The Ethics of Copyright: A Brief Ethical and Legal Analysis

Authors

  • Guenji Imayuki

Keywords:

Copyright, Ethics, Plagiarism.

Abstract

The right of an author’s copyright or of intellectual property is a fertile field both in its legal and ethical aspects. This article presents a brief history of the evolution of the legislations concerning the rights on the productions of the human’s ‘spirit’. This brief history also covers the legal treatment and punishment of the crime of ‘piracy’, and the civil punishment for the more subtle infraction of ‘plagiarism’. This last aspect, which has relevant implication for the academic context, deserved a more detailed study. Moral objections were presented for the illicit conduct of plagiarizing someone else’s work without mentioning or referencing to it. Some suggestions for academic initiatives that may restrain these initiatives of intellectual subterfuge were made. Finally, it deals with the importance of the literary influences for the development of an original work.

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2008-10-12

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IMAYUKI, G. The Ethics of Copyright: A Brief Ethical and Legal Analysis. Kerygma, Engenheiro Coelho, SP, v. 4, n. 2, p. 17–41, 2008. Disponível em: https://unasp.emnuvens.com.br/kerygma/article/view/231. Acesso em: 1 feb. 2026.

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