Has anyone ever formalized the proper conduct for the fiction writer regarding his/her nonfiction sources? [more inside]
posted by Bookhouse on Sep 9, 2009 - 7 answers

Two dudes ripped the first 4 paragraphs out of my published scientific journal article introduction, and submitted it word for word, as their introduction. The 2nd journal (not knowing) asked me to peer review it. They're in China- what are the attitudes/definitions/consequences of plagiarism there? [more inside]
posted by iiniisfree on Aug 8, 2009 - 27 answers

Plagiarism?Filter: I consider myself to be scrupulous about attributing the ideas of OTHERS in my academic writing. But what about recycling MY OWN writing - e.g. using, word for word, my own phrases or paragraphs from a previous presentation for a new one aimed at a different audience? Is this standard practice, or frowned upon? [more inside]
posted by Weng on Mar 30, 2009 - 28 answers

I seem to remember a question from someone who wanted to take a job writing essays for cash-rich brain-poor students, though I cannot find it, where many of the answers expressed concern at the dubious ethics involved. My question is, to what extent are proofreading/editing services for students of ethical concern? To what extent are they permitted by universities. Where is the line drawn? [more inside]
posted by cincinnatus c on Jan 19, 2009 - 21 answers

What is the best way to "out" a self-plagiarising quack? I found two scientific journal articles with different titles and slightly different author lists (but the first author is the same on both), both published within the last three months, that have nearly identical (word-for-word) text & figures. I've e-mailed the editors of the journals, but is there any way to get more publicity for this? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 10, 2008 - 18 answers

Illustrating plagiarism [more inside]
posted by FidelDonson on Jun 20, 2008 - 23 answers

I work in a small media company, and one of my coworkers came to me to edit a piece of work she had worked on. Long story short, it's completely plagiarized off a (fairly well known) website. Should I report it to her boss? [more inside]
posted by ChefQuix on May 1, 2008 - 34 answers

Someone is selling my articles on eBay. [more inside]
posted by tomorama on Feb 21, 2008 - 7 answers

Resources to help a young person understand plagiarism and why it's bad. [more inside]
posted by Eothele on Dec 14, 2007 - 21 answers

Anyone have experience addressing copyright infringement/plagiarism (efficiently and easily) without a lawyer? Or will a lawyer generally handle numerous cease-and-desist orders and/or lawsuits for a relatively reasonable fee? [more inside]
posted by justonegirl on Nov 5, 2007 - 10 answers

Help me identify these horror stories! Sounds like an everyday AskMe post, right? It's not. There's a twist here... [more inside]
posted by Faint of Butt on Aug 16, 2007 - 16 answers

Is using material from unpublished in-house sources considered academic plagiarism? [more inside]
posted by teem on Mar 9, 2007 - 17 answers

My partner has just been caught for plagiarism. I don't know many details because she won't talk about it, but I want to know what effect this will have on her future. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 8, 2007 - 36 answers

Can an instructor enter a student's paper into one of those paper databases without telling the student? [more inside]
posted by sian on Dec 14, 2006 - 21 answers

I want to start a website as a hobby basically. I have several books/articles on a subject that interests me and seemingly some other people too. I think I have all the books/articles available in English on this topic. This area is very poorly covered on the internet. I want to use the knowledge I have, but I don't want to be accused of plagiarism or run into copyright problems. I won't "copy" anything word for word or scan any of the illustrations from the books. [more inside]
posted by selton on Oct 28, 2006 - 8 answers

I am writing a book - a non-academic, non-fiction book. I am using lots of academic materials as sources, and generally I simply mention the source in the text when I am quoting directly - or summarizing an original idea contained in the source (I use footnotes when the attribution requires more info and interrupts the flow of the story I am telling.) I am, of course, especially concerned with the issue of plagiarism - I am keeping my notes tidy, attributing as above, and otherwise following the various rules I've read in the different handbooks for academic writing I've studied. But here are two questions.... [more inside]
posted by soulbarn on Aug 25, 2006 - 11 answers

In academia, is it plagiarism if you haven't finished writing your document, and you give it to a colleague/professor to review for content changes/problems and they find uncited sources? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 6, 2006 - 29 answers

In a course I teach, I've assigned students to remix a cultural text of their choosing. One student, after missing many classes, has turned in Henry V's famous "Once more unto the breach" monologue pasted into the word balloons of an old WWII comic showing the English at El Alamein, and I'm suspicious of plagiarism, especially since he's shown no previous drafts. (I'm hoping I'm wrong, because if he came up with it on his own, it's a really cool idea.) It's one page, five panels, with Montgomery speaking as Henry V. Has anybody seen this elsewhere?
posted by vitia on May 12, 2006 - 21 answers

How do you stop a content thief who has not plagiarised your work, but obviously has done so to others? [more inside]
posted by maxpower on Apr 30, 2006 - 12 answers

Can or should I bother to bust a blogspot blogger for blatant plagiarism? [more inside]
posted by tula on Apr 8, 2006 - 19 answers

Is it OK to use a 500-year-old monogram on my website? [more inside]
posted by altolinguistic on Jan 16, 2006 - 14 answers

Web design plagiarism - How do you deal with someone who has taken original content from a commercial web site you designed and built from scratch, and then put that material on their commercial web site and used it as their own? What if this person is in the same business as you and works in the same market and location as you? [more inside]
posted by evoo on May 31, 2005 - 15 answers

How do you fight academic plagiarism if accused? What effects on your academic future if found guilty? [more inside]
posted by dsaelf on May 13, 2005 - 30 answers

To those (2 year/4 year) college instructors out there: what experiences have you had with "course tools" to allow students to electronically post assignments? [more inside]
posted by beelzbubba on Mar 29, 2005 - 14 answers

I recently found out that Shakespeare based Romeio and Juliet on Arthur Brooke's Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet. What are some other examples of artists (both modern and historical) "borrowing" or "sampling" from other artists? I'm interested in any kind of art: writing, painting, musical composition, etc... [MI] [more inside]
posted by thewittyname on Oct 26, 2004 - 15 answers

PlagiarismFilter. A Xanga user made a post to her site that is far too similar to a post on my site (self-link, apologies) for my comfort. What should I do about this? [more inside]
posted by LeiaS on Sep 24, 2004 - 26 answers

What to do about a student who plagiarized a paper for athletic eligibility? [More inside, because that question by itself is a no brainer.] [more inside]
posted by ferociouskitty on Apr 19, 2004 - 36 answers

What is the best way to deal with plagiarism of your work on the web? Somebody pointed out to me that a right wing talk show has posted an obvious plagiarism of my original Google Bombing article from 2001. [more] [more inside]
posted by adam on Jan 8, 2004 - 16 answers