Question

Sujata is a class 10 student and has to submit her project work to her teacher. She uses the Internet to find out content related to her project work and prepares her document by copying the contents into her submission.

With respect to the given case study, answer the following questions:

1. What is the name of the act that Sujata has committed by copying contents from Internet to her projects?
2. The content available over the Internet which Sujata is copying could be another person’s ______ property. (Digital/Physical)
3. To copy someone else’s content from the Internet is not considered as good behaviour. What is the term used for good behaviour that should be followed on the Internet?
4. Sujata is violating IPR of the original content creator. Expand the term IPR.

Answer 1

1. Plagiarism
2. The content available over the Internet which Sujata is copying could be another person’s digital property.
3. Netiquette
4. Intellectual Property Rights