Plagiarism is the use of another
person’s ideas or materials without giving credit to the original source.
Plagiarism does no good to anybody and only serves to hinder progression.
In
today’s world people exist in a network of information; by not citing sources
or by duplicating existing information plagiarism doesn’t contribute anything
to the total network of ideas. Instead, it clutters the network and produces
unneeded redundancies. But when sources are cited and new ideas or analysis is
provided alongside the existing information new connections are made in the
network and progress is made. Plagiarism may be unfair to the original
developer of an idea, or plagiarism may be seen as immoral, but most
importantly plagiarism is just a waste of time and effort for the person committing it.
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