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Oracle Tips by Burleson |
Web Stalkers
Chapter 6 -
Cyber Theft
The Semantics of Plagiarism
Other web search engine companies are
developing search tools that have the surprising side-effect of
being able to detect plagiarism. Their goal is to allow web users
to highlight a paragraph of text and press a button called “Show me
more like this.” Internally, these tools analyze the paragraph,
apply structure, word stem and synonym rules, and scour the web for
a suitable match.
The Epidemic of Web Content Theft
According to a televised investigation report
on the hit TV show Primetime Thursday, their investigation
revealed a growing problem of cheating and plagiarism, facilitated
by the massive volumes of content on the web. From junior high
schools to the Ivy League, Primetime found that students find
the temptation to copy-and-paste from the web to be an irresistible
temptation. According to the Primetime Thursday
report, many students believe that everyone plagiarizes, and they
use this as an excuse for their theft:
"It's unfair on your part, if you're studying,
you know, so many hours for an exam and everybody else in the class
gets an 'A' cheating," says Sharon, a college student. "So you want
to get in the game and cheat, too."
The web is a double-edged sword. Just as it
has facilitated the theft of content, it has also enabled tools for
publishers and professors to quickly detect stolen content.
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