This is an interesting story indeed!
Debora Weber-Wulf is a researcher in Germany who blogs in English and has been called upon to comment on this story - her blog post on the issue makes interesting reading!
http://copy-shake-paste.blogspot.com/2011/02/freiherr-zu-copy-and-paste.html
Jo
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From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ken Masters
Sent: 18 February 2011 09:29
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Subject: German minister of defence and plagiarism
Hi All
People might be interested in this snippet of news - the German Minster
of Defence has been accused (and the evidence appears to be quite
strong) of plagiarism in his PhD.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,746132,00.html
Unfortunately, the other links I have are in German (but Google
Translate will give a pretty good idea):
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/plagiatsvorwurf-gegen-verteidigungsminister-guttenberg-soll-bei-doktorarbeit-abgeschrieben-haben-1.1060774
http://de.guttenplag.wikia.com/wiki/GuttenPlag_Wiki
http://www.bild.de/BILD/politik/2011/02/18/minister-guttenberg-schummelvorwuerfe-blitz-treffen/mit-kanzlerin-merkel.html
Regards
Ken
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Dr. Ken Masters
Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics
Medical Education Unit
College of Medicine & Health Sciences
Sultan Qaboos University
Sultanate of Oman
E-i-C: The Internet Journal of Medical Education
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