Categorical and legal determination of plagiarism
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https://doi.org/10.31617/3.2025(139)09Keywords:
copyright, plagiarism, academic, integrity, self-plagiarism, legislation, creation.Abstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of the legal categories "plagiarism", "academic plagiarism", "self-plagiarism" from the standpoint of their correlation with each other and their compliance with the current legislation of Ukraine in the fields of copyright and academic integrity. A hypothesis is put forward about the existence of certain contradictions in the legal content of these categories, which is partially confirmed on the basis of theoretical models based on the authorʼs experience, given in other empirical cases and innovations of the Law of Ukraine "On Copyright and Related Rights". The content and structure of the categories "copyright", "plagiarism", "academic plagiarism", "self-plagiarism", "academic integrity" are analysed, the areas of intersection of their subject areas are traced. An attempt is made to carry out a systematic disposition of these categories and a new refined definition of the category of "academic plagiarism" is proposed. It is concluded that in terms of content, the broadest of these categories is "academic integrity". The categories of "copyright" and "plagiarism" are parts of a single system, because plagiarism is a type of copyright infringement. The concepts of "plagiarism" and "academic plagiarism" are close, but not identical; the first category partially overlaps the subject area of the second. Both categories are currently in need of revision. The category of "self‑plagiarism" is not directly related to plagiarism or academic plagiarism, but it belongs to the types of violations of academic integrity norms, and in some cases, it may also entail copyright violations.
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