Plagiarism refers to steal the ideas or opinions of the other and use them without permission. It is obviously the crime to infringe on copyrights. Although plagiarism is wrong behavior so anyone shouldn’t do, the criteria or the punishment are different according to the countries. Among them, Korea and America has a lot of differences.
Firstly, the definition of plagiarism in South Korea is that- the behavior to put the other’s work in one’s work. I think it is too ambiguous to understand how to approach to plagiarism and copyright, so researched more specifically. In Korea, it seems to be accepted by some people that recite without clarifying the original source or just apply someone’s idea to their own works. They, that is, don’t respect the copyright; rather regard secondary production as one of the ways to create work. It is obvious in the music composing or the art industry. For example, if one artist is accused of plagiarism, people argue about that event. It is so controversial in Korea. Someone even says “Does it matter? He was just inspired by the original music and created his own song based on that inspiration!” They call it re-creation (or re-production).
However, the definition of plagiarism in the USA is to steal or copy the other’s ideas or works and apply to one’s own works or words. Unlike Korean, it is so important for American to protect the copyright. They evaluate thoroughly not only copying the other’s one, but also reciting. It means that anyone cannot own the idea if it didn’t be created by one’s own brain. This approach is very opposite to the Korean one. Also, the criteria of plagiarism are so strict without exception.
Korean and American, both of them are very sensitive and strict in terms of study or discipline. Especially, the paper that is the result of someone’s research should not include any plagiarism. It is the biggest similarity between two countries. Some say that plagiarism sometimes can be accepted according to the situation, but others say that plagiarism should never be accepted. How about you? What is your opinion about the acceptance?
Thank you, Juyeon, for your in-depth discussion of this important issue. It is very interesting to read about the cultural differences. I hope your continued attention to plagiarism will positively guide you in your current and future academic career. Best of luck!
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ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to read about your thoughts when it comes to plagiarism in USA and Korea. I recognize many of the experiences that you share in your post and it seems like your view of this topic is very similar to the swedes. As you mention, people do not take plagiarism as serious as the Americans do and the word " re-creation " described these situations very well in my opinion!
Hello, Juyeon! I enjoyed reading the differences of plagiarism. Re-creation sometimes happens in Japan too. However, in my country, those people who copied some parts of the songs will be punished strictly. Thus, artists are paying attention not to steal others work. In other parts, I easily understand those differences because Japan is similar to your country, Korea. As I also wrote before on this blog, the U.S. is stricter than our countries about plagiarism. Since we are from those countries which do not pay attention about plagiarism, we have to be careful when we write papers. Thank you!
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