Archive for November 21st, 2006
Copy That!
Slate 2006-11-21: Dead Plagiarists Society – Will Google Book Search uncover long-buried literary crimes?
Given the popularity of plagiarism-seeking software services for academics, it may be only a matter of time before some enterprising scholar yokes Google Book Search and plagiarism-detection software together into a massive literary dragnet, scooping out hundreds of years’ worth of plagiarists—giants and forgotten hacks alike—who have all escaped detection until now.
And Edgar and Herman are not particularly good role-models for students.