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Hollywood Plagiarism: Does Our Culture Promote Stealing?

  
  
  
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The Steven Spielberg film ‘Catch Me if You Can’ follows the true story of Frank Abagnale Jr., a famous US con-man who lied his way through much of life with great success.  Some of Abagnale’s feats included forging $2.5 million in checks as well as creating several fake identities (an airline pilot, doctor and lawyer to name a few).  In the end, after serving minor prison time, Abagnale was tapped by the FBI to help prevent forgeries and also went on to found a successful security consultancy.

Climate Change Report: Plagiarism in Other Political Research?

  
  
  
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In 2006, a congressional report was released that went up against climate change, challenging prior research that pointed to a global warming trend over the past millennium. 

Plagiarism Discussion on Reddit

  
  
  
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Reddit.com is a popular social news website where users can submit interesting links from around the web to an online community. 

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Self-Plagiarism: Is it Really Plagiarism?

  
  
  
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The term ‘self-plagiarism’ might seem confusing to many people.  After all, if you are the person who originally created a piece of content, how can it be considered plagiarism if you decide to reuse the material?  Shouldn’t you be able to reuse your own work in any way you want? 

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