How to identify plagiarism of other people's works

Plagiarism means publishing or using other people's works as your own without the author's permission. To identify plagiarism of other people's works, the following aspects need to be considered:

1. Similarity in content of the work: The plagiarized work and the original work should have a high degree of similarity in content, including text, images, music , design and other elements.

2. Without permission: The plagiarist must publish or use the original work as his own work without the permission of the original author.

3. Subjective intention: The plagiarist must have subjective intention, that is, he knowingly plagiarizes the work of others knowing that it is someone else’s work.

When determining that someone else’s work has been plagiarized, factors such as the originality of the work, copyright ownership, and the time of publication of the work also need to be considered. If the plagiarist cannot provide sufficient evidence to prove the originality of his work and cannot explain the similarity between his work and the original work, he may be found to have plagiarized the work of others.

In summary:

To determine that you have plagiarized other people's works, you need to consider the similarity of the content of the work, the subjective intention without permission, the originality of the work, copyright ownership, publication time and other factors. . If you cannot provide sufficient evidence to prove the originality of your work and cannot explain the similarity between your work and the original work, you may be found to have plagiarized other people's works.

Legal basis:

Article 47 of the "Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China" stipulates: Anyone who commits the following infringements shall be responsible for stopping the infringement and eradicating the infringement according to the circumstances. Civil liability for impact, apology, compensation for losses, etc.:

(1) Publishing his work without the permission of the copyright owner; (2) Publishing his work without the permission of the co-author; Works jointly created by others are published as works created by oneself alone;

(3) Without participating in the creation, in order to seek personal fame and fortune, one signs other people’s works;

(4) ) Distorting or tampering with other people’s works;

(5) Plagiarizing other people’s works;

(6) Exhibiting, making movies, or making movies using similar materials without the permission of the copyright owner Use works in other ways, or use works through adaptation, translation, annotation, etc., except as otherwise provided for in this law;

(7) Remuneration should be paid but has not been paid for using other people’s works;

(8) Renting out works or audio and video products without the permission of the copyright owners of film works and works created by methods similar to filmmaking, computer software, audio and video recordings, or copyright-related rights holders shall Except as otherwise provided by law;

(9) Using the books, periodicals, electronic publications, etc. published by the publisher to publish other people’s works without the publisher’s permission;

(10) Broadcasting or publicly transmitting live performances, or recording performances without the permission of the performers;

(11) Other acts that infringe on copyright and copyright-related rights and interests.