Plagiarism

According to wikis plagiarism is defined in dictionaries as the “wrongful appropriation,” “close imitation,” or “purloining and publication” of another author’s “language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions,” and the representation of them as one's own original work, but the notion remains problematic with nebulous boundaries. The modem concept of plagiarism as immoral and originality as an ideal emerged in Europe only in the 18th century, particularly with romantic movement, while the previous centuries authors and artists were encouraged to "copy the masters as closely as possible" and avoid "unnecessary invention.

Plagiarism is not a crime per se but is disapproved more on the grounds of moral offense, in case of plagiarism can involving liability for copyright infringement. Generally, although plagiarism is often loosely referred to as theft or stealing, it has not been set as a criminal matter  in the courts. Likewise, plagiarism has not standing as a criminal offense in the common law. Instead, claims of plagiarism are a civil law matter, which ab aggrieved person can resolve by launching a lawsuit. Acts that may constitute plagiarism are in some instances treated as copyright infringement, unfair competition, or a violation of doctrine of moral rights. The increase availability of intellectual property due to a rise in technology has furthered the debate as to whether copyright of offense are criminal.


In the academic world, plagiarism by students is a very serious offense that can result in punishment such as failing grade on the particular assignment "typically at the high school level" or of the course "typically at the college or university only". For cases repeated plagiarism , or cases in which student commits severe plagiarism "submitting a copied article as his or her work" a student maybe suspended or expelled


Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism

Effects of long weekend

Effects of long weekend

That long weekend was boring. There’s nothing to do in the house, I’m just staring the whole day. I missed the school, there’s so many to see and chat. My whole weekend was playing basketball, eating, sleeping and wake-up to watch TV then hang around outside a bit.  A whole week without schooling is too much to bear, so when classes start it’s tiresome. Too much rest is tiring. that's all i can say. 

1st half

Half of the sem.,

half of my sem in MMA, I am happy with my new classmates, new friends and new teachers.

MMA is not an easy course.  There is no easy thing in this world especially to a lazy person.  Yeah sometimes I’m too lazy to do the works but I need to do it in the end although my sometimes I’m late. J

It’s fun to do projects with my classmates. In this course I experienced doing projects overnight. I haven’t experienced that before. I am also comfortable with them now, I even drink with them. It was fun to be part of it.

how about my grades after midterm. In "commtech" i got 77.4, in "Philgovt" i got 73.4, in "Philhist" i got 2.50. although its bad but i deserved it and i get this because of my absences. that’s all.

Buwan ng wika

The Buwan ng Wika was successful even if some of the contestants were late in the contest. It was even better if they parade despite of being few so that everyone saw their dresses and funny outfits. That is all, next time I hope it is even better and livelier. Overall it was a successful event.

Experience? I was so happy during the event even if I’m not a contestant. It was because of the foods, it was all delicious! Watching the contest while standing was sure tiring but it was alright as long as I’m fullJ. I also enjoyed watching them specially the one who stammer on nervousness. The man with owl’s wings was also cool. I didn’t saw the winner because I left between 2:30 or 3:00pm.

• Do new technologies change how we access information? • The type of information upon which we rely? • How we communicate with each other? • Does new media limit or expand our personal freedom?

The digital communications of today have come so far and i agree they have changed the way we access information and this is all due to the demand and ever changing life styles of consumers.
Recent trends have lead to digitalization of magazines and new papers that are accessed through new technologies such as tablet and smartphones. In a whole technology development will always change the way we get information. We can communicate using cellphone, laptop, Telephone, and other technologies. I think new media expand our freedom to communicate to other people, altough there is a Law. we can do an illegal using technologies.

Cool, well done!

First project and my first video project in MMA 1-1. I enjoy doing project with my groupmates, this is the first time I act as a cave man with Clarence and Gio (hahahaha) XD. Laugh trip specially Kristel, Andrew, and Nikki.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v​=JxWqSV0vgpY

All the presentation of each group are well done. But there is one group that impress me and that’s the presentation of the group 1. It’s very COOL and entertaining although I slightly not understand the content but I salute 99% to the animation. I want to learn those animations and make my own video using the stop motion animation. Keep it up group 1  nice work and well done.    :-) 

The Future!!!

This video shows what technology can do in our daily life. It also shows the rapid development of technology and its impact on us. The alarming here is the transferring of the memory of people to another person by selling and activates your memory on another person or body. Me! I do prefer our current system of living in this world; I'd rather die and live again in the manner done by God and not man-made way to live, though I don’t want to lose my memory.

 Think!!!!

Lawrence Lessig- (born June 3, 1961) is an American academic and political activitist. He is best known as a proponent of reduced legal restriction on copyright, trademark, and radio frequency spectrum, particularly in technology application. He is the director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University and a professor of law at Harvard Law School. Prior to rejoining Harvard, he was a professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of its Center for Internet and Society. Lessig is a founding board member of Creative Commons, a board member of the Software Freedom Law Center, an advisory board member of the Sunlight Foundation and a former board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.