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Plagiarism Here is a summary, on the subject of plagiarism, of the official contents of the code of conduct Rights and Responsibilities of the Press in Quebec. The first column contains the rights of media organizations and journalists, and the second column, the responsibilities with regard to the information they broadcast or publish.
UNDER THE THEME:
PLAGIARISM
Information transmitted by the media is by definition in the public domain: all are free to refer to, summarize or quote from it. | | | 
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PLAGIARISM Journalists often use the work of their colleagues as a point of departure for their own research, to supplement their own research, or to corroborate their own information. The new work that is produced does not generally resemble the original in form or content, and therefore, this practice should not be considered as plagiarism or the theft of a competitor’s work. Journalists are never justified, however, in presenting another’s work as their own. When their own story is based on that of another outlet, they should credit the source. Simply making a few changes to a competitor’s story does not make it one’s own. Reproducing another journalist’s work without proper attribution violates copyright law and journalistic ethics
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