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The Problem with Consensual Plagiarism

Plagiarism Today

Press release plagiarism is a tremendous problem in modern journalism , in particular with video games, and, while Sterling was aware of one site that took the bait, there are many others that did so as well. It’s very much a product of modern journalism. This problem is even worse in video game journalism.

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When the Editor is the Plagiarist

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The retraction was of a letter written by Paul McCrory and published by the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) in 2005. All totaled, Haake discovered that McCrory had copied some 560 words of his, making up just over half of McCrory’s letter. iThenticate, the service most frequently used by journals, just launched in 2004.

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The Basics of Open Access

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This access includes individuals or institutions subscribing to the journal or people paying for access to individual articles. For researchers, this means submitting an article to a journal and, if it’s accepted, the journal pays for it to be peer reviewed and then for it to be published. How Open Access is Different.

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Facebook’s Plagiarism Problems Are Deeper Than You Realize

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However, Newton’s report comes as the Wall Street Journal is also examining Facebook’s efforts to block plagiarized and pirated content. The researchers that prepared the documents further noted that the easiest way to build a successful page on Facebook was to simply copy content that was successful elsewhere. A Long-Running Problem.

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3 Count: Legalized Piracy

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2: ResearchGate Dealt a Blow in Copyright Lawsuit. Next up today, Diana Kwon at Nature reports that a Munich court has ruled that ResearchGate should be barred from hosting papers uploaded to it and that the site is responsible for copyright-infringing content uploaded on its platform.

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Taking Pirated Copies Offline Can Benefit Book Sales, Research Finds

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found pirated copies on 53 sites and continually issued takedown notices for a full year. Takedowns Were Effective, Sales Trend Up After the research was completed, three assistants were asked to conduct online searches to confirm whether it was harder to find pirated copies ‘protected’ books online. In total, Plagiat.pl

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3 Count: Granted Cert

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1: Supreme Court to Hear Copyright Dispute Over Andy Warhol’s Images of Musician Prince. Million Copyright Lawsuit Over Red Rat’s Song. 3: Renowned Saint Luke’s Cardiologist Sues Epic Systems Over Copyright. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.