iThenticate Blog

China’s economy is rapidly growing in a variety of industries.  One growing sector is even profiting off of the rising incidence of plagiarism in China’s university and research institutions. 

One of the biggest plagiarism law suits of the decade continues to make headlines in the UK and internationally. Billionaire ‘Harry Potter’ author J.K. Rowling and her publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC face an ongoing law suit coming from the estate of a now-deceased fantasy writer.  

Until very recently in history, most of the content that reached our eyes and ears was ‘professionally’ made.  The magazines, books, newspapers, radio shows, movies and video clips of the past were created by an organization or specialist whose profession was writing, film making, producing music, etc.

As we all are probably aware, that standard model of content creation has drastically changed in the past decade because of the internet.  

The internet provides a unique way to listen in to what the world is currently speaking about.  Particularly with the advent of real-time search and social media, we can see trends within ongoing global chatter down to a keyword or topic. 

Plagiarism has already had a noted effect on politics in 2010. 

“Social News” services are becoming a trend in the news publishing industry.

A recent episode of the popular AMC TV show Mad Men explores an interesting subject: plagiarism in advertising.  

Stanley Fish of the New York Times wrote an interesting article earlier this month titled “Plagiarism is Not a Big Moral Deal.” Fish argues that the rules of plagiarism are not something people inherently learn from a very early age. 

In the world of scholarly journals, the peer review process has been a longstanding bastion of academic sanctity.