> By your argument, since an encyclopedia is not a person, I can copy it with impunity. I don’t see where they said (or implied) that. How does “that isn’t pl

> By your argument, since an encyclopedia is not a person, I can copy it with impunity. I don’t see where they said (or implied) that. How does “that isn’t plagiarism” imply “I can copy it with impunity”? Copyright infringement is still a thing. Have you conflated plagiarism with copyright infringement? Neither implies the other. You can plagiarize without committing copyright infringement, and you can violate copyright without plagiarism.