A Slashdot discussion points the way to a Washington Post article about the anti-plagairism company Turnitin.
Members of the new Committee for Students’ Rights said they do not cheat or condone cheating. But they object to Turnitin’s automatically adding their essays to the massive database, calling it an infringement of intellectual property rights. And they contend that the school’s action will tar students at one of Fairfax County’s academic powerhouses.
Are schools right to employ anti-cheating software, or is there a problem with funding a business model built around profiting from students’ work?
Presumption of Guilt
I see that Blake posted a dup which takes a jab that the students = cheaters… interesting, since one of their arguments is the crazy concept of innocent until proven guilty.
So do you really assume they’re cheaters? Like how everyone who invokes the 5th is guilty? Or those who don’t want to surrender freedom for security are terrorist symphatizers? Companies excersize their IP rights quite forefully, why it is a problem when students do the same?
Re:Presumption of Guilt
Students are generally considered to be subhuman; even when they are fully franchised adults.
Re:Presumption of Guilt
Don’t know about in your country or high school, but when at uni in Australia, somewhere deep in the by-laws, I know I read it, and discovered it is apparently common that the uni owns the intellectual property the students create in course of their study, unless explicit provision is made otherwise.