Sourabh has to prepare a project on "Digital India Initiatives". He decides to get information from the Internet. He downloads three web pages (webpage 1 , webpage 2 , webpage 3) containing information on Digital India Initiatives. Which of the following steps taken by Sourabh is an example of plagiarism or copyright infringement. Give justification in support of your answer. a) He read a paragraph on "Digital India Initiatives" from webpage 1 and rephrased it in his own words. He finally pasted the rephrased paragraph in his project. b) He downloaded three images of "Digital India Initiatives" from webpage 2. He made a collage for his project using these images. c) He downloaded "Digital India Initiative" icon from web page 3 and pasted it on the front page of his project report.

Sourabh has to prepare a project on "Digital India Initiatives". He decides to get information from the Internet. He downloads three web pages (webpage 1 , webpage 2 , webpage 3) containing information on Digital India Initiatives. Which of the following steps taken by Sourabh is an example of plagiarism or copyright infringement. Give justification in support of your answer.

a) He read a paragraph on " Digital India Initiatives" from webpage 1 and rephrased it in his own words. He finally pasted the rephrased paragraph in his project.

b) He downloaded three images of " Digital India Initiatives" from webpage 2. He made a collage for his project using these images.

c) He downloaded "Digital India Initiative" icon from web page 3 and pasted it on the front page of his project report.

b) He downloaded three images of "Digital India Initiatives" from webpage 2. He made a collage for his project using these images.

Justification: Downloading and using images from a webpage without permission constitutes copyright infringement. Even though he made a collage, the images are still copyrighted, and using them without obtaining permission from the rights holder or without proper citation is a violation of copyright laws.