Plagiarism The Changing Face of the Dreaded “P” Word

The Changing Face of the Dreaded “P” Word

About Me Webmaster, Author and Journalist Not a Lawyer Resolved 700 Cases of Plagiarism Founded Plagiarism Today in 2005 Work as a Copyright Consultant Developing Strategies Solving Cases

Webmaster, Author and Journalist

Not a Lawyer

Resolved 700 Cases of Plagiarism

Founded Plagiarism Today in 2005

Work as a Copyright Consultant

Developing Strategies

Solving Cases

The Current Face

My Story (2001)‏ Do You Run Another Site? Uh, No... But I Saw All Your Work There Where? Here...

Do You Run Another Site?

Uh, No...

But I Saw All Your Work There

Where?

Here...

Result A 14-Year-Old Student

A 14-Year-Old Student

Plagiarism is Changing Not Just an Ethical, Professional Issue Legal Issue Takedown Notices Lawsuits The Plagiarist Changing Anyone Can Find an Audience Consumers Are Now Creators Consumers Are Now Plagiarists

Not Just an Ethical, Professional Issue

Legal Issue

Takedown Notices

Lawsuits

The Plagiarist Changing

Anyone Can Find an Audience

Consumers Are Now Creators

Consumers Are Now Plagiarists

Plagiarism and CC CC is About Giving Permission Encouraging Copying and Distribution Building on the Works of Others Giving Back and Taking From Symbiotic Not Parasitic All CC Licenses Require Attribution True Remix Artists Are Proud of Their Sources Plagiarism is the Anti-CC

CC is About Giving Permission

Encouraging Copying and Distribution

Building on the Works of Others

Giving Back and Taking From

Symbiotic Not Parasitic

All CC Licenses Require Attribution

True Remix Artists Are Proud of Their Sources

Plagiarism is the Anti-CC

Who Plagiarism Hurts Author Loss of Reputation Time Wasted Handling Case Lost Revenue Public Unaware of True Origin of Work Unable to Access Further Works Plagiarist Plagiarists Get Caught Miss Opportunities for Legitimate Work

Author

Loss of Reputation

Time Wasted Handling Case

Lost Revenue

Public

Unaware of True Origin of Work

Unable to Access Further Works

Plagiarist

Plagiarists Get Caught

Miss Opportunities for Legitimate Work

Why Do People Plagiarise? Profit Spammers Questionable Writing Services Reputation Impress Friends/Coworkers Gain Links/SEO Ignorance Doesn't Understand Plagiarism

Profit

Spammers

Questionable Writing Services

Reputation

Impress Friends/Coworkers

Gain Links/SEO

Ignorance

Doesn't Understand Plagiarism

How to Stop It Prevention DRM, Truncated RSS Feeds, etc. Adding Fingerprints for Detection Detection Search Engines Advanced Tools (Attributor, iCopyright, etc.)‏ Cessation Takedown Notices, Lawsuits, etc.

Prevention

DRM, Truncated RSS Feeds, etc.

Adding Fingerprints for Detection

Detection

Search Engines

Advanced Tools (Attributor, iCopyright, etc.)‏

Cessation

Takedown Notices, Lawsuits, etc.

Changing The Game Tactics Alone Not Enough Too Many Plagiarists International Laws Education is Key Making Wishes/Rights Clear Teaching Copyright Issues Plagiarists Will Always Exist

Tactics Alone Not Enough

Too Many Plagiarists

International Laws

Education is Key

Making Wishes/Rights Clear

Teaching Copyright Issues

Plagiarists Will Always Exist

Rethinking Our Rights Not All Copying is Bad Reach New Audiences Provide New Revenue Streams (Voxant)‏ Build Reputation Encourage Good Copying CC Licenses Fair Copyright Policies Quash the Bad Copying An Effective Anti-Plagiarism Strategy

Not All Copying is Bad

Reach New Audiences

Provide New Revenue Streams (Voxant)‏

Build Reputation

Encourage Good Copying

CC Licenses

Fair Copyright Policies

Quash the Bad Copying

An Effective Anti-Plagiarism Strategy

A Quote to Remember “ ...Citation is required. But the cite is always sufficient payment and no one who writes for a living actually believes that any permission beyond that simple payment should ever be required.” Lawrence Lessig in his book Remix http://lessig.org/info/photos/ Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0' License

“ ...Citation is required. But the cite is always sufficient payment and no one who writes for a living actually believes that any permission beyond that simple payment should ever be required.”

Lawrence Lessig in his book Remix

Lawrence Lessig Declaring War on War Explore New Business Models Embrace Read/Write Culture A Tidal Wave Protect What Truly Matters Use the Rest

Declaring War on War

Explore New Business Models

Embrace Read/Write Culture

A Tidal Wave

Protect What Truly Matters

Use the Rest

Bottom Line Journalism is Changing Citizen Journalism Faster News Cycles New Opportunities Plagiarism is Changing Who Plagiarises Why They Plagiarise What They Plagiarise We Have to Adapt

Journalism is Changing

Citizen Journalism

Faster News Cycles

New Opportunities

Plagiarism is Changing

Who Plagiarises

Why They Plagiarise

What They Plagiarise

We Have to Adapt

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