論文の剽窃盗用行為を調べるTurnitin

iParadigmsのTurnitinは学生の書く論文の剽窃盗用行為を調べるソフトで，イギリスのすべての大学はすでにTurnitinを利用する契約を結んでいるが，これからの有望なマーケットは新聞業界，出版業界。しかし，盗用と引用をどのように区別するかが問題となるかもしれない。

She adds that not every case of text borrowing is a copyright infringement. Book reviewers, for example, would find themselves out of business if it wasn't for the principle of fair use, which allows writers and broadcasters to excerpt copyright material in order to comment on it. "False claims or misguided claims are as much of a problem as actual infringements," Seltzer said.

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