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Though not the direct focus of this site, there’s an interesting article going around about photo labs refusing to print photos out of fear that they might be copyrighted.
The basic idea is that if a shot looks too “professional” in any way, many refuse to print the photo. However, in the digital age, taking and [...]

Google is probably a copyright holder’s best friend. It enables individuals, even those with large amounts of work to track down and stop abuses. Though its powerful search has made it possible for potential thieves to locate targets, it’s made it even easier to track back and find them after they use it.
But the question [...]

The University of Missouri-Kansas City recently announced that it will be placing Dean Bryan LeBeau on administrative leave until the end of the year while the school investigates the matters and will be docking his pay $29,000.
Though he’ll keep $128,500 of his original salary, this is still by far the stiffest penalty than any other [...]

“I thought I had permission to use them…”
“(Name) said it was ok if I took them…”
“I didn’t steal them from you, got them from (another place)…”
These are common excuses that I hear when dealing with plagiarism issues. Usually it’s someone just trying to turn the heat off of them and making up a story on [...]

Previously I talked about a University of Missouri-Kansas City dean who was caught plagiarizing his commencement address from another one a decade earlier. It was a sad tale, but it left some unanswered questions. most interestingly, how was he caught?
Since he gave the speech in question over two years ago, it seemed as if he’d [...]

Plagiarism tends to take place where it is easiest to perform and easiest to conceal. Tools and services that make it simple to publish to the Web are always going to be the most popular environment for thieves of all varieties. The basic principle is that if someone’s not going to take the time to [...]

It seems that graduation season has brought out the worst, not in students, but in administrators.
In three unrelated stories, administrators have been caught plagiarizing material for their graduation speeches. The administrators, a high school principal, a teacher and one college dean, have by in large remained unapologetic and have dodged responsibility.

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is an eighteen-page law that dealt with many issues of copyright on the Internet. Though much of it is unpopular, including with me, one area that is not generating a lot of controversy, and thus not receiving a great deal of attention, is the requirement that service providers designate [...]

Doing a referral check recently, I was shocked to find that GreatestJournal.com’s trouble ticket system came up as a link to my site. It was odd because, even though I commonly deal with GJ.com on plagiarism issues, I hadn’t filed a report with them in nearly a month and all of my tickets had long [...]