Comments on: iParadigms Accuses iPlagiarismCheck of Abuse

By: Net Dates

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Copyscape Tops Plagiarism Checker Testing - PlagiarismToday — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:11:02 +0000

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By: JB

JB — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:03:08 +0000

Kat: Since the answer might help others, I’ll go ahead and reply here.

When you create a work and get copyright protection over it, you have a set of exclusive rights over that work. One of those rights is the right to create derivative works, including translations.

If someone is taking your works and translating them into a foreign language without your permission, that is a violation of copyright law and you would handle it like any other situation, through either a DMCA notice (or other host contact) or a cease and desist letter.

However, there is a difference between translating someone’s work and using someone else’s idea to create a work in another language. Copyright does not protect an idea, just the expression thereof. You’ll have to determine how much of your original work is being used and the best way to do that would be through an automated translation tool such as Babelfish and/or a human translator.

If you need any help on the specifics of the case, feel free to send me an email!

By: JB

JB — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:03:08 +0000

Kat: Since the answer might help others, I'll go ahead and reply here.When you create a work and get copyright protection over it, you have a set of exclusive rights over that work. One of those rights is the right to create derivative works, including translations.If someone is taking your works and translating them into a foreign language without your permission, that is a violation of copyright law and you would handle it like any other situation, through either a DMCA notice (or other host contact) or a cease and desist letter.However, there is a difference between translating someone's work and using someone else's idea to create a work in another language. Copyright does not protect an idea, just the expression thereof. You'll have to determine how much of your original work is being used and the best way to do that would be through an automated translation tool such as Babelfish and/or a human translator.If you need any help on the specifics of the case, feel free to send me an email!

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:13:22 +0000

Hi, I subscribed to your site and placed a link on mine because plagiarism is a serious matter, one that I knew would come to pass on my site. Today is that day.

Through a little investigation, I found someone in another country who has started a site exactly like mine except in a different language. In addition to copying the setup, vision and reading everything I posted, this person continues to monitor me daily in an attempt to get more ideas for content.

Isn’t it still plagiarism if someone is stealing your content and just translating everything into a different language?

And what does one do in a situation like this?

Please feel free to use my e-mail address or post publicly if you feel it might help others in the same situation. Many thanks!

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:13:22 +0000

Hi, I subscribed to your site and placed a link on mine because plagiarism is a serious matter, one that I knew would come to pass on my site. Today is that day.Through a little investigation, I found someone in another country who has started a site exactly like mine except in a different language. In addition to copying the setup, vision and reading everything I posted, this person continues to monitor me daily in an attempt to get more ideas for content.Isn't it still plagiarism if someone is stealing your content and just translating everything into a different language? And what does one do in a situation like this? Please feel free to use my e-mail address or post publicly if you feel it might help others in the same situation. Many thanks!

By: JB

JB — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:55:32 +0000

RS: Thank you for your sympathy and vote of support. It’s not easy for me to admit that I made a mistake but I’d rather come clean with my errors and set the record straight than continue to tacitly support a potentially bad company.

As far as letting everyone speak their peace, that’s just me being a journalist. The four years in college wasn’t a total waste.

Thank you again for the support!

By: JB

JB — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:55:32 +0000

RS: Thank you for your sympathy and vote of support. It's not easy for me to admit that I made a mistake but I'd rather come clean with my errors and set the record straight than continue to tacitly support a potentially bad company.As far as letting everyone speak their peace, that's just me being a journalist. The four years in college wasn't a total waste. Thank you again for the support!

By: Recording Studio

Recording Studio — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:49:30 +0000

I sympathize with you. I however am also grateful for your going into such depths to keep your readers informed and also letting both sides have their say. I look forward to further information on this issue.

By: JB

JB — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 05:15:02 +0000

Deborah: I won’t answer the comments directed at Susan. I will say that you’re welcome for the English recap and, yes, Google Translate did a bang-up job. If it made it so that a non-speaker like myself could understand it, it is impressive.

Also, you are correct that MyDropBox and SafeAssign are the same product and thank you for clarifying that here. I wanted to list them as separate since A) They were listed separate on your results and B) They are two separate brands with two different targets, as you pointed out.

In that regard, it’s similar to how iThenticate and Turnitin are the same service, but different brands. Of course, that brings me to my real screw up with this article, flipping the names iThenticate and iParadigms. Easy mistake, but iParadigms is the company and iThenticate is their business product.

I’ve corrected the article to reflect that and confirmed that I got far too little sleep this week.