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Plagiarism Inc.
Here's an interesting article on the life and times of 24-year-old Jordan Kavoosi, who has made a business of plagiarism. His Essay Writing Company employs writers from across the country, and will deliver a paper on any subject for $23 per page. In addition, his company will get it done in 48 hours, and he guarantees at least a B grade or your money back. From the article: "'Sure it's unethical, but it's just a business,' Kavoosi explains. 'I mean, what about strip clubs or porn shops? Those are unethical, and city-approved.'"
Well the claim its your own work, when its the work of somewone else is where its plagarism.
If you're desperate enough to use a service like this, how likely are you to know or care if your work for hire ghost writer is copying from some other PHD candidate's paper that he sold after he graduated?
It's not plagiarizing if you have permission, which having purchased the paper, you have.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarizing
"Who is the Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?" --Stephen Hawking
It's not plagiarizing if you have permission, which having purchased the paper, you have.
Plagiarism is about citing your work, not about copyright or permission.
If you use someone else's work without citing it, you have plagiarized.
How is it that people don't know WTF plagiarism is?
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I agree with your sentiment, but not your conclusion. As a TA, I caught no less than 10% of my students literally copying text off of the internet and pasting it into their essays. None of them were punished in the least. The lesson I learned from the experience is that if you don't have any pull in the department, you let cheating slide because it is not worth the hassle. And this wasn't at some no-name school, either. It's one of the top research universities on the west coast.