The fact that people care more about the perpetrators of plagiarism, than it's victim tells me it's not really a crime. Think about it. If you saw someone hold

The fact that people care more about the perpetrators of plagiarism, than it's victim tells me it's not really a crime. Think about it. If you saw someone holding a blood-covered knife in their hand, and an angry look on their face, you would be able to guess he/she committed a murder. But then, your next thought would be to know who was murdered? But this does not seem to be the case with plagiarism. Perhaps because victim is not really the victim. It's just a way for people to obtain some schadenfreude. In the same way that the mob involved in a mob lynching does not do it for victim, or "justice", but plainly to get pleasure out of the act.