Any time we plug a movie we own we are told that we MAY NOT STEAL. Any time we write something, in any country with intellectual property laws, that is OURS.

Plagiarism…

the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own

All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition.

is against the law of the land. The law that is there to protect these ninnies when they learn to write on their own.