Plagiarism and punishment

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Kelly Castaño Ortiz

Abstract

This essay is from a short analysis of the phenomenon of copyright or copyright infringement; an anomalous situation that is carried out through plagiarism and that, for this writing, is approached from a general perspective of the regulations.


Likewise, it relies on constitutional foundations in a special way. It is also oriented towards disciplinary infractions on students in higher education institutions, which serve to exemplify some cases that have occurred in recognized national universities. Such breaches of imposed discipline are violations of the constitutionally conceived rights, such as the author's moral and patrimonial rights, which are mainly directed towards respect for technological, investigative, scientific and academic production, among others.


In this sense, Criminal Law, through Law 599 of 2000, is responsible for attempting to appease such criminal behavior, by means of the legal good: "of the protection of information and data." Similarly, the issuance of Law 44 of 1993 served to compel the authors to register their works and productions of new knowledge on the National Register of Copyright.