And it's possible to commit plagiarism with out breaking copyright. But you did commit plagiarism because you didn't tell anyone where you got all of those great words. You are letting people believe that you wrote them yourself. Giving credit keeps it from being plagiarism, but that won't keep you from getting fined in this case. In a school setting, the best way to keep yourself from committing plagiarism is to cite your sources .
Situations Consider the following situations.
Legal if you provide information about where you can buy the CD it came from. Legal if the person downloading it deletes the file after seven days. Only illegal to download it, not illegal to post it on the web. B You rent a video and show it at your church. Many of the people there are your friends, but some you've never even met.