Would you report someone for Plagiarism?

[Goofyg27 6,162]

I agree with you taze the fact of the reality is that you can not take someone else's work and claim it as your own.

[Scrubbed user 3,417]

Plagiarism can be subjected to copyright infringements, and is looked down on in journalism and academia, and anyone who does it can fuck off.

[The Recherche 29,983]

No... I would hide their posts.

In all seriousness, yes; I would act on someone for plagiarism. Not only is it just a scummy thing to do, but it can also spread and cause confusion, due to the fact that nobody knows who the author is. Let's just say that we have guidelines strictly prohibiting plagiarism for a reason.

[Zayfen 650]

First I'd tell them that what they are doing is wrong, sort of like a warning. Then, if they wouldn't take the plagiarized content down after that, I'd report them.

[Jeric 46,894]

Academic integrity is extremely important. I see it all the time when I'm picking up cert based course. There are two schools of though here, and it depends highly on the course. First off, at the University level they ultilize tools to detect Essay and Dissertation plagerism. Most of the issues I see are not really copying something verbatim, but actually slight modification of things found on sites like Chegg. I have reported someone previously yes. I also have ignored it. I saw a student plagerize themselves between two different course once that happened to share a discussion theme one week. I ignored that one. 

The second school of thought is with science based courses. A lot of undergraduate courses rely on online textbooks with skill based chapters. If I was taking a course on Discrete Math, my homework answers would easily be found online. However, if you use these resources to shortcut the assignment without putting in the effort, prepare to get a wake up call when tested on the material. I have seen plagerism in CS courses too, and that is a slightly more grey area. Part of me wants to say nothing and just let them crash and burn. It's a grey area for some because IRL, you do search for solutions .... ALL THE TIME. In an academic setting, you need to know how to accomplish a specific task on your own though. 

 

[Twilight Luna 31,516]

Stealing someone else’s hard work is wrong and in the end is self-defeating. Regardless of what occupation you want to get into, integrity is very important. If your boss gives you a report to do, there is no one you can copy from. You have to do the work yourself and if you can’t then you may get fired. 

[Narcissus 356]

I don't report people for plagiarism or anything else, as a rule. If I have a problem with something I confront the person directly. 

[Pr0m4NV14 841]

Sure, but if you’re bros with that classmate, you should give that tip anonymously.

[Dreambiscuit 12,662]

Plagiarism is a bad thing of course, but I wouldn't report it. The human version of justice is usually far worse than the infraction calls for. But if someone plagiarizes someone else's work, they have no integrity and thus defeat the entire purpose of what they are doing to begin with. If you steal someone's art, literature or even research, you'd miss the whole point of the creative and intellectual process itself, which is far more valuable than the finished product. So plagiarism is, in a way, it's own punishment, even if the one doing doesn't realize it until long after the fact.  

[Lord Valtasar 12,714]

while i don't support it,i doubt i would go report it,as i am not a very social person and that would require unnecesary interactions.i would report it if was online and i just had to chat instead of talk(chat gives you plenty of time to think and form words just right so i have no problem there)

[Stone Cold Steve Jobs 22,514]

If i caught it yes. 

My buddy plagiarized in a literature class years ago. Luckily for him he had the coolest professor on the planet and instead of spreading that shit like wildfire, he gave him a W in the class. We still give him shit today for it.

[Cash In 23,502]

If an extremely heavy amount of content has been plagiarized, maybe. I'd probably give them a warning a first though.

[Midnight Solace 5,135]

If any of my art was plagiarized, I would just give whoever did it a warning. If they don't take it down, I'll kick their ass.

[Lucky Bolt 35,271]

I personally would just shake my head and continue on with my day...even though, honestly, reporting plagiarism is the right thing to do. 

[TBD 17,276]

I would report it to the authority and let them handle it in a thorough manner. 

[parz1 6]

It fully depends on context and what you consider plagiarism if someone is stealing yours or another persons content in direct wording or even just barely modified i would most definitely. If they used a source and wrote in in there own words possibly adding information i would say its fine.

[Kion 7,411]

I would if it was something I worked really hard on. But if it’s just something cheap and undetalied  then no I wouldn’t. 

[EpicEnergy 23,259]

If I was the one they plagiarized, I'd definitely do it. I'd also report someone if I noticed they plagiarized because it's not fair that everyone else worked hard to be creative while that person just copied someone else's work.

[Yoshi89 5,294]

If it's something I worked on then yes, absolutely.

This actually happened to me last month on a site where I host mock game shows. Someone copied my entire prize list on one of their games and the mods stepped in after I reported it.

[KatonRyu 1,036]

If it's my work, yes. If I dislike the person in question, yes. If it harms the original creator and I know it does, yes. In all other cases, I wouldn't. In a school scenario I almost certainly wouldn't bother to report it. God knows I've handed in my fair share of copy-pasted essays in my day.

[Jon C 229]

I did anonymously report someone who I suspected of plaigarizing a large part of the bachelor's dissertation. Never heard anything about it mind you so maybe it was wrongly founded.

In an academic setting like that if plagiarism goes unnoticed until its too late it can have consequences for everybody in the class (i.e. a full scale investigation by academic services). I didn't want to deal with that.

[RaraLover 10,436]

No, I wouldn't. Honestly, I wouldn't really bother, as long as I don't get involved.

[Never Returning 28,617]

No. I do my best not to get involved in that sort of thing.