by Anya Links
If you look up the definition of plagiarism on the Internet, a simple, straightforward definition immediately pops up by Dictionary: Definitions from Oxford Languages:
''plagiarism (noun)
the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.''
The University of Oxford defines plagiarism as:
''Presenting work or ideas from another source as your own, with or without consent of the original author, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, are covered under this definition, as is the use of material generated in part or wholly through use of artificial intelligence (except in cases of disability, with prior authorisation, notification, and permission).
''The necessity to acknowledge others' work or ideas applies not only to text, but also to other media, such as computer code, illustrations, graphs, etcetera. It applies equally to published text and data drawn from books and journals, and to unpublished text and data, whether from lectures, theses or others' essays. Text, data, or other resources downloaded from websites must also be attributed to their creators.''
An original work or idea is defined as ''independently created by a human author with a degree of creativity.'' According to the United States Copyright Office (U. S. Copyright Office.gov), ''independent creation simply means that you create it yourself, without copying.''
The second definition of originality provided by The Free Dictionary by Farlex online is ''2. The capacity to act or think, independently.''
On their website, Law Insider stated the following:
''Original work product means all work product created, conceived, or reduced to practice by the Contractor in connection with the goods and services.''
On the 5th of October, 2023, the Namibia Library and Archives Service (NLAS) hosted a publishers' workshop at the NamPower Convention Centre in Windhoek, where plagiarism was discussed, extensively. NLAS hosted the workshop to ask for an improvement in the quality of local publications amidst an increase in plagiarism, and copyright and intellectual property rights infringements.
As an editor, literary agent, proofreader, and publisher based in Windhoek, I was fortunate to attend the publishers workshop hosted by NLAS, and hereby commit myself and Nossob Press to upholding and safeguarding authors' copyright, creators' intellectual property rights, and to combating plagiarism in the Namibian publishing industry.
Only original works will be accepted by Nossob Press for review and publication.
References:
1. University of Oxford, Plagiarism: https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/academic/guidance/skills/plagiarism
2. Law Insider, Original Work Product: https://www.lawinsider.com/dictionary/original-work-product
3. Royalty-free image from DepositPhotos.
4. Nossob Press, Part II: Against Plagiarism: https://nossobpress.blogspot.com/2023/10/part-ii-against-plagiarism.html
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