Plagiarism
January 1st, 2008 by Jerson
Ahh… what is considered plagiarism in Web 2.0? Difficult since most if not all blogs tend to get information from other blogs of the same niche. You really don’t have to ask permission if you are to link to the other site. After all, the Web 2.0 Culture promotes freedom in information exchange. Despite this, it is always nice and ethical to inform the writer or webmaster of a particular blog if you mean to link to it (which can always be reciprocated by a link-back) or if you are to get a lot of information, most especially original content, from his site.
Most original graphics (static and animated) and text are under the protection of U.S. and international copyright laws. In this case, research first on where or whom to get the necessary permission to reproduce the particular text or graphics. Free information exchange does not equal to plagiarism.