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Facebook’s Plagiarism Problems Are Deeper Than You Realize

Plagiarism Today

Back in September , I reported on Facebook’s Widely Viewed Content Report and how Casey Newton, a reporter at The Verge, noticed that nearly all the top posts on Facebook for the quarter were plagiarized. . However, Newton’s report comes as the Wall Street Journal is also examining Facebook’s efforts to block plagiarized and pirated content.

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Why it is Never the Right Time to Tackle Plagiarism

Plagiarism Today

Yesterday, Alice Nuttall published a piece on Book Riot that asks a simple question: Why is publishing plagiarism still possible? The technology and the law are both there to make this happen, yet publishers continue to operate on near-blind trust and semi-routinely pay for it. . Plagiarism Doesn’t Happen in a Vacuum.

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Plagiarism Police come for Winston & Strawn

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Hsuanyeh Law Group v. 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. A key case on point is Iowa S.

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Call for Papers: GNLU Journal of Law and Technology

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We’re pleased to inform you that the GNLU Centre for Law and Technology is inviting submissions for GNLU Journal of Law and Technology. Call for Papers for GNLU Journal of Law and Technology. Manuscript must not be currently before another journal for consideration. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES.

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Call for Submissions: NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) Vol. 14 [Submissions by February 29, 2024]

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We are pleased to announce that NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is inviting submissions for its 14th Volume. For further details, please read their call and the guidelines below : Call for Submissions: NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) Vol. Shamnad Basheer, Prof.

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Call for Papers: NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) Vol. 12 [Submit by November 20]

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We’re happy to inform you that NALSAR Hyderabad’s Indian Journal of Indian Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is inviting papers for publication in Volume 12 of the journal. For further details, please see the announcement below: Call for Papers: Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (Vol.

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Law Student Claiming Copyright Infringement Gets an Interim Injunction Against 2 Law Asst. Professors

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And probably, they’ll respond by saying “plagiarism.” Sharing one fascinating story here, a law student sued a law college, two of its professors and the editor of a journal alleging copyright infringement. Meme from here Ask anyone in academia what’s their worst nightmare. The suit was instituted by Aathira Mannath A.