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How to check if someone have plagiarized content?

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by jeandarc, Jul 26, 2015.

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    Is there some kind of tool or something that can check someone's or mine content if it's plagiarized?

    Thank you!
     
    jeandarc, Jul 26, 2015 IP
  2. jrbiz

    jrbiz Acclaimed Member

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    Just google "plagiarism checker" and you will see a gazillion results. I have heard about grammarly quite a bit and it is probably worth looking into, but there may be better checkers that others can propose.
     
    jrbiz, Jul 29, 2015 IP
  3. Matthew Sayle

    Matthew Sayle Prominent Member

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    Copyscape is a pretty good tool in my opinion.

    A premium search only costs a nickle per search.

    Always use the "compare text" feature to see exactly what words are being copied on the offending website.
     
    Matthew Sayle, Jul 29, 2015 IP
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    love2spellcheck Greenhorn

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    I use grammarly to check documents. However, you should be aware that there are some techniques that may be used to make texts appear plagarism-free. There are some articles about them that I've seen.
     
    love2spellcheck, Jul 29, 2015 IP
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    hareramji Greenhorn

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    I submitted my paper to turnitin.com, which checks for plagiarism content, and it tells me I have 34% plagiarism. The only problem is I did not plagiarize! I only used one of the websites it marked that I "plagiarized" from and it says I plagiarized student papers from these random places in Georgia, California, Wisconsin, etc. My teacher has a limit to the amount of plagiarism we can have that tunritin.com finds, and I know that 34% percent is over the limit, but I don't know the exact limit. But I really don't think this is fair! How is it plagiarism if I didn't even know I was plagiarizing and didn't even have access to majority of those resources! Is this fair? And is unintentional plagiarism okay and allowed?
     
    hareramji, Aug 7, 2015 IP
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    PoPSiCLe Illustrious Member

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    On general subjects, plagiarism can be hard to determine - especially if the algorithm checking for plagiarised content is weak, and doesn't take into account general phrasing and colloquisms that aren't necessarily plagiarised, but simply saying the same things. Using these services, without checking manually, will lead to false positives.
     
    PoPSiCLe, Aug 7, 2015 IP
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    Richmondt Greenhorn

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    https://www.grammarly.com/plagiarism-checker
    http://www.plagtracker.com/
    http://www.plagscan.com/
    http://www.paperrater.com/plagiarism_checker
    try to google it :)
     
    Richmondt, Aug 10, 2015 IP
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    epicbud Member

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    If it's an image, you can use Google image tool to upload your image and let it find copies across the web, if there are any.
     
    epicbud, Aug 11, 2015 IP
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    Kathline Conver Peon

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    CopySpace, Content Plagiarism Checker, Article Checker, Duplichecker, Plagirisma. I would suggest theses engines!
     
    Kathline Conver, Nov 21, 2015 IP
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    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    Or you can just use google itself, and search parts of the article in quotes.
     
    dcristo, Nov 21, 2015 IP
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    browntwn Illustrious Member

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    Exactly, why does everyone make it seem like something complicated or hard.
     
    browntwn, Nov 21, 2015 IP
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    Pamela Turns Active Member

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    dragansk Active Member

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    CopyEscape is the best! provided that you are willing to spent some money! however there several other FREE services but they are gonna spam you with loads of advertisements and their quality cannot also meet to professionally designed and managed services
     
    dragansk, Dec 11, 2015 IP