Unit 4 post

Hi Class,
Still playing catch up!!! Can you hear me pulling up the rear. I am in this race for the finish even if I finish last at least I will finish. Hope everyone had a great holiday and started the New Year off with a bang. My computer is still in the shop trying to heal from a bad virus. Let's all say a prayer for her revival. She is about 8 years old and getting tired and whats even worst I don't have money to replace her at this time. Keep your fingers and toes crossed for her.
After studying about plagiarism I realize it is very important to cite the sources of information that support mutual ideas. It really helps to justify the points that are being discussed and gives the reader an option to confirm with the originators of the facts given. This act can happen so easily. It is harder to make sure you don't do it than to just cite the source and give the credit. Some think that if you just change the words of researched information or even twist the truth and give wrong information is a form of plagiarism also. I would feel pretty insulted if someone used my information and turned it into their own. Especially if I should be recieving monetary proceeds behind it. People write and get paid for someonelse's work all the time. I read that the writer of the story line to the movie the Matrix, had her work stolen and it had made millions before she was able to regain the credit as her own. The only way she was able to regain her credibility was to have her work copywriten. This should be done by originators of information that support ideas in research. This will help to keep issues down to a minimum. The internet can blur the lines to make sure something is legally owned or not because there is so much of the same information on different sites that compare and so similar and are not cited from the original source as having an author. This will make some put there own name with it and call it their own.