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Caught another plagiarist a few days ago here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=661875 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=661875 Seems like you could catch
by pchristensen 17y ago
Caught another plagiarist a few days ago here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=661875 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=661875
Seems like you could catch a lot of plagiarism by doing a sentence-by-sentence google search of a submitted work. Probably against Google's ToS but it would probably turn up a lot of dirt.
- anigbrowl 17y agoYou're onto something here - and Google has already digitized many, many books. This has enormous potential value as a collaborative endeavor; Google might not object if they were made a party to it and the search conducted at a low intensity. Alternatively, some kind of peer-based comparison a la BOINC ought to be possible. It has value beyond simple plagiarism detection.
- tokenadult 17y agoWhy do you think that would be against Google's ToS? I wouldn't guess so.