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   May 26, 2013 by David Hart QC

Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste

   CutandPaste Crinion v. IG Markets [2013] EWCA (Civ) 587  read judgment
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   Mr Mustafa, the Masters student at QMC in the second case, did rather
   less well; he  tried to get a finding of plagiarism reversed by the
   Independent Adjudicator. Males J, after commencing his judgment on a
   judicial review from this refusal thus:
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     The Harvard academic and songwriter Tom Lehrer recommended
     plagiarism as the route to academic success, wealth and fame, but
     his tongue was firmly in his cheek,

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   proceeded to decide that

   (a) most questions of plagiarism involved some degree of academic
   judgment;

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6 thoughts on “Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste”

    1. A100plus | May 26, 2013 at 1:07 pm
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       another 3 or 4 years …
    2. Lofthouse Jnr. | May 26, 2013 at 3:46 pm
       Allegations of academic plagiarism tend to involve lecturers
       running essays through SEO tools like
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       running essays through SEO tools like
       http://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ but these rely on
       other content being posted on the internet (like the ‘dodgy
       dossier’ was)