Comments on: The Black Plagiarism

By: Robert the Bobbert

Robert the Bobbert — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:29:48 +0000

“We wouldn’t want some powerful Hollywood director getting their hands on one and turning it into a big budget motion picture…”

Isn’t that the premise of Big Fat Liar?

By: Lord Ashes

Lord Ashes — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:24:54 +0000

“…because

1. no economic loss to student”

Technically this is not true. What if the student wishes to perform a similar service as TurnItIn but only against his own papers. Then TurnItIn is taking revenue from the student.

By: Thamios

Thamios — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:22:13 +0000

Or suing McDonalds for making you fat

Or suing Starbucks cause you can’t hold on to your cup

Or suing McDonalds (again) because you’re too stupid to realize that “Warning: Contents are HOT!” means that the contents in the cup are incredibly hot.

Oh wait. Those have all happened.

By: Yale

Yale — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:06:30 +0000

No, I’m pretty sure TurnItIn is exercising fair use of the student’s copyright because

1. no economic loss to student
2. nature of use, preventing plagiarism, is justifiable

By: Crest

Crest — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:51:37 +0000

Are you freaking kidding me? I’ve heard of people not wanting their papers copied off of, but this is rediculous.

By: Henry

Henry — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:59:44 +0000

Thank God! Turnitin caused me to waste hours of time on work that I simply could have copied from my friends. They had it coming.

By: No Man

No Man — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:09:52 +0000

That is incorrect. First, all creative effort, including student papers, has copyright protection. If you write a short story in English class, the teacher can’t sell it. Second, the anti-cheating sites recieve large amounts of revenue from school systems and advertisers.

By: Xeron

Xeron — Tue, 01 May 2007 14:02:25 +0000

Student’s papers aren’t copyrighted. Besides, they’re not making money by puplishing said paper, so theres no harm.

By: Seth

Seth — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:37:33 +0000

Copyright infringement is copyright infringement… If Turnitin is using copyrighted materials that they do not own for profit, then they are violating copyright laws. You can’t use someone else’s copyrighted work to make money for yourself in any case!