Copyright!

 

Copyright Symbol

(Source:  HowTo.gov 2012)

I believe that plagiarism is a common word which often being link to the copyright. From my understanding, plagiarism is the stealing of other people ideas and using as it like our own ideas without acknowledges to the owner. In this internet advancement world, getting ideas of information is quick and easy job. For me as a student, this advancement allows me to gather information and idea to help me along my study life. Google scholar and online library are often used by me for information search on books or journals. However, citations are a must whenever we use others author to support our own idea.

Before e-books are gaining their place in the media, print book has already faced copyright problem as people purchase photocopy books which are less costly compare to the original. With internet, plagiarism becomes even easier where things are presented in soft copy. 

Google VS Copyright

(Source:  Aoi 2012)

 In the article of ‘Google reaches Library Project settlement in court case with publishers’ by Harris 4 October 2012, Google has come to an end for the settlement on copyright. What happen is, Google copy all online library source from university online library for their Google Library Project. By doing this, Google are providing wide range of free online source to their user. This leads to publisher protest that the act had violate their copyright and affect their business model. The settlement outcome is that Google only allow 20% for online viewing and provide purchasing channel for used to buy the complete book.

According to Miller (2012), copyright is a law to control the plagiarizing creator work. In my opinion in this case, it is good that Google and the publisher comes to a settlement and Google continue their Library Project. This allows people to search information and seek knowledge, especially the poor ones which can’t afford collage and extra spending. It is not an easy work for an author to write a book or journal article. Therefore, in my opinion, we must be thankful for their hard work, respecting them by buying originals and citation to their ideas.

Reference

 Harris, P 2012, ‘Google reaches Library Project settlement in court case with publishers’, theguardian, 4 October, viewed 5 November2012, < http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/04/google-library-project-settlement-court-case-publishers > 

Miller, E 2012, ‘Copyright’, About.com, viewed 5 November2012, < http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/legalglossary/g/copyright.htm>