Comments on: Turnitin Gets Sued for $900,000 by Students http://cybernetnews.com/turnitin-gets-sued-for-900000-by-students/ Technology News Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:26:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Anti-plagiarism Site Turnitin Sued For Copyright Violation | Connected Internet http://cybernetnews.com/turnitin-gets-sued-for-900000-by-students/comment-page-1/#comment-99024 Anti-plagiarism Site Turnitin Sued For Copyright Violation | Connected Internet Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:13:06 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/03/31/turnitin-gets-sued-for-900000-by-students/#comment-99024 [...] Cybernet News have picked on an interesting story about anti-plagiarism site Turnitin being sued by students for copyright violation. The students sneakily applied for copyrights on some of their papers, and then submitted them to Turnitin. Because Turnitin has an automated essay submission service designed to be used by teachers, the papers were accepted. Now those same students are suing Turnitin for $900,000. [...] [...] Cybernet News have picked on an interesting story about anti-plagiarism site Turnitin being sued by students for copyright violation. The students sneakily applied for copyrights on some of their papers, and then submitted them to Turnitin. Because Turnitin has an automated essay submission service designed to be used by teachers, the papers were accepted. Now those same students are suing Turnitin for $900,000. [...]

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/turnitin-gets-sued-for-900000-by-students/comment-page-1/#comment-91962 Ryan Sun, 01 Apr 2007 06:18:13 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/03/31/turnitin-gets-sued-for-900000-by-students/#comment-91962 It probably will get thrown out in court, but at least someone is making a stand against what Turnitin is doing. I don't think it is right for them to have copies of my work if they don't explicitly have my consent for it. It probably will get thrown out in court, but at least someone is making a stand against what Turnitin is doing. I don’t think it is right for them to have copies of my work if they don’t explicitly have my consent for it.

]]> By: Ashley http://cybernetnews.com/turnitin-gets-sued-for-900000-by-students/comment-page-1/#comment-91953 Ashley Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:56:00 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/03/31/turnitin-gets-sued-for-900000-by-students/#comment-91953 I think plagiarism is definitely a problem, but I don't necessarily think that turnitin.com is exactly the solution for it. Also, I think just because the kids submitted the papers with the intent to sue is enough for a judge to throw it out. Who knows! I think plagiarism is definitely a problem, but I don’t necessarily think that turnitin.com is exactly the solution for it.

Also, I think just because the kids submitted the papers with the intent to sue is enough for a judge to throw it out. Who knows!

]]> By: Anonymous http://cybernetnews.com/turnitin-gets-sued-for-900000-by-students/comment-page-1/#comment-91946 Anonymous Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:09:24 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/03/31/turnitin-gets-sued-for-900000-by-students/#comment-91946 The question is whether the students filed a properly formatted DMCA complaint with the website, and whether that the website took down the offending content or not. Since they uploaded their own copyrighted content, I dont think they would have a case anyway, even if they wrote a note asking it not be archived. The question is whether the students filed a properly formatted DMCA complaint with the website, and whether that the website took down the offending content or not.

Since they uploaded their own copyrighted content, I dont think they would have a case anyway, even if they wrote a note asking it not be archived.

]]> By: netster007x http://cybernetnews.com/turnitin-gets-sued-for-900000-by-students/comment-page-1/#comment-91943 netster007x Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:05:37 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/03/31/turnitin-gets-sued-for-900000-by-students/#comment-91943 Wuhu! I had a teacher last year who went psycho with turnitin.com. She had us submit a draft to the site, then highlighted every other word as "plagiarism." she thought any two or three words put together that were used by someone else before were plagiarism and had 2 b quoted. One kid joked, "I've got it, I'll just put the whole essay in quotes." I was able to switch out of the class, but I don't know what those that stayed did. Wuhu! I had a teacher last year who went psycho with turnitin.com. She had us submit a draft to the site, then highlighted every other word as “plagiarism.” she thought any two or three words put together that were used by someone else before were plagiarism and had 2 b quoted. One kid joked, “I’ve got it, I’ll just put the whole essay in quotes.” I was able to switch out of the class, but I don’t know what those that stayed did.

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