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Article: Plagiarism in Medicinal World.
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- June 14, 2006
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Plagiarism, the act of appropriating the literary composition of another author, or excerpts, ideas, or passages there from, and passing the material off as one's own creation which has plagued the world ever since one remembers, is now regarded as violation of copyright by the court. May it be the plagiarism of the 'Da Vinci Code' or Kaavya Viswanathan, facing plagiarism charges for her debut novel 'How Opal Mehta Got kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life" for having similarities with Megan F McCafferty's novels 'Sloppy Firsts' (2001) and 'Second Helping' (2003), has become the burning issue of the day. Juries have a difficult time determining the occurrence of unlawful ...