According to the Dictionary.com definition, Plagiarism means "to use and pass off (the ideas or writings of another) as one's own; to appropriate for use as one's own passages or ideas from (another); or to put forth as original to oneself the ideas or words of another." dictionary.com
No. Plagiarism is not just limited to printed information. It is also applicable to arts, performing arts, and even ideas and expressions.
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