The Turnitin conditions which students sign up to state:
"Personal and noncommercial use limitation
This web site is for your personal and noncommercial use. You may not
modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish,
license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information,
software, products or services obtained from this web site. A user may not
market, rent, lease, or re-license the licensed programs or services, or use
the licensed programs or services for third party commercial use, commercial
timesharing, or service bureau use."

I'd say that was fairly specific that they cannot submit other people's
work.  This isn't a free service - its licence is paid for by an
institution!
Paul

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Dr Paul V Davis
Acting Head, Learning Technologies Group
Oxford University Computing Services
13 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6NN
Tel: 01865 283414

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http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/shock2008
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http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/beyond2008


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%  Thank you for all your interesting comments.  The other University
% involved in my case has a policy that states that students may only submit
% their own work to the Turnitin service and not anyone else's;  do others
% follow that rule?
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% Loughborough has discussed allowing students to use Turnitin themselves,
% but for reasons I suspect more to do with the complexity of allowing so
% many people access than anything else, has decided not to go down that
% road.
% 
% Charles
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% Professor Charles Oppenheim
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% Loughborough University
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