What is plagiarism

Plagiarism is the representation of another author's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work. In educational contexts, there are differing definitions of plagiarism depending on the institution.

^Source ![photo-1596496050755-c923e73e42e1.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmd9k7X2MYr3vrGDKg6dGSYot4DMfmu8ZWK8Ds79awTw1c/photo-1596496050755-c923e73e42e1.jpg) ^Source Plagiarism is an act of copying someone else's material be it academic, an idea or style of doing things. This act is done with an intention of copying and never accidental. There are many laws worldwide that protect your ideas. Acts of plagiarism include:

Copying someone else's posts or data
Copying of data and not citing the source
Improper citation methods used in the text
Rephrasing the content to make it look like your own work
Citation of the sources that do not exist

Proof of brain

Proof of brain is a concept where a user will make a good use of their brain, abilities they have and personal qualities to make a handsome amount of money. This concept is well utilized by the #Steemit as it allows its users to make good amount of money when they produce quality content that originally belong to the user themselves. On Steemit there are many active users and bots that are working 24/7 to eradicate copied materials. There are sometimes when a user has to refer to a material that exist on some other platform; they will cite the original source of that content as to tell the readers that using that material was not supposed to be for a purpose of cheating or dodging the users but it is for clarification. I have read and understood the steemit etiquette in the steemit community and will do my best to embrace them'