What we did the first week and what I want to achieve this period.

The first week of this period we learned about all the ins and outs of plagiarism. We learned when something is a creation of your own and when something is plagiarism or not. We also learned from the teacher how you can get copyright of something and what the difference is between copyright and when you have a patent on something. You automatically get the copyright on your work when you created it, but only when you have created something original. Let's say that I've made fan-art of one of my favorite games, then I have created it, but it's based on something the original designer made, so I don't officially have the rights for it.

What I want to learn this period of English is how to work better in groups and with planning things. I'm not really font of the whole making a blog concept and would rather just make Studiemeter, but will just roll with it. The fact that we have to make a commercial appeals to me in some kind of way though.

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Plagiarisme, Fair use, copyright and paraphrasing

What I've learned about plagiarism is that this is a crime and you commit this crime quickly without your knowledge. You always have to give credit to your resources, then you can call it fair use. When you commit the crime plagiarism there are consequences.

When you're paraphrasing you're saying something you've found elsewhere in a different way. Now you still have to mention your resources because it is just restating another persons idea in your own words.

You gain copyright the minute you've created something with your own mind and imagination automatically. Copyright lasts a lifetime plus 75 years after that.

What I want to achieve in this English lessons is more knowledge about how to prevent plagiarism.