Society, Law and Ethics — Question 40
Back to all questionsShreya was not able to attend a class and she called up Rajni enquiring about the topic discussed in the class. Rajni informed her that tuples in Python was discussed. She also downloaded a PowerPoint Presentation from the internet and mailed it to Shreya after changing the name to "made by Rajni" saying she had made this presentation for her. Identify and explain the cyber crime being discussed in the above example.
The cyber crime being discussed in the above example is plagiarism. Plagiarism involves copying someone else's work and passing it off as one's own without giving proper credit to the original author. In this case, Rajni downloaded a PowerPoint presentation from the internet, changed the name to "made by Rajni," and falsely claimed that she had created it. This act violates intellectual property rights and is considered a cyber crime.