>Referencing other literary works in a piece of literature

>>9623210
Parts of a plot of a random story are irrelevant. Even then, the literature isn't really the plot alone, much less components of it.

Academic papers (mostly those in STEM) are relevant.

>>9623704
>Academic papers (mostly those in STEM) are relevant.
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*breathes in*

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>>9623712


They actually are though.
I am a med engi and use algorithms from academic papers for my imaging software just as many other developers. Many applications started out as ideas based on research described in papers. Many variables in technical applications are based on statistical research derived from, you guessed it, papers.

If you do not know shit you probably should just avoid posting instead of embarassing yourself like that.

>>9623210

>You are allowed to get away with stealing characters, entire premises of a story, unique plot structure or ideas found in older works.


Characters, premises and plot structures are more limited in number than you would suspect. Not even mentioning the fact that your ideas do not come from a vacuum in your mind and are usually derived from others. It is the composition that counts and every case of "stealing" has to be looked upon individually.
Many STEM fags use Fourier Theorems and do not have to explicitly state that they took them from Fourier aswell.
You can not generalize this issue like that.