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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. A New Framework.

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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. Instead, it was published in 2021 on Douyin, the Chinese equivalent of TikTok, by a prominent video blogger that uses the name Beida Mange.

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The Impact of the Internet on Plagiarism

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When people learn what I do for a living, one of the first questions I am usually asked is, “Has the internet made plagiarism much worse?”. Anecdotally, it feels like plagiarism stories are becoming much more common. Obviously, it’s had an impact on plagiarism, but that raises a question: How did the web change plagiarism?

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Facebook’s Plagiarism Problems Are Deeper Than You Realize

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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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Is Your Website Published or Unpublished?

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That question is whether the descriptions were “published” or “unpublished” according to the law when they were put on FDN’s website. However, applying terms like “published” and “unpublished” to a website is complicated. That seems to be a pretty clear indication that these pages were not published, as no distribution was intended.

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3 Count: Access Denied

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Furthermore, since a copyright lawsuit can only be brought by a rightsholder, not a licensing agency, it will be up to authors and/or publishers to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against the university. 2: Now Sony Music Sues Energy Drink Brand Bang Over Unlicensed Music in Social Media Videos.

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3 Count: The Blacksmith Shop

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Barbera filed the lawsuit, alleging that Cyrus posted a photo he took on her various social media presences. Next up today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that several manga piracy websites, targeted by Japanese publishers in a US Court, have moved and are now operating openly in Russia.