This DQ will be in regards to a very controversial issue that the Internet has caused an increase in. First we will look
at plagiarism and then piracy. Answer the questions that are presented for your Initial Response (200 words). You must pick one student that you disagree with one or more of their statements and explain to them why you disagree and give facts to them that would help them change their mind (50+ words). Then for your second reply to a student you will reply back to a student that has disagreed with you to either defend your point or explain why they have changed your mind (50+ words). Plagiarism 1.What is plagiarism? 2.Why do you think people plagiarize? 3. Have you ever broken copyright rules? Why or why not? 4. Are you for or against CD burning, massive photocopying and pirate copies, what are your reasons for this? 5. What do you think of the growing trend in downloading ready-made essays from the Internet? 6. What do you think of the growing trend in downloading music and movies from the Internet? 7.How can we prevent plagiarism? Piracy 1. What is piracy? 2. What kind of things can be pirated? 3. Have you ever seen pirated goods for sale? 4. Why are pirated products cheaper? 5.Do you think that pirated products are just as good? 6. How can we prevent piracy?
Kaitlynn
9/23/2013 09:27:03 am
Plagiarism is taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own. I think people plagiarize because people are too lazy or just don’t want to go do their own research and write it in their own words. I have never broken copyright rules because it is illegal and wrong and I can go and find my own information without coping someone else’s words. I am against CD burning, massive photocopying, and pirate copies because it is wrong to take something that someone else has worked hard on and owns it and it’s like stealing something from someone. I think that if you copy the essays offline that it does speed up your time, but you can get it tons of trouble for doing that so its better not to. We can prevent plagiarism by not coping other peoples work and just doing our own. Privacy is when other people are not disturbing you and you are alone. Some things that are pirated are sound files, video files, computer games, software, or hardware. I have never seen pirated goods for sale. Pirated products are cheaper because they are something that was stolen from someone and its not the real thing, so basically the person that is selling them to you committed a crime and whether you know that person did or not and they sell it to you, you have a stolen item and you could get in serious trouble too. We can prevent privacy by not sharing any personal information with someone you don’t know, protect your computer, keep your usernames and passwords secret, and create a strong password that nobody could guess.
koty
9/24/2013 01:09:58 pm
hi kaitlynn i agree with the definition that u gave about plagerism. i totally agree about what you said when you said that" people plagerise because they r to lazy to or just dont want to do there own reasearh and write it in their own words," i totally agree with what u said cuz plagerism is not a joking mater it can get you in alot of trpuble and will relate in an f or a 0 for that assighnment. it can possibly get un in trouble with the owner of the work that someone has coppied.
Jared
9/24/2013 03:59:07 pm
Hey Kaitlynn, I have to say great job on this. I agree with you on everything, but the preventing plagiarism thing. Not everybody is a good person, there will always be that one person that don't care as long as they get a good grade. I know we won't plagiarize, but millions of other people can without us noticing. Good job though.
Kaitlynn
9/27/2013 09:08:05 am
Jared, I have to agree that some people are good and some people are bad. The good people will do the right thing and not plagiarize and the bad people will do the wrong thing and be lazy and plagiarize. Thank you for saying I did a good job! ☺
Cort
9/26/2013 05:20:25 am
Kaitlynn great job except is says piracy not privacy so make sure you read what it says. But besides that this was a really great post and I agree with everything you say. Especially when you said people are too lazy because now in days people are way to esay.
scott
9/26/2013 11:11:50 am
Hallie
9/28/2013 02:22:11 pm
Kaitlynn, I completely agree with you and think that what you have said is both informational and very truthful. I believe that in a world with so much technology it is hard to avoid piracy and plagiarism.
Alexis E
9/23/2013 01:16:53 pm
Plagiarism is stealing someone's idea and keeping them as your own. I think people plagiarize because they are too lazy to find their own work or they might think someone else’s idea is better than theirs. I haven’t broken copyright rules because I just haven’t tried. I’m not all against CD burning, as much as photocopying and pirate copies. CD burning isn’t as serious. I think copying essays off of the internet is stealing and wrong because they aren’t your ideas. It is also plagiarism and illegal. We can prevent plagiarism by not doing it ourselves or stopping others when we see them doing it. Piracy is unauthorized use of copyrighted material. Things that are pirated can be games, movies, music, and maybe software. I haven’t seen anything pirated for sale. I think pirated products are cheaper because they are stolen from someone off of the internet. I don’t think piracy products aren’t as good because they are stolen for someone and that’s not easy to do. We can prevent piracy by keeping our usernames and passwords secret, not sharing any personal information unless you really trust the person, and keep your computer protected so it cant be hacked or messed with.
Mrs. Miller
9/24/2013 01:43:42 am
Alexis you stated that you aren't against CD burning but you think that plagiarism is someone being lazy. When you take a CD from a friend and burn it to a CD for your use you have not only plagiarized but you have now become part of the piracy that is killing our music industry. Do you think that if you were a singer and you made your living from people purchasing your music that you would feel differently about burning CDs? If someone has written an essay for the use of others but a musician has made a song for people to purchase to listen to why would CD burning be less offensive then a ready made essay?
Karson
9/24/2013 12:47:33 pm
Great job Alexis but I disagree with the statement about the ready-made essays. I personally think they are a great way for kids to prepare for that big history test or for whatever subject they need. Also not all teachers can come up with great tests so having these ready-made essays is wonderful. Other than that, great job Alexis.
Alexis E
9/26/2013 07:39:09 am
Mrs. Miller, I meant burning CD's from your iTunes or your other music players on your computer. Is that still wrong if it's your music? And Karson, I think ready-made essays just tempt you to copy other peoples ideas. I think we should be able to do our own work without them.
Johnnie D. Killgore
9/24/2013 06:25:10 am
Piracy is when somebody copy’s stuff online and uses it as there own like a book and or music, newspapers. I have never seen things pirated and I don’t really want to. Pirated thing =s can sell for cheaper because its original price was really expensive. Pirated thing are not as good because it isn’t the original thing. We can prevent it by comparing it to the same one or looking at it really close.
koty
9/26/2013 05:56:27 am
J.J. I agree with your definition of plagerisim but the definition of privacy I didn't completely agree with you about it. my reason for saying this is because two people can work on something or do something together and they will agree to make it private and only those to people are the only people that can view that conversation. And if two people download some music or movie, etc. I feel like you got the information about plagerism ok but I did not see where you had talked about pirated copies and burning CDs.
Karson
9/24/2013 12:36:29 pm
Plagiarism is copying information and using it for your own then taking credit for it. I think people plagiarize because they are too lazy to do their own work. I think I have broken copyright rules because when we were in any grade under 3rd or 4th we didn’t even know what plagiarizing meant. When we wrote a report or an essay we didn’t write what website or book we got it from. If I knew what plagiarizing meant back then I wouldn’t have plagiarized. I am against CD burning, massive photocopying, and pirate copies. I am against those because everyone should go buy their own CDs and movies. People worked hard to make them and it wasn’t cheep to make thousands of CDs. I like ready-made essays, I think it is a fast and easy way to get good essays with no hassle. I don’t think it is right to download CDs and movies from the internet, especially if they are free. Again people spent good money making the CDs. We can prevent plagiarism by always putting the website, book, movie, or whatever you got your resources from on your’ Essay or Document. Piracy is the unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or performance of copyrighted sound recording in a network environment. Music, movies, and plays can all be pirated. I have never seen pirated goods for sale. We can prevent piracy by never letting people downloading a sound recording unless they have the permission from the artist or artists.
Kacey
9/24/2013 01:41:00 pm
Karson, I disagree with you on the ready made essays. I think people should be able to do their own work without relying on computer and using the work of others. You don't learn anything just by using someone else's work off the internet. Even if you only change a few words it's still not right and you should be able to make the essay yourself. It's like cheating.
Alexis E
9/26/2013 07:36:07 am
I disagree with you on the ready made essays, Karson. I think we should be able to do our own essays without having to look at someone else's for an idea.When you look at someones else's work, it makes you want to copy their idea's.
Karson
9/26/2013 10:48:57 am
Well I still disagree with both of you. I see what both of you are saying but if a kid wanted to study for a huge test these ready-made essays would be a perfect study material. Also if a teacher wanted to make a different essay for each child in her class because she caught them cheating then the ready-made essays would be way better than making tons of tests. Thanks for commenting Kacey and Alexis but I still think the ready made essays are a great idea.
Scott
9/26/2013 11:10:46 am
What do you think it is ok to burn a CD if we have bought all our songs. Do think that, that is ok or do you still aginst it. I agree that if you buy the songs then burn a Cd and then give it to a friend and then that is not right because they didn’t buy the songs so it can go both ways if you ask me. Sonthing to think about maybe.
Kaitlynn
9/27/2013 09:16:25 am
Karson I disagree with the ready-made essays. I believe that everyone should know how to at least make some sort of an essay by himself or herself without any help. I think you did a pretty good job except for the ready-made essays part. The essays are just like you looking over at someone when they are taking a test and taking their answers.
Kacey
9/24/2013 01:11:57 pm
Well, plagiarism is when you take something that someone else wrote or their ideas and passing them off as your own. I believe that people plagiarize because they're just to lazy to do the work themselves and don't want to take the time and think about the work. They just want it to be easy and quick. I have never broken copyright rules because it's the wrong thing to do and it is illegal to do so. I am against CD burning, massive photocopying, and pirate copying. It's stupid to take something that isn't yours that someone else has spent time and effort into making and it's wrong. Copying ready made essays off the internet is wrong. You won't be learning anything from it and plus if you are caught doing it you could get into major trouble from all kinds of people. Downloading movies and music from the internet isn't as bad but at the same time it is. It's just taking something off the internet and using it. We can help prevent plagiarism by just not doing it, talking about how much trouble you can get it, and not taking something word for word off the internet or out of a book.
Mrs. Miller
9/26/2013 08:40:15 am
Kacey you state that you are against copyright but you don't think that downloading movies and music off the Internet is that bad. Copyright laws state: "copyright is to promote the creation of new works by giving authors control of and profit from them." In releation to music downloads aren't you taking money from the person who created the work therefore breaking copyright laws? When we take the work of others without paying for it or asking permission for the use of it we are stealing thier thoughts, ideas, and works no matter what the form of material. So when we take a video off Youtube or take a song from the Internet we are breaking copyright laws even if we don't use it for any use but our personal use. DVDs have copyright laws at the beginning of every movie for that reason, but what stops us from doing it? Are the cops coming to arrest us? You state you have never see piracy but have you ever listened to music that wasn't paid for, if so you have not only seen piracy but been a part of it.
Jared
9/24/2013 03:48:38 pm
Plagiarism is taking something someone else's work or something off a website and copying it down for an answer or essay and getting credit for something you didn't do. People plagiarize because they are too lazy or just give up on their work and they don't care. And I honestly have broke the rules but I didn't know I couldn't do that. It was when I was in elementary school. But I haven't done it since because I'm not that lazy to not do my own work. No I am not with burning CDs, photocopying, etc. because if I was a music artist or director of a movie I want to make money off the things I have made and I want to sell them, not other people. If people make copies of it and sell them, I'm not making any money off what I have made. And downloading essays and saying it's yours isn't right at all. If I did that and got away with it I'd have so much guilt I could live with myself. And downloading music, my brother and I have done that before, years ago though but now we're more mature, we buy all of our music. I've seen Iron Man 3 the whole movie on iFunny once, it had Korean subtitles and stuff on it though. We may think it's cool because it wasn't on DVD yet, but still it isn't right. We really can't stop plagiarism really. There are millions of people on the internet 24/7 and I bet while I'm typing this someone, somewhere is downloading a movie or music or something for free. We can't stop millions of people. They make websites to download free music and other things all the time. Like Frostwire, Limewire, or Audiotheif. Piracy, for an example is downloading something, copying it onto a CD or flash drive, and selling it. Movies, music, documents, video games, etc. I haven't seen any pirated things for sale. Pirated goods are cheaper because they don't have the features like the real thing would have and it was easy to make. And no I don't think that because you wouldn't get in trouble if you got the real thing, but if you had a pirated CD and someone found out about it and told people, then you can get in serious trouble. It's just like I said about plagiarism, we really can't stop piracy either. There's just too many people in this world that do it. I mean, some people get caught but that isn't going to stop everybody.
Jared
9/24/2013 03:51:43 pm
Correction: I couldn't live with myself*
Naomi
9/25/2013 01:58:35 am
Jared, I agree with you on most things, but we can make a difference in matters like plagiarism and piracy. We would have to start with our home, and then go to our friends, then community, and on and on until we have made a difference. It would probably take several years and definitely take a lot of patience, but eventually, if we kept at it and kept working hard, a difference would be seen. You are right about us not being able to stop it completely. There will always be some nefarious person who does it on purpose; but I think that if the lazy people who plagiarize knew the repercussions of their actions they wouldn’t do it anymore.````
Gib
9/25/2013 01:15:08 am
What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is not always the black and white issue. Boundary between plagiarism and research is often unclear. Leaning the various forms of plagiarism, especially the ambiguous ones, is an important step towards effective prevention. I think people plagiarize because there too lazy to do their own work. I have broken the copyright rules I just don’t know when I broke them. I have bought all of my music and I have never downloaded a movie from the internet. I am against massive photocopying and pirate copies, I don’t understand people that go and pirate movies and go to jail they are not smart at all. Gascoigne’s work fits everywhere and nowhere. It is minima, conceptual. Both landscape and genre. We can make the plagiarism stop if you make the penalty worse for them. What is piracy? The term of piracy is generally used to describe the infringement of copyright on a commercial scale. What kind of things can be pirated? Have I ever seen products cheaper? I honestly don’t know but I’m going to say no I have not seen and products. Do I think that pirated products are just as good? I think no. Their products are used and not as good as they are in the store. How can we prevent piracy? We can make the penalty much worse than the penalty already is.
seth
9/27/2013 04:57:16 am
Gib I think you made a mistake. It is not about black and white. You obliviously got this off of the internet. I think you should talk to Mrs. Miller. Think about deleting this. You are writing an article about plagiarism and you plagiarized while doing it. Next time think before acting.
Hallie
9/27/2013 04:57:43 am
Gib, Plagiarism isn’t the black and white issue that’s the color segregation, like only white people can use this water fountain, or this bathroom. Plagiarism is the reason we write a works cited whenever we repeat something that we saw in a book, read in an article, or saw online without giving the person proper credit. After the first two sentences I think you copy and pasted because you completely changed your point of view, in this because you have plagiarized. Especially on a blogging website were the topic was plagiarizing. Whenever you read something and repeat it you are plagiarizing
Stephen Jasper
9/27/2013 02:26:30 pm
Copy and paste op bro.
Alex
9/27/2013 04:08:41 pm
Gib, honestly I think that your initial response sounds like you got it off the internet. And since this week's DQ is about plaigarism, I don't think that was a good idea. So, even though I don't disagree with the information, I disagree with how much this sounds like plaigarism. And if you actually typed this, I'm sorry for accusing you of plaigarism.
Naomi
9/25/2013 01:32:25 am
Plagiarism is when someone copies an article from a public place, like the internet and newspapers, and prints it as their own. I think people plagiarize either because they neglected to cite their sources, they don’t know, or they have nefarious plans. I have not, in my knowledge, broken any copyrights. I don’t do much with the internet and I’m careful when I do something. I am set against all piratical measures. I believe in protecting the rights of others and myself; just think what you’d feel like if you found a DQ you posted on the internet under a different name. I think the ready-made essays are useful if they’re used properly. Downloading music and such is highly risky. Again, if used properly, it’s very useful; if used improperly, it’s very dangerous. We can help prevent plagiarism by being careful with citing our information, and helping others do the same. Piracy is when a person takes something someone else made and sells it at their own profit. Many things can be pirated, for example, a CD can be copied, and a record can be faked. I have never seen pirated goods. Pirated goods are cheaper than the original goods because the pirates need to bring people away from the trusted brands that they stole it from with low prices, so people will make piracy profitable. Generally speaking, pirated goods are the same as the other goods, but with a moral issue. We can help prevent piracy by not buying pirated goods and encouraging others to do the same.
Mrs. Miller
9/27/2013 01:49:05 am
Naomi you stated that using ready-made essays can be useful if they are used properly. I would like to know what you think would be proper use of these essays. These ready-made essays are written essays that students can purchase and download for classes. As a teacher I don’t see how these essays can ever be used properly because they don’t require a student to think or learn, instead they provide an easy way to complete an assignment for class. I would rather see a student copy material from numerous websites then to download an essay from the Internet. In my opinion the student is still going to learn something because they had to do the research and prepare the document.
Naomi
9/27/2013 02:44:18 pm
Mrs. Miller, I think proper use of downloaded essays would be if a student has already asked and received permission to do so. Then they should cite the source of the essay and then turn it in. If they don’t have express permission each time they download an essay, then their privileges should be taken away.
Cade
9/25/2013 12:08:13 pm
Plagiarism is taking someone else's work or information from a web site and saying they are your own ideas. I think people plagiarize because some people are just too lazy and don’t want to use their brain to figure out what to do. Another reason could be that they just forget to put down the URL in their reference page. Yes I have broken the copy right rules; I didn’t give the URL after copying and pasting information form a web site. The reason I did not give my reference is because I didn’t know about plagiarism. I am against CD burning, massive photocopying, and pirate copies, because when someone films a movie in the theater and then goes out on the street and sells copies of the movie for 5$ that person is taking away profit from the movie theater because the people that buy the movie form the person won’t go to the theater to watch the movie. I really don’t like the idea of people downloading ready-made essays from the internet because if a teacher asks you to right a report on a book and you go and copy someone else’s ideas and don’t even write down what you think about the book you are giving the teacher what someone else thinks about the book. I am fine with people downloading music and movies form the internet as long as they use a legal web site not downloading from an illegal web site. But if you use a legal website to download all this I think you have all the rights to download music and movies. No one can single handed take down plagiarism from the internet you would have to have people set up firewalls to prevent copying from a web site and even then plagiarism will still go on. People should just think about what the punishment today is for copywriting. What is privacy? Privacy is where you can keep all your stuff to yourself so no one else can see what you have. Lots of thing can be pirated. Movies are the one I think of most of the time. I think pirated copies are cheaper because they don’t want to be caught. If a police officer drives by and see a sign that says movies for 30$ he is more likely to stop and talk to him, but if they have movies for 5$ he won’t notice as much. I couldn’t tell you if pirated are better or not because I have never seen one. You can’t really stop people from looking at the things that you want to be keep private.
Mrs. Miller
9/27/2013 03:24:17 am
Cade you contradict yourself when you state that you are against CD burning but okay with downloading music and movies. When you talk about legal vs illegal websites how is a person to know if a website is legal. If I am using a Youtube converter is that legal or illegal? I personally feel that CD burning or music downloading isn’t something that should be punishable if you are using it for your on personal use. When a person is downloading and selling that becomes a different issue. My question to those who express concern for downloads taking funds away from artists, where is the majority of money made in the music industry? I doubt that it comes from a song they sell on ITunes for $.99, but instead from the sold out concerts. If I don’t have their music on my IPod and listening to it everywhere I go why would I attend a concert? Isn’t music downloads a marketing scheme that more artists should be using to promote their music?
Cade
9/27/2013 07:05:51 am
Mrs. Miller your right about the contradict that I put in my original DQ. I agree with you on the music and movies you can be if you use them for you peronal use. Thank you Mrs. Miller.
Gib
9/27/2013 04:59:42 am
Cade i disagree with you on the pirated copies of movies or other stuff. If it is pirated you obvisly could know because they wont be as good as the actual movie.
Danny
9/25/2013 01:29:31 pm
Plagiarism is using something of someone else's and claiming it as your own. I believe that plagiarism is used because it is easier than coming up with your own ideas and also it can be easier than coming up with something that is original. I have not broken copyright laws because i only listen to music on YouTube and when i do copy something from the internet I always reference it so that people known that it isn’t mine. I am against illegal CD burning and believe that it is basically piracy if you resell it. but for photos on the internet if it is put there people are going to copy it anyway and it should at least be known who made it. I have never heard of a downloads ready essay from the internet so I don't think people have really done it. I think that we can prevent plagiarism by not doing it ourselves and by getting our friends not to do it. Piracy is reselling something that you do not own and/or do not have permission for. I think that anything can really be pirated but mostly movies and music. I have seen pirated movies for sale and that is it also never even asked my parents if i could get them because i did not recognize the company name. They cost less because they usually don't have as good of quality and are illegal. We can prevent this by reporting people who sell pirated items to the proper officials and not buying it.
Cade
9/27/2013 07:11:13 am
Good job Danny I like the overall part of your DQ. I don’t agree with some of it though. I don’t think that when you sell something without someone’s permission I think that lie more as plagiarism instead of privacy. But overall I’m impressed with your DQ and how much thought you put into it.
Danny
9/27/2013 02:15:16 pm
Cade I kind of agree with you on that, but the reason that I put it with piracy is because form what I have seen it is more about selling it than coping it. The reason I think this is pirated movies are most likely being sold and not just kept.
Kristina
9/27/2013 03:46:34 pm
I agree with you danny with the definition of plagiarisim. But i also disagree with you never copyrighting i am pretty sure that you have put something on a word document or a powerpoint or something close to that so basically your using someone elses picture recording or watever it is and saying its your own because you didnt give any credit to the person who design or made the picture or recording or whatever it is.
Alex
9/25/2013 02:01:03 pm
Plagiarism is when you copy somebody else’s ideas or thoughts and not giving them credit. I think people plagiarize because they are lazy and don’t want to have to do things themselves. I also think that people don’t think they’ll get caught by their teacher if they use other people’s ideas as their own, when writing essays or doing assignments. I don’t believe I have ever broken copyright rules because I know that plagiarism is unfair to the author you are stealing the information from and I think that you lose the opportunity to learn new things or get better at writing. I am against CD burning, massive photocopying and pirate copies because I believe that you are cheating your way through the rules and I think that it’s very unfair to other people that have to pay for music and other stuff. I think that the growing trend in downloading ready-made essays is an issue because students that download these aren’t learning anything and aren’t developing good writing skills. I think we can prevent plagiarism by writing our own words and not taking responsibility of our school work. Piracy is when people distribute copyrighted digital files illegally. Things that can be pirated are music files, videos, movies, and software. Personally, I don’t think I’ve ever seen pirated goods for sale but I know for sure that there are some for sale. Pirated products are cheaper because the items that were pirated aren’t the original and they are stolen. So, the person that stole could get in serious trouble by selling it, but you could also get in trouble for buying it. You can prevent piracy by not buying anything you don’t know is pirated or not and only buying music from places you know are legal.
Cort
9/26/2013 05:25:03 am
Alex you are a really great person but I think we all have broken copy right rules. Including you. Because we probably have done it when you were little and did not about it. It happens I know a lot of people have done this it is not your fault.
Lora
9/26/2013 02:36:49 pm
Alex, I have to agree with Cort on this and disagree. You probably have broken copy right rules before and just didn't recognize that you were doing it, or not of even remembered. But its okay haha, I'm pretty sure I have too..
seth
9/27/2013 05:01:08 am
Alex I disagree. Lora and Cort are right. You said it yourself yesterday, you got pictures off of the internet. I have done it multiple times. I think everyone has done it before, even Mrs. Miller has before. Don’t act like it is a horrible thing, we all do it.
Dom
9/27/2013 10:22:08 am
I do disagree with you. I also think that Cort, Lora,and Seth. I think that everyone has done it before. The reason why is that I think everyone has copied pictures of the Internet and has copied songs to. Seth is right mrs miller has done it to. I will say that I have done it before
Alex
9/27/2013 03:53:31 pm
Cort, Seth, Lora, and Dom, after reading all your comments I changed my mind. I guess after Cort explained it in class I have broken a couple copyright rules without even realizing that it was plagiarizing. For example, when you take a picture off the internet and use it in your documents. So, thank you very much for your honesty about how you disagreed with my initial response.
scott
9/25/2013 02:23:41 pm
Plagiarism is when someone looks on a website and finds information that they want and they copy it word for word. Then they use it for different uses such as like maybe a school school project. I think that some people plagiarize because they’re too lazy to do the work by them self and so they just copy someone else’s idea off the internet. I have the second DQ but I went to the teacher and told her to erase it so I could restart it and do it right. I did it because I was being lazy like I said before and shouldn’t have done it. It was a lesson learned for me. I think that burning a CD is not ok because it’s not fair because they are not purchasing the item so it is just like stealing. I think that is a terrible thing because it is just saying that we Americans are being lazy. Also we are breaking the law and that if they get a better grade than someone that did their own because it is not fair the person that did all their work by them self. I think that is not right because you should buy it. Would you like people stealing your music or movie and not paying then selling it and making profit and you don’t. I think to prevent this we should have a set up where you can’t copy and paste on the internet unless allowed by a learning reason. Piracy is when people record movies in their phone or music and then they can sell them. Things that can be pirated are movies, videos, and music. I have never seen pirated items for sale. I think that you can’t tell if they are pirated or not so we don’t know if they are pirated when we purchase. I think that they are cheaper because they did not pay anything for it and so if it sells it is an automatic profit. I think they aren’t because the sound probably is not the same and the graphics might be a little worse and you don’t feel good if you know that is was pirated.
Cade
9/26/2013 04:42:31 am
Scott you did a good job but there are some thing you could change. Like I don’t believe that when you record a movie on your phone you are taking privacy away. I think that more sits in the plagiarism category instead of privacy. Overall I think you did a great job though.
Mrs Miller
9/27/2013 03:25:17 am
Scott put your response to Cade in the reply area under Cade's comment.
Kristina
9/25/2013 02:24:36 pm
Plagiarism is when you copy someones thoughts or ideas and take credit for it. I think people plagiarize because they are too lazy to think so they just copy or they change a few words and make it look like it they did the work when they didnt. I dont think i have i know not to plagerize because not only is it wrong but it makes you look lazy. Like you dont want to think for yourself you just want to copy someone elses thoughts or ideas. I am against CD burning because that is basically plagiarism same with massive photocopying and pirate copies. People think that its okay but i dont think it is because you stealing something that someone has worked on and it is also wrong to anyways. We can prevent plagerism by putting the websites we find the information on so that if someone looks on it they know if you have plagerize or have not. You can also ask someone to reread something you have got from the internet and they can tell you if it is okay or not. Piracy is when you copyright material from anything really like a book or a website. Some thing that can be pirated are like recordings,music,movies, plays, tv shows, and other stuff like that. No i have not seen and pirated goods for sale though so i guess that is a good thing. We can prevent piracy but putting the website and other information to prove that we arent copyrighting.
Loraa
9/26/2013 02:41:37 pm
Kristina, I totally agree with you on this. I am also against CD burning because, like you said it is basically plagiarism. Which I very illegal even though some people do it still.
Kristina
9/27/2013 03:39:45 pm
Thanks for agreeing but now that i think about it we have all copyrighted something just like getting pictures and other stuff from google and putting it on a word document or a powerpoint. But i still agree that either way its wrong if you dont give credit to the people who made or created the stuff.
Cort
9/26/2013 05:16:10 am
Plagiarism is when someone says or writes something and you use the exact same words and make it sound like you wrote and thought of that. Lots of people plagiarize quotes that are very smart so they make people think they did it but they really did not. I have broken the copy right rules before and I think we all have. This problem occurs more often than we realize. I am against CD burning, Massive photocopying and pirate copies because for one it is against the law and second we really do not need what is on the internet. I think it is really stupid to download music or movies that are illegal. We can prevent plagiarism by watching what we do on the internet. What is piracy? Piracy to me is like recording a movie at the theaters and then selling it. Many things that can be pirated such as movies, songs, or even books. In person I have never seen anything being pirated but I know it happens. Pirated goods are sold for cheaper because friends try to help each other out by selling it for cheaper to each other. Pirated products are just as good because it is still the same movie or thing that the person watched. All these problems can be stopped by being smart of what you record and do.
Mrs. Miller
9/27/2013 03:31:53 am
Cort I am glad to see you take responsibility for the fact that you have broken copyright laws, and you are right there isn’t one of us that hasn’t at one point in time. I don’t understand your comment about people who are smart. Quotes are often the most plagiarized item and I think that is because we don’t take the time to find out who has said the quote. As an athlete there are times that you will use a quote or a saying and not give credit to the person who said it because you aren’t aware of whom to give the credit. Does this make it plagiarism? Finally you talked about piracy as help to a friend, but don’t people make a living off pirated items? If so then how do we stop these people from taking money away from the original owner of the material?
dom
9/26/2013 05:23:03 am
Plagiarism is to copy someone else’s work and saying it is yours. I think the reason why they plagiarize is so that they can get done faster or make their work better. I am on sure if I have broken any copyright rules. I do think I have because I have done man thing like a picture. I am on the fence with burning CDs. Sometimes it is good sometimes it is bad. If you are selling was you burned then it is bad if you keep it for you self it is still bad but not as much. I think I am not very good for the people who are not doing it because they are not learning anything about what they are righting about. Lots are doing it and if you do it on the wrong site then you can get a virus. It is very hard to stop plagiarism. I do not know who to stop it. Piracy is the act of illegally copying someone’s product or invention without permission. Lots of CDs and movies can be pirated. I have never seen pirated goods for sale. The reason they would be cheaper is because they are not the really thing. I think that some are and some are not. The reason for that is that they can be bad CDs or DVDs. You can stop it by not buying things that are piracy and you cannot do it to.
Mrs. Miller
9/27/2013 03:45:16 am
Dom you don’t think that you have broken copyright laws but when you state that you don’t think using CD or downloaded music for personal use is that bad. I am assuming that means you have downloaded music. If that music was not paid for then you have broken copyright laws. Do you see how easy it is to break copyright laws without even knowing? As a society we can prevent plagiarism and piracy by being more educated about the laws and the rules.
Dom
9/27/2013 10:27:18 am
Now that you put it that way then I have. I have done it a lot and very often. It also makes since that you can provent it by knowing what it is and how it is done.
koty
9/26/2013 05:49:36 am
Plagerism is not a joking matter its is illeagal and shouuldn not be done. I think that many people plagerise things because they are to lazy to do there own research and type the material in there own words. I have never broken the copyright rules, because like I said earlier in this DQ it is wroung and should not be done. I think that people that break the copyright rules and plagerise should be punished. No I am not against Compact Disc burning but i am against not paying for the things that you burn on to a CD. I am not against masive photocopying because it is just a lot of pictures. I am not against massive photocopying or CD burning because the owner should be smart enough to know not to put stupid things on the internet and I feel that u should have to buy the picture you are copying or the video or music you are burning on to a disic and the owner of the object should know what it is that you are trying to buy from them. I honestly think that pirate coping is a very stupid thing to do, first it is against the law and second it is wrong to do it to anyone. what if someone did the something to you. you wouldnt be happy about it you would upset that someone would do that. that is y I will not do that and have not done it. Pirate coping is stealing someones work and taking credit for it. I belive that downloading music or videos is ok to a sertin exstent. It is ok until you do not buy it and download it with out letting the owner know that u have the information that you have it and you are willing to pay whatever charge they offer to download the music or movie.
Mrs. Miller
9/26/2013 08:08:56 am
Dakota when you don't type using correct spelling it makes if very difficult to read your work. You need to make sure that you have spell checked your work and used proper English.
Danny
9/27/2013 02:25:55 pm
Koty I have to disagree with a few of your points. CD burning could easily be used in piracy and can get you in trouble for not paying for the music. I forgot to put this in my first response but pirating like that doesn't help anything because if everybody pirated everything than our economy would be terrible because nobody is really buying that much.
seth
9/26/2013 08:24:45 am
Plagiarism is getting information from the internet and copying and saying it is yours. People plagiarize because they are too lazy to get their own information. I have broken copyright rules. I have from giving presentations and getting pictures from the internet, instead of drawing one or something like that. I am kind of against and with it. I think it’s right and not at the same time. It is easy to do. But it is also illegal. People think it is ok and they can make money by selling the CD’s. I think that people are just too lazy and think that they won’t get caught. I think that they do it because its easy and they think they are getting free movies. I don’t really know how we can prevent this but I think it will someday. Piracy is robbing on the high seas. Big loads of shipments can be. I could have seen stuff at pawn shops. I think pirated products are cheaper because they got it for free and they won’t lose any money. I think the products are the same, just have different prices. We need to put guns on the big boats so they can protect themselves. I personally have never broken a copyright law. I am not for or against people that do it or things like it. Also the kind of piracy Mrs. Miller means is like pirating DVDs and movies. She doesn’t mean like Somalia men coming and holding some captain hostage. That is what I think.
Mrs. Miller
9/27/2013 03:26:10 am
Josh this doesn't argue a point to Seth and doesn't show you having an opinion of Seth's that you need to change. This will not count as a response.
Gib
9/27/2013 05:03:40 am
Good information but the piracy is spose to be on piracy not the actual pirates on a boat who robbed other ships.
Jerod
9/26/2013 08:25:52 am
Plagiarism is something when you talk somebody’s work and copy it without saying what website you took it from. People plagiarism because they are too lazy to come up with something there self or they are just too lazy to say where they got the work from. Another reason on y people use plagiarism is so they can get work done and just copy and paste the work because it is faster. No I have not ever broken copy right rules because it is illegal to do. No I am not for burning cd, massive photo coping, and pirating copies because that is people’s hard work and they deserve to get some money out of it. They do this work for a living the stores that they let sell it gets money from the people that buy the movies or cd’s. Readymade essays are something that you search on the internet and whatever you searched you just copy and paste it to word then you print it which is illegal because it is plagiarism. Downloading movies off the internet is illegal because it is copy right laws that you can’t download stuff off the internet without the author’s permission. We can prevent plagiarism by reinforcing it a little bit better. Plagiarism is when you copy some ones work such as off the internet or out of a book. I think that people plagiarize make people think that their work is exceptional. I personally have never broken any copyright rules. It really is just stupid for someone to do something like that especially since it is against the law. I am against CD burning, massive photocopying, and pirate copies. Mostly for the same reasons that you would not plagiarize. It is illegal also it is just not right to do. I do not believe in breaking the law it never ends well for most people. Sometimes depending on what is it can go on your permanent record that can ruin your chances at a job in the future. I really don’t think that is okay because if a teacher wants an essay you can just go look it up and print it. That way in essence you are just plagiarizing who ever wrote the essay. I think it is okay if you buy it from a trusted website like I tunes or something like that. But if it is illegal then I am not okay with it is still breaking the law. We can have the law be enforced more than it already is. Privacy is being able to do something without being watched or monitored. Things that can be pirated are movies or songs or videos on the internet. I have never seen pirated items for sale. They are cheaper because they did not have to buy the copyright on the item. I do not think they are just as good they should never be used by anyone. We can prevent it by enforcing the laws harder.
Taz
9/27/2013 01:59:55 pm
If you are against it 100% what would you do if you had no money and couldn't get something you really wanted that just came out. Such as a new album by a favorite artist or a new game. I personally am for pirating to a reasonable extent, but only reasonable, no more. You can't be 100% against anything, there are always circumstances that it may be logical.
Brandon
9/26/2013 08:46:46 am
Plagiarism is when you take someone else’s work and make it your own. I think people plagiarize because they don’t feel like doing it themselves or they are just cheaters and are lazy. Yes I did once because I did not put the sight page. I am for CD burning if it is in the right form and not illegally Burnt. I am against massive photocopying and pirate copies because it is illegal to pirate copies. I think that it is not ok to download ready-made essays from the internet because it tells people that you are lazy or that you don’t know what you are doing. I think it is ok to download music and movies from the internet as long as it is legally dun and you pay for what you get. Make sure we enforce the law a lot more. Piracy is when you burn something onto a disk or you record something on another device. Movies, music, videos, exc. Yes I have seen pirated goods for sale. I sow pirated goods for sale when I went to New Jersey. Pirated products are cheaper because it cost the person so little to copy the pirated product. No I do not think that pirated products are as good because you can get in lots of trouble for buying them or for making them. We can prevent piracy by working harder to enforce the law on pirated films.
Pearl
9/26/2013 08:53:10 am
Brandon,
Pearl
9/26/2013 08:47:28 am
1. Plagiarism is taking someone’s ideas or work and saying that it is yours.
Scott
9/26/2013 10:34:59 am
I agree totally with you kaitlynn. People should put it in high gear and do their own dang work with out copying someone elses work. I also agree how they shouldn’t steel someone elses work that they put all their effort into and then someone just steels it. It is just not right.
Lora
9/26/2013 02:34:37 pm
Plagiarism is when you copy and take some one else's work and saying that is it your own work, when it isn't. I think people do it because either they are too lazy to do their own work so they just copy some one else's or they don't realize that they are actually doing it illegally. I will admit I have broken copy right rules before because I for one didn't realize that I was doing it and it was way faster than actually putting my own effort into it. I think we should recognize that plagiarism and breaking copy right rules is illegal and very bad. It's actually not that hard to do your own work instead of copying someone else's!
Mrs. Miller
9/27/2013 03:42:52 am
You haven’t spoken about your opinion on downloading music or ready-made essays. I am guessing that is because you don’t have an opinion, but this is the area that teens are making the most mistakes in the copyright laws. You also state that it is very bad, but what comparison can you give for rating the badness of plagiarism. I see copyright laws treated much like those of speeding; we do it and just hope we don’t get caught. What will happen when we do get caught?
Taz
9/26/2013 03:19:41 pm
Plagiarism is taking some ones work and claiming it as your own. This includes anything someone made, from videos, to documents, games, ect. If you take some ones work and claim it as your own it is plagiarism. People plagiarize to get credit for other peoples work. Maybe you worked really hard on making lets say, a new type of engine or something, and someone saw what you were doing, replicated it, and said they invented it. That wouldn't make anyone feel to happy to have their work stolen, but people want to benefit themselves. I think this is why things get plagiarized most of the time. I am indifferent towards CD burning, massive photocopying and pirate copies, however it depends on specific products. Lets say a game like, Call of Duty. This game sells millions and millions of copies. Pirating in itself is bad, but it can be worse or not depending on who the receiver is. I'm not saying if it doesn't have a large impact it isn't bad, I'm just saying what it is. If you were to pirate a copy of a game that gets lets say, a thousand sales, then it somewhat hurts the developer. I think little of increased amounts of downloaded ready-made essays. Simply put, most people are lazy. Whether they need help, or just won't do it themselves, its hard to say. However I'm fairly sure most people just don't want to do the work themselves. I think the increase of downloaded movies and music from the internet is expected. If it's available for free why buy it? This is what most people will think, me included. It's not possible to just "stop" plagiarism/pirating. It will always happen, no matter what. Whether the internet is used as an outlet for them matters not, it has happened before the internet, and will continue to happen. Gib, plagiarism is not the black and white issue. It is to copy some ones work without acknowledging them. Such as siting a website. Also Gib when you write an essay that is against plagiarism you don’t plagiarize! The main reason I can tell is because the words in there I have never heard.
Tabby
9/27/2013 01:49:29 pm
Plagiarisumm is stealing someones direct work and calling it your own. I think people plagierize because it is easier them writing there own work or making something there own. But some people plagierize without even noticing. Im sure everyone has copyrighted once in there life including me because at one time we didnt even know what that ment and some people right others peoples stuff without pointing out who really wrote it. Im against that because you can get in a lot of trouble for it.I think downloading ready made essays are bad because its not your work or thought that you put into it also if someone finds out you could get in trouble. I think there is a lot of music and moive downloading and with certain promission you can do it. So depending if its iegal or not it couls be bad. We could prevent it by making things not as easy to copy or download.
Hallie
9/28/2013 02:14:14 pm
Plagiarism is a world wide battle with all of the new technology and so is piracy I believe that I have participated in music piracy before. But who hasn't it was an accident when I did but fact is there are so many ways to accidentally pirate music or videos off the internet. Plagiarism is possible in any situation if you don't write a works cited properly you are technically plagiarizing. Comments are closed.
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