[CALIBK12] Turnitin.com

Tue Dec 2 21:04:22 PST 2008

We use Turnitin.com at our school.  I came across an article on the Turnitin.com website that may just put that student's claims to rest.  Some students brought a copyright case against Turnitin.com com and lost.  The headline reads:

Judge Dismisses Copyright Infringement Complaint Against iParadigms, Provider of Turnitin.com

http://www.turnitin.com/static/media.html#case

Heather Gruenthal, Teacher Librarian  Western High School  Orangeview Junior High School  Anaheim Union High School District

--- On Tue, 12/2/08, Shelee Wilkerson <wilkmike at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Shelee Wilkerson <wilkmike at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [CALIBK12] Turnitin.com
> To: "CA Library list serve" <calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 3:17 PM
> <div
> id=yiv2076529315><head><style>#yiv2076529315
> {font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica,
> sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}</style></head><font
> style="font-family:geneva, arial,
> sans-serif;color:DarkRed;" size="3">Does
> anyone out there use turnitin.com? If you do, have you ever
> run into a situation where the student refuses to use it? It
> was just brought to my attention that one of our students is
> refusing to use it because it is his "intellectual
> property" and does not agree with their terms and
> conditions. If you have run into this how did your
> school/administration deal with it? I am just curious. I was
> cc'd on the memo to administration and had to laugh. I
> give them credit for fighting the
> fight.<br><br>Shelee Wilkerson<br>South
> Pasadena High School</font><br> 
> 
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