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{{trope}}
{{quote|''Plagiarize,''<br />
''Let no one else's work evade your eyes,''<br />
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''Only be sure always to call it please 'research'.''|'''[[Tom Lehrer]], "Lobachevsky"'''}}
Plagiarism is essentially taking the work of others and attempting to pass it off as one's own. In academia, it is generally defined as putting forth ideas cribbed<ref>
When it comes to works of fiction, the term
Literary plagiarism can involve the use of events and characters from a work of fiction, or the wholesale copying of another author's text. To be plagiarized, the text, characters or ideas must be used without crediting the original author for their work.
Note that plagiarism does not necessarily involve
Do not confuse [[Trademark]] infringement with [[Copyright]] infringement. While almost all [[Fan Fiction]] of works not in the [[Public Doman]] involves (of necessity) trademark infringement, it would be safe to say that no fan fiction involves plagiarism (and thus copyright infringement) of original sources; it makes no sense when one's target audience would recognize [[Canon]] material immediately. What little copying exists is typically on the level of [[Fair Use]]. (It is not unheard of, though, for would-be fanfic authors to plagiarize works from other fanfic authors.)
It is sometimes debatable if a similar plot, introduced in a different setting and written differently with most of the details changed, still counts as plagiarism. ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'' is an example of this, with the first two books having a plot line that is quite similar to ''[[Star Wars]]'' but with many different details and an entirely different setting. Whether or not [[Christopher Paolini]] is actually guilty of plagiarism is [[Serious Business|hotly debated]] between [[Fan Boy|hardcore fans]] and [[Fan Hater]].
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Parodies in TV and movies often eschew both of these in favour of simply changing the plot just enough so that it technically counts as an independent work. In other cases, the work is blatantly a parody of something else, and the authors generally argue that parodies are protected under the [[Fair Use]] doctrine.
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