All entries for Monday 02 April 2007

Plagiarism detectives in breach of copyright?

Writing about web page http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/28/AR2007032802038.html

Incredible – what will they think of next in this tangled web of legal nonsense! Apparently some US students are launching a law suit against Turnitin because the plagiarism detection software relies on copies of their essays being submitted to the software company. If only their school had thought to have the students sign a declaration that the copyright to all their schoolwork belonged to the school who could do what they wanted with it…

Jenny Delasalle : 02 Apr 2007 17:12 |  Tags: Copyright Data Protection Intellectual Property Plagiarism Turnitin |  Comments (9) |  Close comments |  Report a problem