Hi Jeremy
The people at Northumbria/Newcastle are better placed to explain the legal angle, but you can be sued (or what ever) for breach of copyright but apparently not for plagiarism. (Netskills state this in their excellent workshop on plagiarism). It does breach University regulations and is punishable within the University.
I think what you are talking about is if you 'obtain' an award merely by paying for a certificate, as I believe you can. This is not plagiarism nor is it illegal until you try to 'use' it, that would be fraud in the true sense (I think) but hay, I'm no legal expert. I was just trying to encourage the growth of a database.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Miles [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 12 April 2005 14:11
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Google and Essay
ELLIS, Peter wrote:
[snip]
> plagiarism does not break any
> law. Submit essays to the student database so we can at least try to
> combat cheating.
>
This is something I don't understand - why does plagiarism not break
some sort of law about fraud?
If I buy a fake degree certificate, I would presume that breaks a law
(it might not, which would show what I know). But I can, effectively,
buy a real degree certificate, and this doesn't break a law.
Jeremy
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