The ReadCash Course: The Presumption of Innocentness

Plagiarism is the enemy, danger, threat, ugliness, and all things negative. I am one of you who is angry with plagiarism. I agree with the policy to punish any plagiarism wherever we are. Plagiarism is part of crime.

Plagiarism is copyright infringement. Any content belongs to the person who created that content. If anyone else claims the content belongs to him. That is a copyright infringement. So, plagiarism is part of crime and criminality.

The Presumption of Innocentness

However, the law for plagiarism applies to people who knowingly do plagiarism. There must be a distinction between 'knowingly' and 'intentionally doing'. Therefore, in law there is always a presumption of innocence. A person cannot be convicted of a crime before the judge's decision which says that the person has committed a crime.

Why did this happen? Because every mistake has a reason and legal impact. What makes a person do something wrong? Why did that person make a mistake? How did that person go wrong? If so, what is the appropriate punishment for the mistake. This is a question that is commonly sought to find the core of the problem.

Everyone who makes a mistake doesn't necessarily know that he made a mistake. There are times when we accidentally make mistakes. Therefore, the law uses the principle of the presumption of innocence. Because there is no evidence and witnesses and judgments from the judges who say that the crime was committed knowingly or that the person was accidentally in a situation that made him a criminal.

This happens when someone says someone else is plagiarizing. Is it plagiarism, you copy other people's articles and ask a robot for help to check the authenticity of the article. Then the robot runs a system to check the article and decide that the article is plagiarized or not.

For the world of academia, this tool to check plagiarism is used to check theses, theses, and dissertations as well as scientific journals or research results. However, there are robots or applications that can check for plagiarism or not. The problem is robots, applications, and non-human systems that can see and choose whether the article is really plagiarized or not.

Robots, apps and systems don't know you and your articles. As long as the article has similarities, then you will be accused of plagiarism. They cannot provide another statement or disclaimer that the article comes from your own article that you wrote earlier. So, I am a person who always uses the principle of presumption of innocence from legal science to see more clearly the problems that have arisen lately.

Rewriting or Plagiarism

Now, you can read some articles about the latest news. The news comes from a different country with the topic telling information from Bitcoin Cash. I gave an example when you read the news about how the adoption of Bitcoin Cash in several countries.

Then you write an article about the adoption of Bitcoin Cash. You may change some words to make them appear as your own sentences. Even though the sentence comes from the news that you have read. Robots, systems and applications do not read the sentence as plagiarism.

Are you wrong? Did you intentionally or not to rewrite it so as not to read as plagiarism? Did you actually visit an area or interview the same source as the one on the news? Is the activity true or is it a form of cheating plagiarism?

You can claim that each article is yours. Of course, honesty comes from a pure heart. However, if you say plagiarism is a crime and have zero tolerance for people who rewrite it.

I want to ask, have you never rewritten from other articles or news? We can answer that rewriting requires data from where you found the sentence. You can quote and provide links to help direct readers to the origin of the article.

Plagiarism is prohibited but not by rewriting by citing the source from which you got an opinion.

How to Answer Problems

First, we must try to write new things that have never been written by others. However, what about writing for the same theme. Example: We have a meeting, such as a club meeting. Then, each member writes about the meeting. It is a formidable challenge to write articles on the same topic but using different words and sentences.

Second, if you don't intend to plagiarize, you can rewrite it and mention the source of the information. Example: I have an article about an article I have read. I rewrote the article from my point of view and provided a link for readers to visit the article. The writers weren't mad and they were happy that I was like the person promoting their article.

Third, if someone is angry because you accidentally wrote it and the sentence is similar to someone else's sentence. You can see which article was published first. Or, you can edit the article and add other information and resources.

Fourth, developers from ReadCash can update so that the system on this platform can read and notify that there are articles similar to that article. if it's steemit, the robot notifies the author by writing a comment and providing a link. The problem in steemit is that the author cannot quote the article he wrote himself. And, the robot will not answer anything when you clarify.

For your attention!

What is prohibited is that you search for articles from different platforms and they belong to someone else. then, you copy 100% and publish the article here. I think, you have made a mistake and violated the law of copyright.