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A Frustrating Pagan Plagiarism Scandal

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Earlier this month, Pagan author Mat Auryn took to Twitter to highlight what he said was a very clear case of verbatim plagiarism of his work. I discovered that this book has completely plagiarized Psychic Witch in almost its entirety. The plagiarism, to put it modestly, was both flagrant and obvious.

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The Cinemassacre Monster Plagiarism Scandal

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But all this raises some interesting questions: How is that a successful YouTuber, with more than 17 years of history, suddenly face allegations of plagiarism? When they found out that the video was plagiarized, they took it down immediately with plans to rewrite and reupload it at a later date. What Happened.

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Kevin Kruse and the Peak Political Plagiarism Scandal

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On the surface, the plagiarism allegations against Kevin Kruse are pedestrian. . In an additional blog post , the author points to similar issues, albeit with weaker similarity, in Kruse’s 2015 book, One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America. In short, he was hoping to find plagiarism.

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Romanian Prime Minister Accused of Plagiarizing Dissertation

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In a story that will be eerily familiar to long-time readers of this site, the current Romanian Prime Minister has been accused of plagiarism in his thesis as opposition leaders are already calling for an investigation. s 138-page dissertation was plagiarized from outsides sources that “could not be detected by an anti-plagiarism program.”.

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Google Accuses Regulators of Plagiarism

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Google is now appealing that decision and, as part of their defense, allege that the CCI plagiarized parts of the EU ruling , including using evidence that was not introduced into the Indian proceedings. The post Google Accuses Regulators of Plagiarism appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Copy and Paste Roundup.

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Audi and the Challenge of Cross-Media Plagiarism Detection

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Over the weekend, the German carmaker Audi became the center of a massive plagiarism controversy as a new video campaign was accused of ripping off content from a prominent Chinese video blogger. Audi, for its part, blamed the plagiarism on a “lack of supervision and lax review.” The Challenge of Cross-Media Plagiarism Detection.

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Why Plagiarism Thrives on Facebook

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However, Casey Newton at The Verge noticed something else askew with the top posts: Nearly all of them were plagiarized. Then are those 15 posts actually plagiarism or just people using Facebook how they’re expected to use it? When it comes to plagiarism, we often tend to think of it in terms of a plagiarist and a victim.