Plagarism

NATALIA WYNTER, ASHLEY BAILEY, JAVOY LINTON

DUE: APRIL 22, 2022
INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS (LS101)
MRS. GONZALES-MORGAN
 A brief definition
A brief description of plagiarism is the practice of stealing
another person’s creation (whether that be academic work,
intellectual property, written or spoken words etcetera) and
presenting it as if it belongs to oneself.

Plagiarism occurs in many situations in different

form/types. In this presentation we will be focusing on
plagiarism in music (also know as copyright
infringement). We will give examples as well as solutions
or ways to avoid plagiarism in those cases.

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Kinds of plagiarism
Direct Plagiarism
If take a part of someone elses work and try to adapt or use
it as your own, this would be called “Direct Plagiarism.” As
you have taken directly from the source and misrepresented
it as your own.
Complete Plagiarism
Some would consider this the truest most blatant form of
plagiarism as someone take word for word the original idea
or work of another person. If you were to take another
person’s final paper and you just changed the name and
submitted it, you’d have committed a complete theft of
their hard work.
Paraphrasing Plagiarism
If you copy a definition of something on the internet but
change the structure a little (add a few words etc.) As the
essence of the source fid not change it is still plagiarizing.
Mosaic Plagiarism
This is when one uses the mixes the phrasing or text of
another in their own text or research intentionally. Also
know as patchwork plagiarism.
Self-plagiarism
When you reuse or quote. From your own past work or
projects without citing/giving credit to yourself.
Accidentally plagiarism
At times persons plagiarize without realizing. For e.g.
when you read or listen to a lot of work by a certain
author, then later on find yourself stating things they
said. As you did not give credit you pass it of as your
own saying. This is still fraud and though unintentional,
the consequences of this remain the same.  

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 Case 1
At Home:
Shenseea and Megan the Stallion “Lick”
and “Work” by Denise Belafon
They say theirs is nothing new under the
sun. Yet the issue for shenseea and megan
is that they released a song on Shenseea’s
debut album which samples from Denise
belafon’s soca song.
There was an administrative issue and
the sample was not cleared, so now she’s
facing a $10 million copyright lawsuit.
The hearing is still in process.
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Abroad: Robin Thicke and Pharell’s
“Blurred lines“ and Marvin Gaye’s “Got
to Give it Up”
While the copyright lawsuit with Robin
Thicke and Pharell “blurred lines” and
Marvin Gaye “got to give it up” was settled
in the favor of Marvin Gaye. His family
initially asked for a 7.3 million award but
the judge cut it to 5.3 million
An attempt to appeal it happened in March
2018 but the court stuck with their decision
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi
c-news/robin-thicke-pharrell-williams-bl
urred-lines-copyright-suit-final-5-million
-dollar-judgment-768508/
 Case 1

https://www.dancehallmag.com https://youtu.be/VK623Wb-cl4
/2022/03/18/news/shenseea-faces-10-milli
on-copyright-lawsuit-over-lick-song-wit
h-megan-thee-stallion.html

https://youtu.be/GIl09Y7QHZE

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 Case 2
Local:

In 2006, Popular American artist Lil Kim was hit with

a lawsuit being sued by Jamaican sensation Tanya
Stephens. Ms.Stephens accused the rapper of
plagiarism. She claimed that the in artiste’s album
“The Naked Truth” the lyrics of the song “Durty” is a
replica of her single “Mi and Mi God” released in 1997.
Ms.Stephens sued upon the basis that she needs all
stakes in the royalties earned from the song both past
and present and also to be given part rights to the song.

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 The saga continues
International:

Sizzla Kalanji & The BTS Army

In 2018 the American based group called BTS Army released an

artwork as apart of a album cover.
Jamaican singing sensation Sizzla Kalanji later released an
album titled Millon Times. Shortly after it was released the fans
of the group and the group claimed it was a replica of their
original artwork. Fans went on social media and expressed
dismay of Sizzla’s alleged unauthorized use of the groups
artwork. The discourse was based upon the fact that both album
covers appeared to be almost identical.

http://radiojamaicanewsonline.com/arts-entertainment/bts-fans-
accuse-sizzla-of-plagiarism

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Solutions
 Solutions

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 Business model

Research Abstract Design

We based our research on We believe people need Minimalist and easy to use 
market trends and social more products specifically
media dedicated to this niche
market

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Market overview

$3 $2 $1
billion billion billion
Opportunity to build Freedom to invent Few competitors
Fully inclusive market Selectively inclusive market Specifically targeted market
Total addressable market Serviceable available market Serviceable obtainable market

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Market comparison

3B
Opportunity to build
Addressable market

2B
Freedom to invent
Serviceable market

1B
Few competitors
Obtainable market

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Our competition

Contoso Competitors
Our product is priced below that of other companies on the Company A - Product is more expensive
market
Companies B & C - Product is expensive and inconvenient to
Design is simple and easy to use, compared to the complex use
designs of the competitors
Companies D & E - Product is affordable, but inconvenient
Affordability is the main draw for our consumers to our to use
product

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Our competition
CONVENIENT

Competitor A CONTOSO

EXPENSIVE AFFORDABLE

Competitor C
Competitor D

Competitor E
Competitor B

INCONVENIENT

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 Growth strategy
How we’ll scale in the future

Feb 2020 May 2020 Oct 2020

Roll out product to high Release the product to the Gather feedback and
profile or top-level general public and monitor adjust product design
participants to help press release and social as necessary
establish the product media accounts

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Traction
Forecasting for success

GROSS NET $50,000

CLIENTS ORDERS
REVENUE REVENUE

$40,000
20XX 10 1100 $10,000 $7,000

$30,000
20XX 20 200 $20,000 $16,000

$20,000
20XX 30 300 $30,000 $25,000

$10,000
20XX 40 400 $40,000 $30,000
$0
1 2 3 4

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Two-year action plan

20XX FEB 20XX MAY 20XX  OCT 20XX

Draft blueprints Run focus groups Gather feedback

20XX FEB 20XX JULY 20XX DEC 20XX

Test design Launch design Deliver to client

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Financials
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 DELTA

Income
Users 50,000 400,000 1,600,000
Sales 500,000 4,000,000 16,000,000
Average price per sale 75 80 90
Revenue @ 15% 5,625,000 48,000,000 216,000,000
Gross profit 5,625,000 48,000,000 216,000,000
Expenses
Sales & marketing 5,062,500 38,400,000 151,200,000 70%
Customer service 1,687,500 9,600,000 21,600,000 10%
Product development 562,500 2,400,000 10,800,000 5%
Research 281,250 2,400,000 4,320,000 2%
Total expenses 7,593,750 52,800,000 187,920,000

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