Is plagiarism infringement?

Legal analysis: if plagiarism is only for personal study, copying other people's works is not infringement, but if it is published without authorization and used for other commercial purposes, it is infringement.

Legal basis: Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Paragraph 1 of Article 2: Works organized by China citizens, legal persons or unincorporated organizations, whether published or not, shall enjoy copyright in accordance with this Law.

Article 3 The term "works" as mentioned in this Law refers to intellectual achievements that are original and can be expressed in a certain form in the fields of literature, art and science, including: (1) written works; (2) Oral works; (3) Music, drama, folk art, dance and acrobatic works; (4) Artistic and architectural works; (5) Photographic works; (6) Audio-visual works; (seven) engineering design drawings, product design drawings, maps, schematic diagrams and other graphic works and model works; (8) Computer software; (9) other intellectual achievements that meet the characteristics of the work.

Article 11 Copyright belongs to the author, except as otherwise provided by this Law.

The citizen who creates a work is the author.

A work presided over by a legal person or other organization, created on behalf of a legal person or other organization, and in the charge of a legal person or other organization shall be regarded as the author. If there is no proof to the contrary, the signed citizen, legal person or other organization shall be the author.