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From the Yomiuri Shinbun “A former assistant professor of Meiji University’s School of Information and Communication plagiarized 96 percent of a report on copyright submitted to the Institute of Intellectual Property, sources said Monday.  The plagiarism is a violation of the Copyright Law.”

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  1. Seth Gecko your flag
    Posted February 8, 2007 at 3:13 pm | Permalink

    Too funny!

    “he wrote an 83-page report titled “Changes in Ideas on Copyright in France.”

    “The plagiarism is a violation of the Copyright Law.”

    OMFG!

  2. Newton Kabiddles your flag
    Posted February 8, 2007 at 11:34 pm | Permalink

    Japanese news!

  3. skindleshanks your flag
    Posted February 9, 2007 at 3:21 am | Permalink

    I found a similarly ironic article in an issue of the Ajou University English magazine, The Ajou Globe, about 4 years ago. The cover story on plagiarism was titled, “A Plague is Sweeping our Campus.” After the opening two paragraphs, the article’s suddenly shifted to a fairly technical definition of plagiarism and a discussion of how it can be avoided or dealt with. There were no sources cited on the page, but a quick internet search revealed that about 70% of the article had been copied verbatim from the website of a university in Washington state.

  4. SomeguyinKorea your flag
    Posted February 9, 2007 at 9:14 am | Permalink

    It’s just as ironic as this story…

    http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7246.cfm

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