Comments on: Copyscape: Not Ready for Prime Time

By: Review: The Plagiarism Checker - PlagiarismToday

Review: The Plagiarism Checker - PlagiarismToday — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:45:14 +0000

[...] test the service, I decided to run it through a similar battery of tests that I had run Copyscape through and then watched as they improved upon the initial [...]

By: JB

JB — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:21:18 +0000

Jest: You might want to see some of the updates to this article. The latest one is here: http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/10/02/copyscape-improved-again/

They’ve made a lot of improvements to their service and much of this article is really out of date. It was written in 2005 after all.

Hope that helps!

By: JB

JB — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:21:18 +0000

Jest: You might want to see some of the updates to this article. The latest one is here: http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/10/02/copys...

They've made a lot of improvements to their service and much of this article is really out of date. It was written in 2005 after all.

Hope that helps!

By: jest staffel

jest staffel — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:47:39 +0000

nothing new here besides copyscape USES the google api so they are much dependent on it plus they don’t do much else from what you have done take random rare excerpts and run it trough google.

The reason nothing was returned on your side is because their algorithym didn’t pick that part of the poem as a rare combination phrase. you didn’t discover anything new plus the people stealing content already know about this and using it as an asset.

By: jest staffel

jest staffel — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:47:39 +0000

nothing new here besides copyscape USES the google api so they are much dependent on it plus they don't do much else from what you have done take random rare excerpts and run it trough google.

The reason nothing was returned on your side is because their algorithym didn't pick that part of the poem as a rare combination phrase. you didn't discover anything new plus the people stealing content already know about this and using it as an asset.

By: PlagiarismToday » Copyscape Premium: An Epic Letdown

PlagiarismToday » Copyscape Premium: An Epic Letdown — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:33:32 +0000

[...] I’ve been very critical of Copyscape in the past on this site, it is clear that they are the only company currently serving this niche and many [...]

By: PlagiarismToday » Content Cop: Barney Fife or Joe Friday?

PlagiarismToday » Content Cop: Barney Fife or Joe Friday? — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:01:25 +0000

[...] Content Cop is a slightly different method for detecting plagiarism and content theft. Unlike Web-based solutions such as Copyscape and Blogwerx, Content Cop is a software application that you download and run on your PC. [...]

By: PlagiarismToday » Is Copyscape Relevant to Bloggers?

PlagiarismToday » Is Copyscape Relevant to Bloggers? — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:53:14 +0000

[...] I too have written about Copyscape and my mixed feelings on it. However, as I was reading a recent spate of posts on Copyscape, I found myself wondering if Copyscape was even relevant to bloggers or if its reliance on the Google database was making it a dinosaur that was rapidly being out-evolved by the changing ways of the Web. [...]

By: Plagiarism Checker creator - Darren Hom

Plagiarism Checker creator - Darren Hom — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 04:00:32 +0000

Thanks for the interesting review of CopyScape. It’s interesting that CopyScape isn’t returning the same results that Google is, since Google offers an API that allows Web developers to access its search results directly. This API is only made available under a special license to commercial developers, though, so perhaps the functionality is limited in those cases.

Richard Hamming gave an interesting speech about how scientists can turn problems into research opportunities:

http://www.paulgraham.com/hamming.html

Maybe the problem of plagiarism is also a research opportunity for people like us, research to help curb a problem that is both immoral and illegal.

By: Plagiarism Checker creator - D

Plagiarism Checker creator - D — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:00:32 +0000

Thanks for the interesting review of CopyScape. It's interesting that CopyScape isn't returning the same results that Google is, since Google offers an API that allows Web developers to access its search results directly. This API is only made available under a special license to commercial developers, though, so perhaps the functionality is limited in those cases.

Richard Hamming gave an interesting speech about how scientists can turn problems into research opportunities:

http://www.paulgraham.com/hamming.html

Maybe the problem of plagiarism is also a research opportunity for people like us, research to help curb a problem that is both immoral and illegal.