Elaine Scott is suing Scribd. However, her copyright folly could make it harder for you to protect your own work in the future.

Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.
1: Students Reach Settlement in Turnitin Suit
First off today, iParadigms, the makers of the academic plagiarism checking service Turnitin, have settled their lawsuit with a group of Virginia high school students. The group had sued iParadigms for copyright infringement claiming that their continued [...]

This is daily column on Plagiarism Today where the site brings you three of the days biggest, most important copyright and plagiarism news links. If you want to offer your feedback on the column, use the contact form or just follow me on Twitter at @plagiarismtoday.
1: Court flunks high schoolers’ appeal on plagiarism database
First off [...]

I am back from the 3rd International Plagiarism Conference and still recovering. However, for those who were not able to attend, I’ve written up a very thorough recap and included my images from the event.

iParadigms won a lawsuit filed by a four students alleging that their Turnitin service violated their copyright. But how will the ruling affect Webmasters and those of us dealing with indexing outside the classroom? The answer is unclear.

It’s been another crazy week for copyright news with the EU generating much of the headlines. We have new proposals across Europe, beginnings for some lawsuits and endings for other as well as a special appearance by The VIllage People.

Budget plagiarism checking service iPlagiarismCheck appears to be either dead or dying.
The service, which was recently accused by iParadigms of illegally using their Turnitin service to generate their results, has decided to shut down and sell off all assets according to an email from iPlagiarismCheck employee Susan Keisler.
Kiesler goes on to say that “such [...]

Update: See footer of article for iPlagiarismCheck’s response.
When Dr. Debora Weber-Wulff, a professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, set out to test and compare the top plagiarism detection tools available, she never expected to catch one of the programs in a lie.
However, it appears that is exactly what she did.
As she [...]