[AISWorld] Plagiarism /"Self-Plagiarism" and copyright

[Krassie Petrova]

Dear Colleagues, in some previous posts, 'copyright' was  mentioned
along with plagiarism/ 'self-plagiarism'.  Are these not two different
issues?
 
 In my view misrepresenting / appropriating others' work - whether
copyright protected or not, is not acceptable as it is unethical with
respect  to academic ethical standards.  I would think that any academic
 body dealing with plagiarism issues would focus on the ethical side and
leave copyright violation and legal proceedings  to the affected party
(the copyright holder).  
 
Second, when it comes to 'self-plagiarism': what is the proposed
punishment for (when  repeating a portion of previously published one's
own material , in a copyright protected journal) - for using too big a
portion (and thus reducing the contribution of the new paper), or for
violating the copyright ? In my view the focus should be on the first ;
if the 'inclusion'  adds to the value of the new paper, then the editor
and the author need to find ways to deal with the copyright issue.   The
idea  of developing academically accepted practices in that respect is
very timely and would be useful both to authors and editors.   
 
Krassie Petrova
Senior Research Lecturer, Information Systems and Technology
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
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From: Göran Goldkuhl<goran.goldkuhl at liu.se>
To:"aisworld at lists.aisnet.org" <aisworld at lists.aisnet.org>
Date: 12/12/11 4:54 AM
Subject: Re: [AISWorld] Plagiarism and "Self-Plagiarism"
I fully agree to this: We should not use the term ”self-plagiarism”. It
is a contradiction in terms. I quote from Online Etymology Online: 

“Plagiarism: 1620s, from L. plagiarius "kidnapper, seducer, plunderer,"
used in the sense of "literary thief" by Martial, from plagium
"kidnapping," from plaga "snare, net,"

Self-plagiarism would mean stealing from yourself. 

Submitting the same paper to several targets is of course deceitful
behaviour. However, the problem of re-using your own earlier material
should be given more thoughtful considerations. We honour cumulative
research building on earlier works, which of course should comprise your
own work. Do we not think it is desirable to develop earlier ideas and
as a consequence to include in this development own intellectual
material that already have been exposed? 

To threat scholars with possible allegations of self-plagiarism could
have consequences that scholars start with new things all over the time
and not work with continual development and improvement of intellectual
contents. 

Göran Goldkuhl
Professor information systems development
Linköping University
Sweden

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I would like to draw the attention on a side aspect connected to
Claudia's
posting and much more relevant with Ned's points in mind: The wording
issue
with "self-plagiarism".

The term "plagiarism" is a very sharp sword in public discussions (we
just
had a couple of cases in Germany, including a minister who had to
resign).
With calling two entirely different issues by similar names, we mix up
relevance. It's just like insulting your spouse having stolen the
dinner
items in the supermarket versus just cooking the same thing as
yesterday.

The first one is unethical, the second one just needs clear rules (as
Claudia pointed out). Thus, I would urge that we think about a
different
term for the second, e.g., something like "double-selling".

Key


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