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Plagiarism

   Sat, Mar 5, 2011, 00:00
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   Plagiarism: from Latin “plagiarius” (“kidnapper”), use pioneered by
   Roman poet Martial who complained that another poet had “kidnapped his
   verses”.– (Wikipedia)
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   charismatic and aristocratic defence minister, key ally to Chancellor
   Angela Merkel, a shooting star brought down this week by claims that he
   had engaged in plagiarism in his doctoral thesis.

   The website GuttenPlag Wiki says it has detected plagiaristic “lifts”
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   Coincidentally, a new anti-Gadafy front has opened up in the London
   School of Economics where the doctoral thesis written by his son Seif
   al-Islam is also being checked for plagiarism following complaints by
   online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe,
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   online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe,
   plagiarism is claiming high-profile political casualties.

   Academics in Ireland worry at what they see as a serious cultural
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   at the threat to the country’s ’s reputation as a source of quality
   research, the Royal Irish Academy in September urged new procedures to
   protect against falsification and plagiarism.

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   A recent US survey in Education Week, cited by plagiarism.org, reports
   54 per cent of student respondents admitting to plagiarising from the
   internet; 74 per cent, to “serious” cheating at least once in the past
   year; while half believed teachers sometimes chose to ignore cheating.
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   And then, of course, there’s that truly scandalous hardy annual –
   claims of plagiarism in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year
   Denmark’s A Friend In Londonis accused. The melody of their New
   Tomorrowis apparently similar to Face 2 Faceby Future Trance United.