Yes; plagiarism is passing off someone else's work as your own, which would include works in the public domain.
yeah i think so because anything that is coped is plagiarism and plagiarism is illegal. hope this helped x
Yes, because plagiarism means 'to copy illegally' and is basically taking credit for what you copied, and the thing you copied is copyrighted, patented, trademarked, or service marked. Plagiarism is an act of fraud.
You register work with US copyright office. The process described on their site if you feel it's in danger of plagiarism. Works are still copyrighted whether they are formally registered or not.
Theme is not something that can be copyrighted, so no it is not plagiarism. If you copied the words or characters it would be plagiarism.
Not since 1978.
This term is "plagiarism". Another word that could describe this is "copyright infringement". In that case, it is when you steal a work that is copyrighted (protected by the author/maker).
It is still copyrighted. There's no exception for things that are out of print or unavailable.
Yes. Most schools will have some sort of punishment, wheather if it is a zero on the paper, or whatnot, but unintentional plagiarism is still plagiarism nonetheless. And from the teacher's perspective, unintentional plagiarism looks a whole lot like intentional plagiarism.
Not necessarily. It's the year the item was copyrighted, which may be different than when it was actually made.
Yes, altering the wording of a text without proper citation can still be considered plagiarism.
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yes, or it would still be considered plagiarism