Re:University of Illinois issues DMCA takedown for previous ...
by dragonwriter on Thursday February 12, 2015 @12:29PM
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> madaxe_again said that the University gave him a zero for plagiarizing a website when he was the one that controlled that website.
Many university "plagiarism" policies prohibit all of (And this has been true since before the web was a thing):
(1) plagiarizing others by copying their work,
(2) "plagiarizing" yourself by turning in work of your own that is not original work exclusively for the course it is prepared for without explicit advance permission to reuse previous work (or use one piece of work for two simultaneous classes), or
(3) facilitating plagiarism by other by way of publishing work done for class assignments without explicit advance permission.
> Tanking a students GPA is a pretty tremendous bludgeon, and outside of retaining a lawyer, a bludgeon against which students have little defense.
Most universities have procedures to resolve student complaints about irregularities in grading, application of policies, etc., short of requiring a lawsuit against the university, which do not generally require legal counsel to make use of.
Many university "plagiarism" policies prohibit all of (And this has been true since before the web was a thing): (1) plagiarizing others by copying their work, (2) "plagiarizing" yourself by turning in work of your own that is not original work exclusively for the course it is prepared for without explicit advance permission to reuse previous work (or use one piece of work for two simultaneous classes), or (3) facilitating plagiarism by other by way of publishing work done for class assignments without explicit advance permission.
> Tanking a students GPA is a pretty tremendous bludgeon, and outside of retaining a lawyer, a bludgeon against which students have little defense.
Most universities have procedures to resolve student complaints about irregularities in grading, application of policies, etc., short of requiring a lawsuit against the university, which do not generally require legal counsel to make use of.