llectual property that belongs to another (Brandt, 2002). The critical difference between the two is that in plagiarism an individual claims inappropriate credit for the work of another whereas in copyright that work may not necessarily be claimed as oneÆs own but it is nevertheless used inappropriately and without permission. Academically and professionally, it is considered perfectly valid to make reference to the intellectual properties of others if credit for that property is given (Ralston, 2001). For example, plagiarism could consist of copying directly or paraphrasing the ideas of a historian in oneÆs own term paper and submitting that paper for academic credit. Conversely, a school drama department which decides to stage a production of a copyrighted musical needs to receive authorization which usually requires the payment of some kind of fee to the copyright holder. If the production is staged without this authorization copyright law has been violated even if full credit in a playbill is given to the author (Begoray, 1996).
The fair use doctrine was originally a creature of common law and is now codified at 17 U.S.C. 107 (Morrow & Sullivan, 2004)
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