Cheaters, watch out for plagiarism detector
A word of warning to students or office workers who freely “copy and paste” text from the Internet and pass it off as your own: SkyLine, Inc. has just released Plagiarism-Detector 8.0, a new tool that can verify a document’s originality by comparing text to what’s available on the web.
A word of warning to students or office workers who freely "copy and paste" text from the Internet and pass it off as your own: SkyLine, Inc. has just released Plagiarism-Detector 8.0, a new tool that can verify a document's originality by comparing text to what's available on the web.
Specifically, this Windows-based software uses a series of algorithms to check phrases in documents — such as .doc, .pdf, .ppt, .rtf and .txt files — against Google's massive search index. Based on the level of scrutiny you choose (quick, basic, advanced or custom), you'll see immediate results in the form of a report that's viewable in a browser window, says the company.
Designed for teachers, professors, editors, publishers and company executives, the administrator can also place multiple documents to be reviewed in a queue.
Prices range from $50 to $100, depending on the version. A video demonstration of the Plagiarism Detector software is below.
Filed Under: Found on the Web
Also makes it easier to find copyright infringers if you are an author.
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Right on, Kevin!!!
Being a writer, myself, who has stumbled on my own work being plagiarized, I can certainly hope that this new technology will help solve the problem of protecting my own "intellectual property" online.
Definitely a step in the right direction.
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lol this is old technology…
universities test for plagiarism on a regular basis…
this isn't news worthy its like 4 years behind. what is this 2005.
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Great for students to to double check their work!
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whoever is narrating the video needs to take more English lessons, or pay someone else to narrate.
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The instant I saw the title of your article a red flag went up. Ten or so years ago when I was a second year English student at the University of Saskatchewan studying Shakespeare with the Head of the Dept., I wrote an essay on A Midsummer Nights Dream. Throughout the essay I quoted lines from the play, giving the appropriate references. When I got my essay back the professor had written in red pen in the margin, next to the verse, "Lord, what fools these mortals be…", with "What reference?" I had not put any in as I had finished the line with my own: "Lord, what fools these mortals be, That they this play would see, As pure and utter fantasy." The head of the dept. was a brilliant man but I had read so much Shakespeare at that time that the bard had insinuated himself so thoroughly into my mind that I began to not only think like him but to write/sound like him. The professor was shocked. He had mistaken me for Shakespeare. I realized the same thing was happening when I was studying Thomas Hardy. Some people, perhaps many, are obviously literary sponges of a type. The plagiarism tool is not only scary, it is dangerous. My handwriting is indefinable from my mothers, and, or, my aunts; as is my phraseology, frequently. How can a program ever figure in all the subtle nuances a human being is capable of reproducing? The potential for tremendous abuse of innocent writers/thinkers with this latest gadget is paramount.
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Great comment, Rhonda!
Marc
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Thank you, Marc.
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this is messed i plagirize everyday and now this LoLz P:)
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Hahahaha, man. I remember back in high school, in like 2002 or 2003, I used to use pirated versions of the plagiarism detection software my school used to figure out what sections were coming up when I ran a search, and then I'd subtly edit it until it would pass the test. Voila, a stolen essay. In college, I never even thought to try it, because I was much more interested in what I was doing. But in high school, who cares? If they find out ten years later, they won't take away your high school diploma. And plagiarism software just makes it easier for tech savvy kids to plagiarize.
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This is not new. There has been software available for this purpose for nearly a decade…Get with it.
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Hey gang,
I know software like this has been out before but the company claims this the first to handle PowerPoint and RTF files, too.
Have a good weekend,
Marc
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Ummmmmmmmmm, yeah and this is news because?
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Good that they have this. As a freelance writer, I have found my work on another website. I do find it highly unlikely that it will be able to detect all plagarism. I am very skeptical.
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I'm not sure about the United States but in Canada there is a website with the exact same features that has been used for about 3 years now.
All students are required to submit their major papers to turnitin.com where the teacher receives a modified copy with highlighted infringements and possible sources.
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Well, that's sort of funny.
Who blatantly copies something from the un-trustworthy internet? At least change it around.
LAWLZ
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There's already something like this out that works faster than the program. It's called turnitin.com !
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If it works by picking out lines and going that's plagiarized… what happens when you have a lot of quotes?
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It's hard to believe that this could exist seeing as google exists. Wall-E the movie was right soon we will be sitting in chairs doing nothing… uh oh scratch that soon we are.
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Big whoop. My high school has been doing this for YEARS with Turn it In.
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