Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 25, 2021

When people learn what I do for a living, one of the first questions I am usually asked is, “Has the internet made plagiarism much worse?”. Anecdotally, it feels like plagiarism stories are becoming much more common. Obviously, it’s had an impact on plagiarism, but that raises a question: How did the web change plagiarism?

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 11, 2021

Examples of this can be found almost every time a dress or fashion accessory becomes popular, whether on social media or at various events. In the United States, fashion is considered a useful article that, by itself, cannot be protected by copyright. The post The Plagiarism of Fast Fashion appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

The social media phenomenon Zillow Gone Wild is facing a lawsuit from a real estate photographer. The post Zillow Gone Wild Sued by Real Estate Photographer appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Here's what is at stake.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 21, 2023

Plagiarism Today is now on Mastodon! The post Follow Plagiarism Today on Mastodon appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Come join me (and others) as we discuss copyright, academic integrity and much more.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

They go as far as to call for people to change their mindset about social media before making the jump. The basic idea behind Mastodon is to create a decentralized social networking platform that no one entity control. Also, please note that I am not a lawyer and nothing in this article should be taken as legal advice.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 16, 2022

For those who missed it, author Jumi Bello published an essay with the goal of explaining why her upcoming book was cancelled for plagiarism. However, that essay contained parts that were plagiarized (albeit with heavy rewriting) from a 2011 post on this site. This is an area where copyright and plagiarism do not overlap.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The post Barstool Sports Accused of Content Laundering appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Barstool Sports is again facing allegations of content laundering, this time with proof of at least 40 burner Twitter accounts.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The lawsuit was filed by the estate of Ehud Yonay, an Israeli author who, in 1983, penned an article entitled Top Guns , about the now-famous pilot program. According to the plaintiffs, Paramount optioned the article for the first film but failed to option it for the sequel, despite the rights reverting back to the estate in January 2020.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 2, 2022

Much of the language was written well before widespread adoption of social media, and much of that language was vague even then. However, it arrives at a very significant intersection, one that includes the largest social media platform in the world and an ongoing push for DMCA reform.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

” However, those on social media, in particular Croatians, were not so quick to dismiss the issue. Instead, he said he was withdrawing due to, “Unpleasant atmosphere in media and social media, as well as pressures I have been exposed regarding my design of the back of the pine marten coin.”

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 19, 2022

First off today, Joe Tidy at the BBC reports that the City of London Police have arrested three people and shuttered the website of a group that was running an unauthorized clone of Club Penguin, the Disney social media site/game that shuttered in 2017. The post 3 Count: Clubbed Penguin appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 29, 2024

The post Copyright Claims Board Rules Against Petco appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The Copyright Claims Board has issued another final determination. This one finds against Petco, though the claimant isn't a victor either.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

However, the key one for this article deals with the copyright registration FDN obtained over the work. In short, this means that, if you post your work to a web page with social media buttons, an open license or even just tools to aid in printing or emailing, the work is likely considered to be published.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Back when I first launched Plagiarism Today in 2005, the internet was a very different place. Social media silos like Twitter, Facebook and TikTok dominate the landscape. The post We Need to Rethink YouTube appeared first on Plagiarism Today. As such, there’s no real way to fix YouTube from within YouTube.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 19, 2022

However, it’s doing so in a way that is unique to any social media platform that came before it. The post TikTok Announces New Video Citation Tools appeared first on Plagiarism Today. This move puts TikTok in an unusual position. The company is clearly trying to steer its user base toward normalizing attribution.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

So, if you haven’t done so yet, take a moment to either follow this site on social media or sign up for the newsletter using the links in the sidebar. The post 5 Copyright Stories to Watch in 2022 appeared first on Plagiarism Today. This is definitely going to be a year that you don’t want to miss.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 25, 2022

Next up today, Naledi de Wee at The South African reports that local actress Ntando Duma is being sued by the celebrity photography agency Pixel Kollective after she allegedly failed to credit the agency when using their work as part of a social media campaign. The post 3 Count: Freeing the Flag appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Online chats, social media, forums and other means of communication rose in popularity and all dealt with impersonation in various ways. The post Why Impersonation is Difficult to Stop appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Furthermore, those would only verify the domain, not the individual. That is something that is long overdue.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Southern District of New York Judge Colleen McMahon ruled that the plaintiffs failed to show any concrete harm caused by OpenAI’s alleged removal of copyright management information from their articles, which they claim were then used to train ChatGPT’s language model. TransUnion v.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

I understand a lot of you may be upset that I saw a photo on social media and loved it enough to imitate it in a very different style. The post The Battle Over Poker NFTs appeared first on Plagiarism Today. No, I'm not opposed to giving photographers a %, it's hard work.

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CopyrightsWorld

MARCH 30, 2021

Well if you are reading this article you already know one of the most prominent ones. The most important element of a freelance writer’s job is to write original articles that the readers will find interesting enough to read. blog post, article, social post, etc.). Which ones? Obviously no. Work for Hire.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Dorland to prevent publication of The Kindest at a book festival, and an onslaught of plagiarism allegations. A recent New York Times article authored by Robert Kolker on the matter went viral over the Internet, and has kindled passionate debate and commentary from numerous users over Twitter, many of them eager to pick a side.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 10, 2021

The dispute between writers and former friends Sonya Larson and Dawn Dorland over a short story involving a kidney donation has captured the attention of social media during the past week. As always, let me know what you think, either in the comments below or on your favorite social media platform @copyrighlately!

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

Over the past week, the plaintiffs’ lawsuit has been the subject of thousands of articles which have largely parroted the complaint’s key talking point: that AI image generators are nothing more than “ a 21st-century collage tool that remixes the copyright works of millions of artists whose work was used as training data.”

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Copyright Lately

JULY 10, 2022

” In a December 2019 social media post made shortly after the Art Basel exhibition, Morford proclaimed to his Facebook followers: “I did this in 2000. Plagiarism much?” Women’s Wear Daily even devoted an article to the internet memes that began to pop up after Cattelan’s sale of Comedian.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Dorland alerted publishers, writing conferences, and journalists to what she considered Larson’s plagiarism and ethical betrayal. But this holding left the Court to consider whether Dorland’s efforts to publicize Larson’s “plagiarism” amounted to defamation or tortious interference. ’ Piccone v.

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