There are various organizations concerned with ethics in research, and preventing/ punishing perpetrators of fabrication, falsification or plagiarism. Of these three blots on research, plagiarism is special in that if there are perpetrators, then there must also be victims of plagiarism. While economically relevant ideas and technical innovations are patented, the creators of original thought do not want to be deprived of credit even when no economic potential is envisaged. Victims of plagiarism are deprived of their claim to creativity; can they be helped I submit below a few small steps that can protect us from becoming victims. I shall then talk of help for those who have become victims.
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