You copy a chart of crime statistics from the New York Times for a class research
paper. You include the chart but do not provide any information in the text or in the
bibliography about where you got the chart from. This would be considered:
Legal but unethical use of information: Legal because use of the information falls
under Fair Use, but Unethical because you did not cite your source.
Both illegal and unethical use of information: Illegal because copying the
information violates copyright, and Unethical because you did not cite your
source.
Illegal but ethical use of information: Illegal because copying the information
violates copyright, but Ethical because you do not need to cite statistics and
charts.
Both legal and ethical use of information: Legal because use of the information
falls under Fair Use, and Ethical because you do not need to cite statistics and
charts.