Checking for plagiarised text is very easy

[lunatica]

It's probably how it was found so easily.

https://www.grammarly.com/plagiarism?q=plagiarism&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Search&utm_content=50385264726&utm_term=plagiarism&matchtype=e&placement=&network=g&gclid=CKuc2Zn-gs4CFUdbfgodX3gDyA

Click on check your text and it will ask you to click on a sample and you get the result.

[xocet]

1. Suppose one is working on a manuscript. Would it be wise to transmit the work to such a service?

At what point does a copyright apply to the manuscript/draft? Could this sort of a service easily lead to an author having a work be stolen? Does submitting the work to this sort of a service count as publishing it? Would that then negate the possibility that the work could be published elsewhere?

Your thoughts on these questions would be appreciated.

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[Ms. Toad]

2. Copyright is created the moment the work of art is reduced to a form capable of reproduction.

Publication is a different issue, and mostly applies to a different era in copyright law. (Prior to 1978, creating a copyright interest required publication with the appropriate copyright notice.) Publication does still impact some rights, but no longer whether copyright is created - and publication (in the copyright sense) has no impact on commercial publication of the work.

[xocet]

6. Thanks for your comments regarding copyright and publication. n/t

[Orrex]

9. :thumbsup:

[chowder66]

3. Damn. I popped in D. Trump Jr's speech and this is what it found

"We have found significant plagiarism in your text and have also detected 21 writing issues."

You have to pay to see whatever it is they show you.

[Different Drummer]

4. Plagiarism...a Trump family tradition, apparently. n/t

[lunatica]

8. Being rich is certainly no guarantee of intelligence

But it helps when you can buy it.

[lunatica]

7. Why doesn't that surprise me?

This site is worth every cent for teachers and professors.

Next they'll invent a program that takes plagiarized material and changes it so it can no longer be considered plagiarized.

Interesting times we live in.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. Hey, thanks for the link !! I don't care if everyone stopped talking about

the speech theft - I STILL think something's rotten in Denmark

[Tommy_Carcetti]

10. When I heard "your word is your bond" it immediately caught my attention.

Although it originated long before that, I recall first hearing that phrase myself during the 2002 DC Sniper shootings as it was cryptically placed into one of the shooter's letters.

I'm pretty sure it caught my attention when Michelle Obama used it.

And then it came up again in the plagiarized portion of Melania Trump's speech and it instantly got my attention.

[lunatica]

11. It's such a common thing to say that it's become a cliche

And a platltude. But it's probably used because it makes a good point and it would be unnecessary to try to say the same thing in different words.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. So common, that phrase probably can't be plagiarized, it's public domain.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2016/07/19/your_word_is_your_bond_history_and_origins_from_matthew_to_hip_hop.html

But, when combined with the other common phrases, in a particular order, it rises to plagiarism.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. I guess they figured they wouldn't find the other words and phrases that were virtually identical...

....to Michelle Obama's speech.

They're idiots.