This type of plagiarism (in the US) has led to universities using software like Turnitin to catch students doing this type of “cut-and-paste” plagiarism. At my university, a student who turned in work like Gedela’s might receive a failing grade for academic dishonesty and a reference to the dean of students for possible further disciplinary action. (A student in one of my own classes would probably first receive a zero grade on the work, along with a lengthy tutorial by me on “academic dishonesty” and scholarship; the failing grade and further discipline would occur on the second occurrence.)
It is a shame that intelligent people stoop to this. I would suggest that Gedela needs an introductory lesson on scholarship, but given his billion dollar threat, I doubt if it would do any good….
Does Springer know about this?
