Do you think it is important that our ideas be protected by the law?

Definitely YES.

There is actually what we call IP or intellectual Property.

What is intellectual Property or IP?

IP refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works ...

You have to make sure that if you do your Academic Papers or Do a Research that you cite or list your
sources whenever you take specific facts or ideas or quotations from a books, magazines, newspaper or
other sources, you need to write or list them since they are actually protected by the law.

We also need to cite and list our source for the following reasons

First, it gives credit to the authors.

Lastly, it prevents plagiarism an act of stealing ideas

Usually citing sources is found on the later part of the book.

It contains alphabetical list of sources of books

There are also types of Formats ofSours of a information. We have Print sources and Online Sources

Books. These are the most common and reliable source