I was browsing Digg today and came across 5 Great Men Who Built Their Careers on Plagiarism on Cracked.com. I'm not going to vouch for the authenticity of Mr. Evans' report, but still good stuff.

If you need a chuckle after reading that, look at this inspirational poster for abstinence programs.

In a collaborative article in the Fall 2006 issue of inventio, five instructors in First Year Writing explore general issues surrounding Turnitin's use.

Link via WPA-L.

Inside Higher Ed reports on a new program at Pima Community College’s West Campus where students who plagiarize can go to "traffic school for plagiarism."

This is a great idea, but I still think students should fail the original assignment. Perhaps this should be the alternative to facing university sanctions.

This recent article from Slate states:

Given the popularity of plagiarism-seeking software services for academics, it may be only a matter of time before some enterprising scholar yokes Google Book Search and plagiarism-detection software together into a massive literary dragnet, scooping out hundreds of years' worth of plagiarists—giants and forgotten hacks alike—who have all escaped detection until now.