Jonathan Bailey
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12 years ago @ PlagiarismToday - Picuous: A Different K... · 1 reply · +1 points
12 years ago @ PlagiarismToday - What Should the Punish... · 0 replies · +1 points
If a student buys a paper off the Web and turns it in for an assignment, they need to be punished, regardless of whether or not they were aware it was an offense. They were clearly trying to get out of doing their work and that is a form of cheating in my book, ignorant of the law or aware.
That being said, there is a difference between a student who rips off a whole Wikipedia article and one who doesn't paraphrase enough or forgets a citation. All are incidents of plagiarism technically, but clearly the latter two are not cases of a student trying to cheat.
Students have to be able to make mistakes. That's part of learning. What they can't be allowed to do is cheat, regardless of whether they were aware of the rules or not...
12 years ago @ PlagiarismToday - The TwitPic Terms of S... · 0 replies · +1 points
12 years ago @ PlagiarismToday - The TwitPic Terms of S... · 2 replies · +1 points
The problem with the first is that it's a very bad deal for the user as the TOS can change at any time. The second is problematic in that it is in efficient and creates legal issues getting the user to re-agree to the terms.
While, ideally, I agree that a company should run lean and ask for permission as needed, that's not very practical unfortunately, especially with companies that have millions of users...
12 years ago @ PlagiarismToday - FAQs: The Basics of RS... · 1 reply · +1 points
12 years ago @ PlagiarismToday - FAQs: The Basics of RS... · 0 replies · +1 points
12 years ago @ PlagiarismToday - How the Bratz Verdict ... · 0 replies · +1 points
12 years ago @ PlagiarismToday - How the Bratz Verdict ... · 0 replies · +1 points
12 years ago @ PlagiarismToday - 5 Writing Techniques T... · 0 replies · +2 points
12 years ago @ PlagiarismToday - Google Accepts Form DM... · 0 replies · +1 points
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