[Air-l] turnitin issue

[burkx006 at umn.edu]

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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