Music: Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the use of another's work without clearly indicating of the source of the information. Another's work doesn't just mean their words it also covers their ideas, images, statistics, data, etc.

Plagiarism may be deliberate or accidental - you should avoid both types.

• Deliberate plagiarism is when you  purposely set out to copy someone else’s work.
• Accidental plagiarism is when you don’t correctly acknowledge someone else’s work, either because you didn’t know how to or you didn’t know you had to.

So why would anyone plagiarise?

• Not understanding what plagiarism is
• Not knowing how to cite & reference properly
• ​Pressure of work
• Thinking their own work isn't good enough
• Thinking that everyone does it