Turnitin in fact keeps a hash of the paper. That may be a copyright violation. In the process of making the hash, they make a copy. That is a copyright violation, in pretty much any jurisdiction. DLB On Mar 8 2007, Barry Wellman wrote:
Dear AOIRers,
A colleague teaching another course has come across an issue with an undergrad who refuses to hand in her term paper because the faculty member's course requires that all papers also be submitted to Turnitin.com.
The student claims that this violates her own intellectual property because Turnitin reportedly keeps copies for future plagiarism searches.
As a supposed ICT & society "expert," my colleague came to me for advice. My first thought was horsefeathers.
However, I am wondering if there is any precedent or case law on this in Canada or the US. (EU would be too different, I think.)
I am not interested in the ethics or the morality of Turnitin, but in how other situations have been resolved.
Thanks, Barry Wellman _____________________________________________________________________
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