but they are not equivalent concepts, and many types of plagiarism do not constitute copyright infringement, which is defined by copyright law and may be adjudicated by courts. Plagiarism is not defined or punished by law, but rather by institutions (including professional associations, educational institutions, and commercial entities, such as publishing companies)

So I interview one of my professor, Miss Joshuanie Rosero. She said, when she heard about ‘’plagiarism’’ she thoughts of ‘’taking words’’ ‘’ideas’’ ‘’concepts’’ from someone else and ‘’using them as if they were your own’’. She experienced being plagiarized, those who being plagiarised ‘’it is unethical illegal and against all academic codes of conduct’’ also she said, ‘’once you’ve identified an incident involving academic fraud and determined your friend, students, or anyone to motivate them its time to handle the situation . It’ll depend  on the acadmeic policy of the intitution. So i ask my prof that why do she think people keeps copying from someones work? she answered ‘’ bacause they have poor time management skills or they may plan poorly for the time and effort required for research based writing and believe they have no choice but to plagiarized. 

Plagiarism is an act of fraud that involves both stealing someone else’s work and lying about it afterward,As most people know, there are serious consequences to plagiarism, which is the main reason why you should never plagiarize, but you should also not plagiarize because it is not fair to the person who you are stealing information from. If you had thought of a brilliant idea, or written a great essay, you would not want people to take your hard work without giving you any credit for it. You would feel wronged, and so would anybody else if you take their work. plagiarizing had serious consequences. 

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First off, copyright infringement can happen to anyone. It even happened to me, and I’m pretty careful about these things.

But quite often, it is small institutes with limited staff that fall into the trap of using copyrighted material improperly. It’s just hard when you’ve only got so many resources at your disposal.

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The letter took me completely by surprise.

I’ve been doing education marketing for a long time now, and we use rich media like images all the time to increase click-thru rates, shares, and other marketing goals. It’s kind of a prerequisite to know and understand copyright laws in my line of work.

So, I dove into my media files to find the image allegedly in violation.

I found it buried deep in the archives of my blog. Then, I had to relocate where I originally found the image.

In the search engine, the image was represented as available for free, public use, no requirements or stipulations.

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Hindsight is 20/20. I wouldn’t use an image like that ever now, even if the search engine says I can.

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This is a BIG no-no. Yet for some reason, well-meaning professionals find themselves doing this very thing, usually not realizing what they have done is wrong.

The majority of images, audio files, and video files you find on the Internet are subject to strict copyright laws — and you need permission from the author to use them on your site.

Just say no!

It’s too risky to nab images or other artwork from a Google search and place it on your school’s website. This is true even if you’re checking the “labeled for reuse” box in Google’s tools. Your school may be forced to pay thousands of dollars per file used if a lawsuit is filed against you.

Use Caution with Creative Commons

There are different types of CC licenses, and each one comes with a specific set of requirements for anyone who uses the author’s work.

A “Creative Commons License” doesn’t mean there are no stipulations with its use!

In my case, I inadvertently misused that Creative Common image because I did not attribute it to the author in the manner described by the license.

I understood how Creative Commons licenses worked back then, but I was working with bad information and I didn’t take the time to double-check my sources. Lesson learned!

Don’t Assume They Won’t Find You

While my mistake was done unwittingly, there are lots of education marketers that choose not to attribute credit to the author simply because they don’t have the time, or the author’s info isn’t available, or the way it should be attributed isn’t clear.

Too many times, busy marketers assume it’s no big deal. How would anyone even know?

Don’t assume you’re too small for someone to care that you misused their artwork.

There are companies and legal firms that create spiders, web robots, to crawl the Internet looking for copyright infringement cases. No matter how small or remote your college, university, or independent school is, you will be found eventually.

It’s just a matter of time. Web robots don’t sleep.

A Crash Course in Creative Commons Licenses

So how many CC license types are there?

The Creative Commons site says that there are six main license types. Each has a different level of restrictions and rules for using the artwork.

Some CC licenses allow you to use the artwork in almost any way you want, as long as you attribute them properly to the author.

Some allow usage, but only for non-commercial use. Still, others restrict usage of the art almost entirely, only allowing it to be downloaded.

In all of the license types, proper attribution is required.

It’s like correctly citing sources in a thesis or essay. It’s a must.

Save Yourself the Hassle

There are two ways you can get amazing images for your website or school blog without having to navigate the requirements of Creative Commons licenses.

Create your own artwork.

Pay for stock artwork.

Creating Your own Artwork

At first, you might balk at the idea of creating your own images, audio, or video content for your education website.

However, the cost of quality video and audio production equipment is becoming more and more affordable. Believe it or not, you can put together a powerful video content creation kit for $2,000 or less!

There are a lot of reasons to consider creating your own rich media content, but legally speaking, you’ll never infringe on copyright when it’s your own content. And besides, original art conveys brand authenticity which makes it worth the effort just for that.

Again, this is not legal advice, but as I understand it, if an employee of your school creates the art while being paid for their regular duties, the copyright should belong to you.

However, I believe by default that the copyright of any piece of art is owned by whoever created the image, audio, or video file. So if you hire an artist, photographer, or videographer, make sure you have a work-for-hire agreement in effect so that the copyright belongs to your school.

Stock Art

I’ve been using stock images for my blog and website for years now without any problems at all. I subscribe to a stock image monthly plan, which keeps my rich media budget well under control.

Here are some great stock photo subscription services:

Adobe Stock

iStockPhoto

Bigstock

Free Stock Photos that Don’t Suck (List of some amazing photos that allow public use. Double-check all copyright information just in case!)

Friend to Friend

There are some things you can learn by experience — but it’s even better if you learn from the experience of others!

So please learn from my story today, friend to friend.

And with over 40 years of combined experience in education marketing on the Caylor team, there’s a lot of expertise you can leverage to help you reach your marketing goals. If you’re ready, let’s talk!

Be Advised

With tight budgets and deadlines, it’s tempting to get lax on how we use images and video on the Internet.

My strong recommendation: Don’t use Creative Commons files— unless you know how to attribute each piece of artwork properly.

Do you use a stock photo subscription or do you create your own art? How does your educational institution protect itself from marketing legal traps like this?

Featured image by Feng Yu via Adobe Stock

Just Say No image by DOC RABE Media via Adobe Stock

Artist image by Faithie via Adobe Stock

This post was originally published at: https://www.caylor-solutions.com/caylor-psa-protect-yourself-from-copyright-infringement/

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Caylor Solutions PSA: Protect Yourself from Copyright Infringement

Caylor Solutions PSA: Protect Yourself from Copyright Infringement

Copyright infringement can happen to any education marketer. No legal advice here — just a PSA from a friend on how to protect yourself.

First off, copyright infringement can happen to anyone. It even happened to me, and I’m pretty careful about these things.

But quite often, it is small institutes with limited staff that fall into the trap of using copyrighted material improperly. It’s just hard when you’ve only got so many resources at your disposal.

But even when you know what you’re doing, if you don’t have the right policies in place, you might find yourself in the boat I was in.

Not Everything on the Internet is True

Recently, I received a letter from a firm claiming I had violated the copyright of one of their clients. Basically, I was told to pay the bill (thousands of dollars) or face legal repercussions.

The letter took me completely by surprise.

I’ve been doing education marketing for a long time now, and we use rich media like images all the time to increase click-thru rates, shares, and other marketing goals. It’s kind of a prerequisite to know and understand copyright laws in my line of work.

So, I dove into my media files to find the image allegedly in violation.

I found it buried deep in the archives of my blog. Then, I had to relocate where I originally found the image.

In the search engine, the image was represented as available for free, public use, no requirements or stipulations.

In reality, this wasn’t the case at all.

Live and Learn

The image was protected under a Creative Commons license that allowed public, non-commercial use, but required proper attribution to the image author.

I’m happy to attribute credit to artists for their work, but it was misrepresented in the search results, and there was no author info available to make a proper attribution.

My friend, the real PSA here is that you can’t trust everything you find on the Internet.

Hindsight is 20/20. I wouldn’t use an image like that ever now, even if the search engine says I can.

Today, I want to share what we do now at Caylor Solutions in light of this unexpected, unwelcome surprise so that it never happens to you.

Disclaimer

I’m not a legal expert, and this blog should not be considered legal advice in any way. But as your friend and fellow education marketer, please allow me to break from the traditional Caylor blog post to give you this Caylor Solutions Public Service Announcement.

Let’s start with the obvious.

In the education world, plagiarism is a cardinal sin. Stealing another academics’ ideas, words, or other work is a potentially career-ending move.

But when it comes to images, audio, and video files, education marketers all too often will find what they’re looking for in a Google search and then put the file into their blog post or website without permission from the author.

This is a BIG no-no. Yet for some reason, well-meaning professionals find themselves doing this very thing, usually not realizing what they have done is wrong.

The majority of images, audio files, and video files you find on the Internet are subject to strict copyright laws — and you need permission from the author to use them on your site.

Just say no!

It’s too risky to nab images or other artwork from a Google search and place it on your school’s website. This is true even if you’re checking the “labeled for reuse” box in Google’s tools. Your school may be forced to pay thousands of dollars per file used if a lawsuit is filed against you.

Use Caution with Creative Commons

There are different types of CC licenses, and each one comes with a specific set of requirements for anyone who uses the author’s work.

A “Creative Commons License” doesn’t mean there are no stipulations with its use!

In my case, I inadvertently misused that Creative Common image because I did not attribute it to the author in the manner described by the license.

I understood how Creative Commons licenses worked back then, but I was working with bad information and I didn’t take the time to double-check my sources. Lesson learned!

Don’t Assume They Won’t Find You

While my mistake was done unwittingly, there are lots of education marketers that choose not to attribute credit to the author simply because they don’t have the time, or the author’s info isn’t available, or the way it should be attributed isn’t clear.

Too many times, busy marketers assume it’s no big deal. How would anyone even know?

Don’t assume you’re too small for someone to care that you misused their artwork.

There are companies and legal firms that create spiders, web robots, to crawl the Internet looking for copyright infringement cases. No matter how small or remote your college, university, or independent school is, you will be found eventually.

It’s just a matter of time. Web robots don’t sleep.

A Crash Course in Creative Commons Licenses

So how many CC license types are there?

The Creative Commons site says that there are six main license types. Each has a different level of restrictions and rules for using the artwork.

Some CC licenses allow you to use the artwork in almost any way you want, as long as you attribute them properly to the author.

Some allow usage, but only for non-commercial use. Still, others restrict usage of the art almost entirely, only allowing it to be downloaded.

In all of the license types, proper attribution is required.

It’s like correctly citing sources in a thesis or essay. It’s a must.

Save Yourself the Hassle

There are two ways you can get amazing images for your website or school blog without having to navigate the requirements of Creative Commons licenses.

Create your own artwork.

Pay for stock artwork.

Creating Your own Artwork

At first, you might balk at the idea of creating your own images, audio, or video content for your education website.

However, the cost of quality video and audio production equipment is becoming more and more affordable. Believe it or not, you can put together a powerful video content creation kit for $2,000 or less!

There are a lot of reasons to consider creating your own rich media content, but legally speaking, you’ll never infringe on copyright when it’s your own content. And besides, original art conveys brand authenticity which makes it worth the effort just for that.

Again, this is not legal advice, but as I understand it, if an employee of your school creates the art while being paid for their regular duties, the copyright should belong to you.

However, I believe by default that the copyright of any piece of art is owned by whoever created the image, audio, or video file. So if you hire an artist, photographer, or videographer, make sure you have a work-for-hire agreement in effect so that the copyright belongs to your school.

Stock Art

I’ve been using stock images for my blog and website for years now without any problems at all. I subscribe to a stock image monthly plan, which keeps my rich media budget well under control.

Here are some great stock photo subscription services:

Adobe Stock

iStockPhoto

Bigstock

Free Stock Photos that Don’t Suck (List of some amazing photos that allow public use. Double-check all copyright information just in case!)

Friend to Friend

There are some things you can learn by experience — but it’s even better if you learn from the experience of others!

So please learn from my story today, friend to friend.

And with over 40 years of combined experience in education marketing on the Caylor team, there’s a lot of expertise you can leverage to help you reach your marketing goals. If you’re ready, let’s talk!

Be Advised

With tight budgets and deadlines, it’s tempting to get lax on how we use images and video on the Internet.

My strong recommendation: Don’t use Creative Commons files— unless you know how to attribute each piece of artwork properly.

Do you use a stock photo subscription or do you create your own art? How does your educational institution protect itself from marketing legal traps like this?

Featured image by Feng Yu via Adobe Stock

Just Say No image by DOC RABE Media via Adobe Stock

Artist image by Faithie via Adobe Stock

This post was originally published at: https://www.caylor-solutions.com/caylor-psa-protect-yourself-from-copyright-infringement/

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Caylor Solutions PSA: Protect Yourself from Copyright Infringement

Caylor Solutions PSA: Protect Yourself from Copyright Infringement

Copyright infringement can happen to any education marketer. No legal advice here — just a PSA from a friend on how to protect yourself.

First off, copyright infringement can happen to anyone. It even happened to me, and I’m pretty careful about these things.

But quite often, it is small institutes with limited staff that fall into the trap of using copyrighted material improperly. It’s just hard when you’ve only got so many resources at your disposal.

But even when you know what you’re doing, if you don’t have the right policies in place, you might find yourself in the boat I was in.

Not Everything on the Internet is True

Recently, I received a letter from a firm claiming I had violated the copyright of one of their clients. Basically, I was told to pay the bill (thousands of dollars) or face legal repercussions.

The letter took me completely by surprise.

I’ve been doing education marketing for a long time now, and we use rich media like images all the time to increase click-thru rates, shares, and other marketing goals. It’s kind of a prerequisite to know and understand copyright laws in my line of work.

So, I dove into my media files to find the image allegedly in violation.

I found it buried deep in the archives of my blog. Then, I had to relocate where I originally found the image.

In the search engine, the image was represented as available for free, public use, no requirements or stipulations.

In reality, this wasn’t the case at all.

Live and Learn

The image was protected under a Creative Commons license that allowed public, non-commercial use, but required proper attribution to the image author.

I’m happy to attribute credit to artists for their work, but it was misrepresented in the search results, and there was no author info available to make a proper attribution.

My friend, the real PSA here is that you can’t trust everything you find on the Internet.

Hindsight is 20/20. I wouldn’t use an image like that ever now, even if the search engine says I can.

Today, I want to share what we do now at Caylor Solutions in light of this unexpected, unwelcome surprise so that it never happens to you.

Disclaimer

I’m not a legal expert, and this blog should not be considered legal advice in any way. But as your friend and fellow education marketer, please allow me to break from the traditional Caylor blog post to give you this Caylor Solutions Public Service Announcement.

Let’s start with the obvious.

In the education world, plagiarism is a cardinal sin. Stealing another academics’ ideas, words, or other work is a potentially career-ending move.

But when it comes to images, audio, and video files, education marketers all too often will find what they’re looking for in a Google search and then put the file into their blog post or website without permission from the author.

This is a BIG no-no. Yet for some reason, well-meaning professionals find themselves doing this very thing, usually not realizing what they have done is wrong.

The majority of images, audio files, and video files you find on the Internet are subject to strict copyright laws — and you need permission from the author to use them on your site.

Just say no!

It’s too risky to nab images or other artwork from a Google search and place it on your school’s website. This is true even if you’re checking the “labeled for reuse” box in Google’s tools. Your school may be forced to pay thousands of dollars per file used if a lawsuit is filed against you.

Use Caution with Creative Commons

There are different types of CC licenses, and each one comes with a specific set of requirements for anyone who uses the author’s work.

A “Creative Commons License” doesn’t mean there are no stipulations with its use!

In my case, I inadvertently misused that Creative Common image because I did not attribute it to the author in the manner described by the license.

I understood how Creative Commons licenses worked back then, but I was working with bad information and I didn’t take the time to double-check my sources. Lesson learned!

Don’t Assume They Won’t Find You

While my mistake was done unwittingly, there are lots of education marketers that choose not to attribute credit to the author simply because they don’t have the time, or the author’s info isn’t available, or the way it should be attributed isn’t clear.

Too many times, busy marketers assume it’s no big deal. How would anyone even know?

Don’t assume you’re too small for someone to care that you misused their artwork.

There are companies and legal firms that create spiders, web robots, to crawl the Internet looking for copyright infringement cases. No matter how small or remote your college, university, or independent school is, you will be found eventually.

It’s just a matter of time. Web robots don’t sleep.

A Crash Course in Creative Commons Licenses

So how many CC license types are there?

The Creative Commons site says that there are six main license types. Each has a different level of restrictions and rules for using the artwork.

Some CC licenses allow you to use the artwork in almost any way you want, as long as you attribute them properly to the author.

Some allow usage, but only for non-commercial use. Still, others restrict usage of the art almost entirely, only allowing it to be downloaded.

In all of the license types, proper attribution is required.

It’s like correctly citing sources in a thesis or essay. It’s a must.

Save Yourself the Hassle

There are two ways you can get amazing images for your website or school blog without having to navigate the requirements of Creative Commons licenses.

Create your own artwork.

Pay for stock artwork.

Creating Your own Artwork

At first, you might balk at the idea of creating your own images, audio, or video content for your education website.

However, the cost of quality video and audio production equipment is becoming more and more affordable. Believe it or not, you can put together a powerful video content creation kit for $2,000 or less!

There are a lot of reasons to consider creating your own rich media content, but legally speaking, you’ll never infringe on copyright when it’s your own content. And besides, original art conveys brand authenticity which makes it worth the effort just for that.

Again, this is not legal advice, but as I understand it, if an employee of your school creates the art while being paid for their regular duties, the copyright should belong to you.

However, I believe by default that the copyright of any piece of art is owned by whoever created the image, audio, or video file. So if you hire an artist, photographer, or videographer, make sure you have a work-for-hire agreement in effect so that the copyright belongs to your school.

Stock Art

I’ve been using stock images for my blog and website for years now without any problems at all. I subscribe to a stock image monthly plan, which keeps my rich media budget well under control.

Here are some great stock photo subscription services:

Adobe Stock

iStockPhoto

Bigstock

Free Stock Photos that Don’t Suck (List of some amazing photos that allow public use. Double-check all copyright information just in case!)

Friend to Friend

There are some things you can learn by experience — but it’s even better if you learn from the experience of others!

So please learn from my story today, friend to friend.

And with over 40 years of combined experience in education marketing on the Caylor team, there’s a lot of expertise you can leverage to help you reach your marketing goals. If you’re ready, let’s talk!

Be Advised

With tight budgets and deadlines, it’s tempting to get lax on how we use images and video on the Internet.

My strong recommendation: Don’t use Creative Commons files— unless you know how to attribute each piece of artwork properly.

Do you use a stock photo subscription or do you create your own art? How does your educational institution protect itself from marketing legal traps like this?

Featured image by Feng Yu via Adobe Stock

Just Say No image by DOC RABE Media via Adobe Stock

Artist image by Faithie via Adobe Stock

This post was originally published at: https://www.caylor-solutions.com/caylor-psa-protect-yourself-from-copyright-infringement/

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Caylor Solutions PSA: Protect Yourself from Copyright Infringement

Caylor Solutions PSA: Protect Yourself from Copyright Infringement

Copyright infringement can happen to any education marketer. No legal advice here — just a PSA from a friend on how to protect yourself.

First off, copyright infringement can happen to anyone. It even happened to me, and I’m pretty careful about these things.

But quite often, it is small institutes with limited staff that fall into the trap of using copyrighted material improperly. It’s just hard when you’ve only got so many resources at your disposal.

But even when you know what you’re doing, if you don’t have the right policies in place, you might find yourself in the boat I was in.

Not Everything on the Internet is True

Recently, I received a letter from a firm claiming I had violated the copyright of one of their clients. Basically, I was told to pay the bill (thousands of dollars) or face legal repercussions.

The letter took me completely by surprise.

I’ve been doing education marketing for a long time now, and we use rich media like images all the time to increase click-thru rates, shares, and other marketing goals. It’s kind of a prerequisite to know and understand copyright laws in my line of work.

So, I dove into my media files to find the image allegedly in violation.

I found it buried deep in the archives of my blog. Then, I had to relocate where I originally found the image.

In the search engine, the image was represented as available for free, public use, no requirements or stipulations.

In reality, this wasn’t the case at all.

Live and Learn

The image was protected under a Creative Commons license that allowed public, non-commercial use, but required proper attribution to the image author.

I’m happy to attribute credit to artists for their work, but it was misrepresented in the search results, and there was no author info available to make a proper attribution.

My friend, the real PSA here is that you can’t trust everything you find on the Internet.

Hindsight is 20/20. I wouldn’t use an image like that ever now, even if the search engine says I can.

Today, I want to share what we do now at Caylor Solutions in light of this unexpected, unwelcome surprise so that it never happens to you.

Disclaimer

I’m not a legal expert, and this blog should not be considered legal advice in any way. But as your friend and fellow education marketer, please allow me to break from the traditional Caylor blog post to give you this Caylor Solutions Public Service Announcement.

Let’s start with the obvious.

In the education world, plagiarism is a cardinal sin. Stealing another academics’ ideas, words, or other work is a potentially career-ending move.

But when it comes to images, audio, and video files, education marketers all too often will find what they’re looking for in a Google search and then put the file into their blog post or website without permission from the author.

This is a BIG no-no. Yet for some reason, well-meaning professionals find themselves doing this very thing, usually not realizing what they have done is wrong.

The majority of images, audio files, and video files you find on the Internet are subject to strict copyright laws — and you need permission from the author to use them on your site.

Just say no!

It’s too risky to nab images or other artwork from a Google search and place it on your school’s website. This is true even if you’re checking the “labeled for reuse” box in Google’s tools. Your school may be forced to pay thousands of dollars per file used if a lawsuit is filed against you.

Use Caution with Creative Commons

There are different types of CC licenses, and each one comes with a specific set of requirements for anyone who uses the author’s work.

A “Creative Commons License” doesn’t mean there are no stipulations with its use!

In my case, I inadvertently misused that Creative Common image because I did not attribute it to the author in the manner described by the license.

I understood how Creative Commons licenses worked back then, but I was working with bad information and I didn’t take the time to double-check my sources. Lesson learned!

Don’t Assume They Won’t Find You

While my mistake was done unwittingly, there are lots of education marketers that choose not to attribute credit to the author simply because they don’t have the time, or the author’s info isn’t available, or the way it should be attributed isn’t clear.

Too many times, busy marketers assume it’s no big deal. How would anyone even know?

Don’t assume you’re too small for someone to care that you misused their artwork.

There are companies and legal firms that create spiders, web robots, to crawl the Internet looking for copyright infringement cases. No matter how small or remote your college, university, or independent school is, you will be found eventually.

It’s just a matter of time. Web robots don’t sleep.

A Crash Course in Creative Commons Licenses

So how many CC license types are there?

The Creative Commons site says that there are six main license types. Each has a different level of restrictions and rules for using the artwork.

Some CC licenses allow you to use the artwork in almost any way you want, as long as you attribute them properly to the author.

Some allow usage, but only for non-commercial use. Still, others restrict usage of the art almost entirely, only allowing it to be downloaded.

In all of the license types, proper attribution is required.

It’s like correctly citing sources in a thesis or essay. It’s a must.

Save Yourself the Hassle

There are two ways you can get amazing images for your website or school blog without having to navigate the requirements of Creative Commons licenses.

Create your own artwork.

Pay for stock artwork.

Creating Your own Artwork

At first, you might balk at the idea of creating your own images, audio, or video content for your education website.

However, the cost of quality video and audio production equipment is becoming more and more affordable. Believe it or not, you can put together a powerful video content creation kit for $2,000 or less!

There are a lot of reasons to consider creating your own rich media content, but legally speaking, you’ll never infringe on copyright when it’s your own content. And besides, original art conveys brand authenticity which makes it worth the effort just for that.

Again, this is not legal advice, but as I understand it, if an employee of your school creates the art while being paid for their regular duties, the copyright should belong to you.

However, I believe by default that the copyright of any piece of art is owned by whoever created the image, audio, or video file. So if you hire an artist, photographer, or videographer, make sure you have a work-for-hire agreement in effect so that the copyright belongs to your school.

Stock Art

I’ve been using stock images for my blog and website for years now without any problems at all. I subscribe to a stock image monthly plan, which keeps my rich media budget well under control.

Here are some great stock photo subscription services:

Adobe Stock

iStockPhoto

Bigstock

Free Stock Photos that Don’t Suck (List of some amazing photos that allow public use. Double-check all copyright information just in case!)

Friend to Friend

There are some things you can learn by experience — but it’s even better if you learn from the experience of others!

So please learn from my story today, friend to friend.

And with over 40 years of combined experience in education marketing on the Caylor team, there’s a lot of expertise you can leverage to help you reach your marketing goals. If you’re ready, let’s talk!

Be Advised

With tight budgets and deadlines, it’s tempting to get lax on how we use images and video on the Internet.

My strong recommendation: Don’t use Creative Commons files— unless you know how to attribute each piece of artwork properly.

Do you use a stock photo subscription or do you create your own art? How does your educational institution protect itself from marketing legal traps like this?

Featured image by Feng Yu via Adobe Stock

Just Say No image by DOC RABE Media via Adobe Stock

Artist image by Faithie via Adobe Stock

This post was originally published at: https://www.caylor-solutions.com/caylor-psa-protect-yourself-from-copyright-infringement/

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Caylor Solutions PSA: Protect Yourself from Copyright Infringement

Caylor Solutions PSA: Protect Yourself from Copyright Infringement

Copyright infringement can happen to any education marketer. No legal advice here — just a PSA from a friend on how to protect yourself.

First off, copyright infringement can happen to anyone. It even happened to me, and I’m pretty careful about these things.

But quite often, it is small institutes with limited staff that fall into the trap of using copyrighted material improperly. It’s just hard when you’ve only got so many resources at your disposal.

But even when you know what you’re doing, if you don’t have the right policies in place, you might find yourself in the boat I was in.

Not Everything on the Internet is True

Recently, I received a letter from a firm claiming I had violated the copyright of one of their clients. Basically, I was told to pay the bill (thousands of dollars) or face legal repercussions.

The letter took me completely by surprise.

I’ve been doing education marketing for a long time now, and we use rich media like images all the time to increase click-thru rates, shares, and other marketing goals. It’s kind of a prerequisite to know and understand copyright laws in my line of work.

So, I dove into my media files to find the image allegedly in violation.

I found it buried deep in the archives of my blog. Then, I had to relocate where I originally found the image.

In the search engine, the image was represented as available for free, public use, no requirements or stipulations.

In reality, this wasn’t the case at all.

Live and Learn

The image was protected under a Creative Commons license that allowed public, non-commercial use, but required proper attribution to the image author.

I’m happy to attribute credit to artists for their work, but it was misrepresented in the search results, and there was no author info available to make a proper attribution.

My friend, the real PSA here is that you can’t trust everything you find on the Internet.

Hindsight is 20/20. I wouldn’t use an image like that ever now, even if the search engine says I can.

Today, I want to share what we do now at Caylor Solutions in light of this unexpected, unwelcome surprise so that it never happens to you.

Disclaimer

I’m not a legal expert, and this blog should not be considered legal advice in any way. But as your friend and fellow education marketer, please allow me to break from the traditional Caylor blog post to give you this Caylor Solutions Public Service Announcement.

Let’s start with the obvious.

In the education world, plagiarism is a cardinal sin. Stealing another academics’ ideas, words, or other work is a potentially career-ending move.

But when it comes to images, audio, and video files, education marketers all too often will find what they’re looking for in a Google search and then put the file into their blog post or website without permission from the author.

This is a BIG no-no. Yet for some reason, well-meaning professionals find themselves doing this very thing, usually not realizing what they have done is wrong.

The majority of images, audio files, and video files you find on the Internet are subject to strict copyright laws — and you need permission from the author to use them on your site.

Just say no!

It’s too risky to nab images or other artwork from a Google search and place it on your school’s website. This is true even if you’re checking the “labeled for reuse” box in Google’s tools. Your school may be forced to pay thousands of dollars per file used if a lawsuit is filed against you.

Use Caution with Creative Commons

There are different types of CC licenses, and each one comes with a specific set of requirements for anyone who uses the author’s work.

A “Creative Commons License” doesn’t mean there are no stipulations with its use!

In my case, I inadvertently misused that Creative Common image because I did not attribute it to the author in the manner described by the license.

I understood how Creative Commons licenses worked back then, but I was working with bad information and I didn’t take the time to double-check my sources. Lesson learned!

Don’t Assume They Won’t Find You

While my mistake was done unwittingly, there are lots of education marketers that choose not to attribute credit to the author simply because they don’t have the time, or the author’s info isn’t available, or the way it should be attributed isn’t clear.

Too many times, busy marketers assume it’s no big deal. How would anyone even know?

Don’t assume you’re too small for someone to care that you misused their artwork.

There are companies and legal firms that create spiders, web robots, to crawl the Internet looking for copyright infringement cases. No matter how small or remote your college, university, or independent school is, you will be found eventually.

It’s just a matter of time. Web robots don’t sleep.

A Crash Course in Creative Commons Licenses

So how many CC license types are there?

The Creative Commons site says that there are six main license types. Each has a different level of restrictions and rules for using the artwork.

Some CC licenses allow you to use the artwork in almost any way you want, as long as you attribute them properly to the author.

Some allow usage, but only for non-commercial use. Still, others restrict usage of the art almost entirely, only allowing it to be downloaded.

In all of the license types, proper attribution is required.

It’s like correctly citing sources in a thesis or essay. It’s a must.

Save Yourself the Hassle

There are two ways you can get amazing images for your website or school blog without having to navigate the requirements of Creative Commons licenses.

Create your own artwork.

Pay for stock artwork.

Creating Your own Artwork

At first, you might balk at the idea of creating your own images, audio, or video content for your education website.

However, the cost of quality video and audio production equipment is becoming more and more affordable. Believe it or not, you can put together a powerful video content creation kit for $2,000 or less!

There are a lot of reasons to consider creating your own rich media content, but legally speaking, you’ll never infringe on copyright when it’s your own content. And besides, original art conveys brand authenticity which makes it worth the effort just for that.

Again, this is not legal advice, but as I understand it, if an employee of your school creates the art while being paid for their regular duties, the copyright should belong to you.

However, I believe by default that the copyright of any piece of art is owned by whoever created the image, audio, or video file. So if you hire an artist, photographer, or videographer, make sure you have a work-for-hire agreement in effect so that the copyright belongs to your school.

Stock Art

I’ve been using stock images for my blog and website for years now without any problems at all. I subscribe to a stock image monthly plan, which keeps my rich media budget well under control.

Here are some great stock photo subscription services:

Adobe Stock

iStockPhoto

Bigstock

Free Stock Photos that Don’t Suck (List of some amazing photos that allow public use. Double-check all copyright information just in case!)

Friend to Friend

There are some things you can learn by experience — but it’s even better if you learn from the experience of others!

So please learn from my story today, friend to friend.

And with over 40 years of combined experience in education marketing on the Caylor team, there’s a lot of expertise you can leverage to help you reach your marketing goals. If you’re ready, let’s talk!

Be Advised

With tight budgets and deadlines, it’s tempting to get lax on how we use images and video on the Internet.

My strong recommendation: Don’t use Creative Commons files— unless you know how to attribute each piece of artwork properly.

Do you use a stock photo subscription or do you create your own art? How does your educational institution protect itself from marketing legal traps like this?

Featured image by Feng Yu via Adobe Stock

Just Say No image by DOC RABE Media via Adobe Stock

Artist image by Faithie via Adobe Stock

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