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Plagiarism in Pop Culture: Saturday Night Live

Plagiarism Today

That is precisely what happened in episode 18, season 29 of the show, which aired in May 2003. Karen tries to claim that they might have copied her paper, but the teacher doesn’t fall for it and gives her an “F”. 2003 was a very interesting time for plagiarism in academia. Understanding the Plagiarism.

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Civil War Letters Still Copyrighted?

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I have two cases where they were published in book form in the 1990s, but those letters were copied from university libraries where apparently the originals are on display. Divide your letters into three categories: Unpublished letters as of January 1, 2003. Letters published as of 2003 without the authority of the copyright owner.

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The Pirate Bay’s Oldest Torrent is Now 20 Years Old

TorrentFreak

When The Pirate Bay first came online, in the second half of 2003 , the ‘internet’ looked nothing like it does today. BitTorrent requires at least one person to share a full file copy, which is hard to keep up for decades. A few days ago the site’s longest surviving torrent turned 20 years old.

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The World’s Oldest Active Torrent Turns 20 Years Old

TorrentFreak

In 2003, the World Wide Web was still in its infancy. The Fanimatrix Torrent Turns 20 The oldest surviving torrent we have seen is a copy of the Matrix fan film “ The Fanimatrix ”. The torrent was created in September 2003 and will turn 20 years old in a few days. There was a new technology making waves at the time.

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Audi and the Challenge of Cross-Media Plagiarism Detection

Plagiarism Today

Mange, who has nearly 4 million followers, pointed out the copying in a video comparing the two works. This kicked off a firestorm of controversy in China, with Audi, M&C and Lau all apologizing for the copying. All these systems are remarkable feats of technology and have helped shape our understanding of copying.

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The World’s Oldest Active Torrent Turns 18 Soon

TorrentFreak

The oldest surviving torrent we can identify is a copy of the Matrix fan film “ Fanimatrix.” ” The torrent was created in September 2003, which means that it will turn 18 this month. So, after Frost got the green light from the rest of the crew he created a torrent on September 28, 2003. The Fanimatrix.

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Key Pirate Bay Figures Don’t Recognize Themselves in TV Series

TorrentFreak

They see ‘copies’ of themselves playing roles they don’t necessarily identify with. Rasmus Fleischer: Copying History Rasmus Fleischer, one of the founders of Piratbyrån who was closely involved in the Pirate Bay project in the early days, shares some of Peter’s criticism. “I still like copying.

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