This has also appeared on slashdot, where there will be discussion (probably).
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/16/2237223
JM
At 16:51 16/01/2004, John Royce wrote:
>There was some discussion of this subject, some time back.
>
>Now McGill has made a decision in the case of Jesse Rosenfeld, who
>claimed the right not to submit his work to Turnitin.com. He argued
>that it was not right that a commercial company should make money out of
>his work when he, the student, would receive no recompense for that work.
>
>Headline: "McGill backs down after an undergraduate refuses to submit
>his work to a Web firm that checks for originality and then keeps essays
>in its database."
>
>The full story is at
><http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&lid=1&sid=54546>
>
>Best,
>
>John Royce
>Library Director : Robert College of Istanbul
>
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