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View Resource Do Plagiarism-Detection Services Infringe Upon Students' Copyrights and Privacy?

There is a huge debate brewing between some lawyers and college professors over whether or not plagiarism-detection services infringe upon students' copyrights and privacy. The one particular service creating this uproar is Turnitin.com, a plagiarism-detection service that has approximately 400 colleges in the United States on its client list. The company checks submitted papers against a database...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2002/0524