What is Plagiarism

The effect of your use on the original

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  If you are creating a work that competes with the original in its own market, and may do the original author economic harm, any substantial borrowing is unlikely to be considered fair use. The more the content of your work or its target audience differs from that of the original, the better.
  

We recommend the following sites for more information on “Fair Use” and Copyright laws.

http://www.umuc.edu/library/copy.html

http://www.sp.edu.sg/departments/asd/hk_1261.htm