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plagiarism , copyright and hacking

 Greetings, readers! after my last post illustrating the curious case of Sahoo , I felt many readers would like to have a basic understanding of a few terms used in my last post and somewhere as a new yet responsible blogger, it would be apposite to chip in a few definitions of course short in length to help my readers connect in a better way with my post.  here are a few laconic abstracts of a few terms collected from the web  plagiarism : Plagiarism occurs when you use another’s words, ideas, assertions, data, or figures and do not acknowledge that you have done so. copyright :   Copyright refers to the legal right of the owner of intellectual property. In simpler terms, copyright is the right to copy. This means that the original creators of products and anyone they give authorization to are the only ones with the exclusive right to reproduce the work . Hacking :  Hacking refers to the misuse of devices like computers, smartphones, tablets, and networks to cause damage to or corrupt

The curious case of Sahoo

 India, just like any other country is struggling with the rising case of plagiarism . One of the factors for the rapid rise in cases of plagiarism is the thin or lack of understanding about plagiarism itself. Generally, we as average readers misinterprets plagiarism as merely a work of inspiration and confine ourselves to this utopian belief. Also, we aren't aware of the legal repercussions that are bound to happen when found guilty of plagiarism. But when highly educated professionals make the same mistake as us, an average reader, then that becomes a matter of concern. One such case is that of Dr Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo. S.K.Sahoo is a scientist in the field of nanotechnology at the institute of life sciences, an autonomous institute of the Department of Biotechnology, Bhubaneshwar, Govt of India. There have been serious concerns related to the accuracy of the data presented in many articles published by him, five research articles published by Dr S.K. Sahoo has been retracted fol