Publishing: Principles & Practice

copyright infringement; however, more forgivably, some academic authors get confused where the academic definition of plagiarism does not correspond to copyright law. For example so long as academics credit sources they are not always so concerned about obtaining permission and the moral respect for other people’s intellectual creations and ideas remains. And this is, I suppose, where Copyright Law for Writers Editors and Publishers is useful: I would recommend it to writers and publishing professionals, and particularly to publishing students, graduate and undergraduate alike.