From: marcov@stack.nl   
      
   On 2005-12-26, Alan Brown  wrote:   
   >   
   > However, it should be obvious to most people that plagiarism. legal or   
   > not, is not ethical and is certainly not acceptable behaviour in all   
   > academic environments that I know of.   At the University I worked for,   
   > plagiarism would get the student dismissed instantly.   
      
   I know what plagiarism is, etc etc. I just wanted to stress that the word   
   "theft" doesn't apply. I prefer to keep using the descriptions in lawbooks   
   (and probably in your universities statutes), which is "PLAGIARISM", and not   
   theft or Intellectual Dishonesty. Even "copy-cat" is IMHO more correct than   
   thief.   
      
   This correction has nothing to do with the sanctions or morallity related to   
   plagiarism. On the contrary, not confusing the term with other crimes leaves   
   no bush to hide behind.   
      
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