A case study
Presented by:
Group 4: Francine Senapilo, Ana Beatrice
Manansala, Marivic Balajadia, Dennielle
Quiambao, Luis Salinas, and Hillary Reyes
(12 - Uzziah)
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 The plagiarism news

Vol. 10 | 2021 The Views

ARTICLE ONE

UP STUDENT
PLAGIARIZES
PRIZE-WINNING
PHOTOS
By Carol Ramoran
Published 9:01 PM, September 22, 2013
Source: Rappler.com
 The plagiarism news

Vol. 10 | 2021 The Views

ARTICLE TWO

SOLIS RETURNS
REWARD TO
CHILEAN
EMBASSY
By Raisa Serafica
Published 1:45 PM, September 27, 2013
Source: Rappler.com
Vol. 10 | 2021 H. R. Reyes

In what competition did Solis send

in his plagiarized work?
Solis submitted his plagiarised work to
“Smiles for the World” photo contest
organized by by the Chilean embassy,
wherein he won first place.

This controversy shed light on other

plagiarised photographs he submitted to
other competitions like United Nations
International Year of Water Cooperation
contest and Papworth Trust's photo
competition.
Vol. 10 | 2021 F. R. Senapilo

The embassy did not press

What sanctions did he receive from
charges against him, but
the organizing committee? Describe Ambassador Mayorga himself
had asked Solis to get
his actions. redemption by participating
In Chilean Ambassador Robert Mayorga’s statement, the in the Calidad Humana
committee concluded that Solis had to forfeit his award and return the project.
prize, including the mobile phone, the roundtrip tickets to Brazil and
Chile, and the $1000 cash prize. Mark Joseph Solis complied and even
After further investigations, it
personally apologized to the ambassador.
was found out that it was not
the first time Mark Joseph
Solis have tried to use
plagiarized photos and
credited it as his own. Hence,
he also received several
sanctions from the University
of the Philippines.
Vol. 10 | 2021 A.B. Manansala

Do you think technology and the internet have made plagiarism

easier? Do you think technology has made people more or less
creative? Explain your answer by citing examples.
A lot of people nowadays are inclined in
getting ideas from the internet, so the
creativity of people is being lessened. An
example of this was when Mark Solis entered
and won the first Papworth Trust's photo
competition using a photo he got from Flickr.
He also submitted 3 photos to a sustainable
development photo contest hosted by a
Yes, technology and the internet indeed made communication easier and more European Union company called VinylPlus
convenient. Everything can be found on the internet and most people can easily access and claimed it to be his work but the real
anything they want. I can say that plagiarism becomes easier because most people can thing was he stole it again from Flickr
now easily steal one’s work with the help of technology and the internet. People tend to accounts without any permission from the
legitimate owner of the photos. This
copy other people’s works because of laziness and they believe that technology makes
manifests that Solis prefers stealing ideas
their life easy.
from the internet than producing his own. In
today's age, this also manifests among many
Second, I think the Internet and Technology made people less productive and original. students. This generation are digital natives,
They rely too much on what they see on the internet and don’t generate their ideas on and are growing to become too reliant on
their own. technology because it's fast and convenient.
Vol. 10 | 2021 L. Salinas

According to the article, how

did Solis redeem himself?
What job did he have?

He redeemed himself by supporting the

Calidad Humana project, organized a
football project wth 15 to 20 members of a
barangay in Paranaque for the Chilean
Embassy, sent an appeal to keep the
award given to him by the Chilean
Ambassador, and won a photo competiton
of his own, this time, with no photograph
stealing and copyright abuse.
Photo Source: Philippine Star
Vol. 10 | 2021 D. Quiambao

What project did Mark Joseph Salis helped to a project called

"Calidad Humana". The project quote on
quote says that it “aims to preserve and
he help? develop the positive elements that uniquely
characterize Filipinos” and his participation
to this activity helps him to redeem himself
as well.

Addition to this, he also agreed to invite and

organize 15 – 20 children from Paranaque,
for the street football project of the Chilean
Embassy. For the fulfillment of the project,
he needs to meet up with the children once
a week within a year and is monitored by
the ambassador and media to see his
commitment with the project.
Photo Source: Philippine Star
Vol. 10 | 2021
What is there to
learn about the
life of Solis?
The lesson in the life of Solis is that we have
to give credits or ask permission to those
people who owns the text or picture. No one
has the right to use something they don't
own, unless they ask permission or give
credits to the real owners.
M. Balajadia
People got used to plagiarism because
they don’t get caught, but once they get
caught, it will be humiliating.
Plagiarism in all forms is wrong. We
must make our own work, give credits
and ask permission to the owner before
using it.
Another lesson to learn is to admit your
mistakes and face the consequences,
just like what Solis did. Hold yourself
accountable for the wrongdoings, and
learn from it so that it may never
happen again--that's the only way you
can redeem yourself.
 A Case Study

Presented by:
Francine Senapilo
Ana Beatrice Manansala
Marivic Balajadia
Dennielle Quiambao
Luis Salinas
Hillary Reyes

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