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Students Sue Anti-Plagiarism Service

Posted by Zonk on from the students,-regrettably,-rarely-have-a-lot-of-rights dept.

jazzbazzfazz writes "It seems that some students in Virginia are not happy with the anti-plagiarism service Turnitin. The company checks prose submitted by its customers for signs that it has been copied in whole or part by comparing it to a large database of works that it maintains. Trouble is, it also adds the submitted prose to its files and stores it for use by the company in future scans, which the students feel is illegal use of their copyrighted materials. I think they've got an excellent case, especially since they seem to have prepared for this eventuality: they're A-students, never been accused of plagiarism, and they formally copyrighted their papers prior to their submission to Turnitin."

5 of 713 comments (clear)

  1. Re:First Post by 'nother+poster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Next time I will include the joke and sarcasm tags just for you. At least you were too embarrassed to post as yourself since you OBVIOUSLY lost your sense of humor. I'd look under the bed and behind the sofa if I was you. That's where I usually find mine after I've lost it.

  2. Re:First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Jokes are funny, sarcasm is clever and usually involves a twist on the actual truth. What you said was stupid, cliched and had no basis in fact. Don't blame the recipient for your poor skills as a humorist.

  3. Re:First Post by djh101010 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Lighten up, Francis...

  4. Re:This is already the case by sconeu · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    He told us every single paper he received had gotten negative hits from Turnitin.com because Milton had just been discussed to death.

    Don't write this down, but I find Milton probably as boring as you find Milton. Mrs. Milton found him boring too. He's a little bit long-winded, he doesn't translate very well into our generation, and his jokes are terrible.
    --
    General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
  5. Re:I predict by Bonewalker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It is hoped in your "really great" replies, you remember that "hopefully" in the manner in which you used it, is incorrect.

    http://www.englishchick.com/grammar/grcomm.htm#hop e

    P.S. Don't even bother proof-reading the blog-o-novel in my sig...I'll readily admit it has copious errors. :)