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A small, family-owned Connecticut newspaper sued the state's largest newspaper Thursday, saying it repeatedly plagiarized stories after cutting its own reporting staff to save money.
They scour the Web in search of stolen phrases, dig through documents looking for evidence of looting. They can’t issue citations, but they can certainly let you know if you’ve failed to include one. Yes, the plagiarism police are on the job.
The top executive of The Hartford Courant is apologizing for the newspaper's plagiarism of other media organizations' work over the past several weeks.
"The View" co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck says a claim that she plagiarized parts of her best-selling diet book is "without merit."
The president of Jacksonville State University, whose use of a ghostwriter for newspaper columns caused a stir two years ago, now has been accused of plagiarizing his doctoral dissertation at the University of Alabama.
The president of University of Texas-Pan American, accused anonymously of plagiarism, said Tuesday she is retiring because of "pressures" that taxed her health and distracted her from her job.
Neale Donald Walsch, best-selling author of "Conversations with God," said Tuesday that he unwittingly passed off another writer's Christmas anecdote as his own in a recent blog post.
If Joe Satriani wants to ponder what might occupy his time in the next several years besides producing blazing guitar riffs and offering tips to young players, he could consider the case of Corey Glover.
The University of Texas System is investigating anonymous claims that the president of a south Texas university plagiarized portions of her dissertation.
Presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton called it “change you can Xerox.” Barack Obama, her opponent for the Democratic nomination, said it was much ado about nothing (although not in those exact words).
A White House official who served as President Bush's middleman with conservatives and Christian groups resigned Friday after admitting to plagiarism. Twenty columns he wrote for an Indiana newspaper were determined to have material copied from other sources without attribution.
A distinguished University of Missouri-Columbia journalism professor will no longer write a weekly newspaper column after admitting he plagiarized material from a student reporter.
The Southern Illinois University president did not plagiarize parts of his 1984 doctoral dissertation but he should update its academic citations, a school review panel concluded Thursday.
A CBS News producer was fired and the network apologized after a Katie Couric video essay on libraries was found to be plagiarized from The Wall Street Journal.
A critic of an online encyclopedia written and edited by its users has identified dozens of biographical articles that appear to contain passages lifted from other sites, prompting its administrators to delete several pending a review.
A speechwriter accused of plagiarizing material used by the Republican U.S. House candidate resigned Monday after other campaign staff confronted him about information found on the Internet.
As far as the judge was concerned, the paper he ordered Brandon Dickens to write as punishment for ducking jury duty was plagiarized.
More than three dozen Ohio University graduates accused of plagiarism must appear before a panel that will decide whether they can rewrite their master's projects or face penalties, which could include losing their degrees.
A freelance TV producer who plagiarized passages from "The West Wing" has been let go by NBC Universal Sports, the network said Thursday.
Judge Tosses Plagiarism Lawsuit Against HasselbackBOSTON -- A federal judge in Massachusetts has dismissed a lawsuit accusing television personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck of plagiarism.
Steal this story? Beware Net's plagiarism 'cops'They scour the Web in search of stolen phrases, dig through documents looking for evidence of looting. They can't issue citations, but they can certainly let you know if you've failed to include one. Yes, the plagiarism police are on the job.
So, you think you can write? The truth is that everybody that has been through grade school can write, but not everybody can write in a way that will entice people to read their work, and continue reading it, and continue reading it, and continue reading it …
Dear Vineys, I would like to clarify this article to circumvent ANY misunderstanding of the information contained herein. I specifically state that there is information that is posted on Wikipedia on Rahm Emanuel.. I have put parenthesis around the biographical article and sta …
Dear Vineys, I would like to clarify this article to circumvent ANY misunderstanding of the information contained herein. I specifically state that there is information that is posted on Wikipedia on Eric Holder. I have put parenthesis around the biographical article and state …
Twilight author accused of plagiarism LOS ANGELES, Aug 4 (Reuters) - A writer plans to sue "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer, accusing her of plagiarism by lifting passages from an obscure book she wrote called "The Nocturne" and using them in vampire romance "Breaking D
Is Unconscious Plagiarism a Real Phenomenon?This Newsweek article explores "unconscious plagiarism."
Chris Anderson, Elizabeth Hasselbeck Both Accused of Plagiarism | BNET Media Blog | BNETI wonder how seriously people here on the vine take this issue?
Wired Editor Steals Content for Book About How Content Should be FreeChris Anderson has been caught lifting huge chunks out of Wikipedia for his book Free. The irony speaks for itself. But it's worth noting that the Wired editor's excuses are disconcertingly clichéd.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck Sued For Plagiarism Over Diet BookElisabeth Hasselbeck, a co-host of ABC's "The View," has been accused of plagiarism. A lawsuit in federal court in Massachusetts alleges that Hasselbeck lifted "word for word" content from a book on celiac disease written by a self-published author on Cape Cod.
Hasselbeck Accused of No Original ThoughtsSusan's Book Chapter 1: What is Celiac Disease? Hasselbeck Chapter 2: What is Celiac Disease? Susan's tips: "Shop in the outer isles of the supermarket." Hasselbeck's tips: "Food in the outer isles of the supermarket."
Potter plagiarism claims deniedLawyers for the estate of late author Adrian Jacobs are suing Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. They claim Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire reproduces substantial parts of Jacobs's story The Adventures of Willy the Wizard.
Very Briefly on DowdWhatever the mechanics of how it happened, I never thought it was intentional. Dowd and the Times quickly corrected it, which I appreciated. And for me, that's pretty much the end of it.
NY Times' Maureen Dowd Plagiarizes TPM's Josh MarshallMaureen Dowd in today's NY Times:
Coldplay disses Satriani in plagiarism caseWhen you think about the theory that a roomful of monkeys with typewriters would eventually write War and Peace if left long enough, the odds of two people coming up with a IV, VII, III, I chord progression don't seem that small (Yes, I know the first chord of the Coldplay song i …
Jury: University of Colorado wrongly fired profA jury ruled Thursday that the University of Colorado wrongly fired the professor who compared some Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi, a verdict that gives the professor $1 and a chance to get his job back.
China targets an academic culture of cut-and-pasteBeijing - Three professors at a leading Chinese university – including one of the country's top experts in traditional medicine – have lost their jobs in a new plagiarism scandal.
Olbermann mocks Coulter's falling book salesThe cliché that there's no such thing as bad press might not apply anymore.
The Axe Falleth on the PlagiarisersLast Monday the ABC's Media Watch had a nice little plagiarism "gotcha" under the title "Thou Shalt Not Plagiarise". It concerned Ron Bainbridge, an evangelical preacher who writes a regular column in the Albany, WA, local newspaper.
Fox News Plagiarizes from Republican Press ReleaseFox News literally got the Republican press release this morning, and soon after, aired it as if it were news.
2 Universities' Plagiarism Policies Look a Lot AlikeIn 2007, after several high-profile plagiarism scandals, Southern Illinois University released a 17-page report on how to deal with the issue. The report includes a lengthy definition of plagiarism, explaining exactly what does and does not merit the dreaded "p" word.
A curious case of plagiarism?An Italian office worker has claimed the screenplay for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was based on a story she wrote in 1994.
Alan Watt: Lies, Threats and PlagiarismFor several months Alan Watt has been making threats against members of my (outlawjournalism.com) forum, and on January 6th, he named me personally, and said he would be sending the cops after me.
The Roeder Report:The Four Types of PlagiaristsJason Roeder takes a humorous look at the generally non-humorous topic of plagiarism.
Best-selling 'God' author faces plagiarism claimNeale Donald Walsch, best-selling author of "Conversations with God," said that he unwittingly passed off another writer's Christmas anecdote as his own in a recent blog post.
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