Ethical Dilemma- Chapter 4

Is Alice guilty for plagiarism? Why?

Yes, because Alice only makes a few alterations for it which is she only changes the places of diagram. Alice also reproduce this without obtaining any permission.

As stated Copyright is the right to make and distribute copies to perform or display the work in public, and to produce derivative works, such as translations into other languages  there are factors that need to be considered in deciding whether an organization or the company involve  has a fair use of the copyright material. The following factors are:

•  Purpose of the use (whether it is educational or commercial)

• Nature of the work being copied (whether it is fictional, or factual news)

•  Amount of material being copied (whether the whole articles have been copied or portions of those articles, and whether students are able to make multiple copies)

• The effect the copying will have on the market for journal sales. Will it infringe the market for the journals from which these articles are taken

• permission must been sought from the authors or publishers of the articles. Permission must be granted for the use of any copyright material. 

this factors are also  applicable in copyrighting software.