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BTS’ ‘Butter’ Hit with Multiple Plagiarism Allegations

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The reason is that the track has faced not one, but two separate allegations of plagiarism, with many fans and critics alike wondering if the band may have run afoul of copyright law. However, this turned out to be more of a licensing than a traditional plagiarism issue. The challenge is determining what is plagiarism and what is not.

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Plagiarism as a Social Norm

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Why is it acceptable for Carolyn Keene to be a pseudonym for over a dozen authors penning Nancy Drew stories, but not ok for Cristiane Serruya to use ghostwriters when producing books with her name (outside the fact the books were plagiarized from other sources). The answer is that plagiarism is complicated.

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Parsing the Plagiarism of the Bad Art Friend

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This prompted Dorland to first report the alleged plagiarism to a wide variety of groups and worked on getting the story pulled while working through lawyers to demand financial compensation. However, today, I want to focus on just one aspect of this story: The plagiarism. What Larson did there was clearly plagiarism.

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3 Count: Finland Controversy

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YouTuber files a class action lawsuit against OpenAI, Finland slashes its private copying fund, and an Ole Miss coach is sued over a tweet. The post 3 Count: Finland Controversy appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Police come for Winston & Strawn

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2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. Winston & Strawn , 23-cv-11193 (S.D.N.Y.

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3 Count: Grand Theft Mods

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1: ‘GTA’ Reverse-Engineer Modders Defend Projects as Under “Fair Use”. First off today, Will Nelson at NME reports that video game modders are fighting back against a lawsuit filed by Rockstar Games claiming that their fan-created mods are a fair use, not a copyright infringement.

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Understanding the Pearson v. Chegg Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

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In the lawsuit, Pearson alleges that Chegg, through the use of thousands of freelancers, provides answers to questions found in textbooks it publishes and, in doing so, often copies the question verbatim or with slight paraphrasing. Chegg Copyright Infringement Lawsuit appeared first on Plagiarism Today.