I think that it is hard not to steal someone else's copyrighted work because it is so easily accessed on the Internet. With websites like Google, YouTube, Pinterest, Tumblr, Facebook, and Twitter it's hard to tell what you are stumbling upon sometimes and also you might not even know what you are taking is copyrighted. Stealing music with Limewire (which recently went under) and Frostwire is popular because who wants to pay for a Itunes song when they can steal copyrighted music for free. The Internet is an amazing tool but sometimes it complicates things by creating trouble especially things like plagarism which has become a serious issue, just look at our syllabi. Sometimes you might not even know what you are typing into your research paper is copyrighted or....you might know but your taking the chance but always cite your sources it is the best way to go!
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