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In Argentina, Law Against Plagiarism Plagiarized

Posted by kdawson on from the send-yourself-to-jail dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An Argentinian politician who introduced a law to send plagiarists to jail for three to eight years appears to have plagiarized the explanation of his bill directly from Wikipedia. The bulk of his explanation is three paragraphs that are taken, verbatim, from Wikipedia, without acknowledgment."

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  1. I'm glad that plagiarism is not illegal. by FooAtWFU · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Plagiarism is not illegal in and of itself, except for where it's fraudulent, or an outright violation of copyright as well, and I'm perfectly okay with that. Plagiarism is primarily an academic offense, and by and large The Real World (tm) doesn't need the same level of rigorous academic standards that Academia does.

    Also not generally illegal (save for fraud, promissory estoppel, etc): lying.

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