> Can I hijack an OT thread? NO, you may not. May you get boils and blisters all over your body for doing so and burn in hell for 300 years.
Hehe, just kidding, I dont mind but if you do it to some of the others here they might not like it. >......then your professor may grade it. Of course, they save > every paper that is ever submitted...for future comparisons of the same > topic. > > Isn't this making money off of someone else's work? True, but unless someone like you gets totally pissed with them and decides to go the extra mile(s) to make your own site and this into a free service....I dont see this going away anytime soon. > The university I attend uses turnitin.com and > I've pitched a fit on > several occasions about using them. "United we stand....divided we get f***ed" , dont pitch your arguement alone...try getting others involved as I am sure lots of students must be as ticked off as you. > Perhaps we (the students) should sue turnitin.com for making $$$ off of > our hard work.... Worth a try, but according to their site, they are storing stuff in digital fingerprints in some way and not the actual documents in full, plus are not really selling your ideas (so they say) just verifying them. And most importantly, they state they are following the law "to the letter" in copyright and other stuff. It would be a tough case, and getting a lawyer (however low and greedy) to fight this for you would be tough. Just my $0.2 Cheers, -Ryan > Ryan A wrote: > > > Hey all, > > heres something really interesting about that lovely company called > > microsoft...(heard of them?) > > > > Anyway, a 17yr old kid by the name of Mike Rowe opens up a webdesigning > > company and names > > it MikeRoweSoft (say it out loud..if you're > really daft not to get it just > > be reading it)..then registers > > mikerowesoft.com...a couple of days later he gets an email from > microsoft's > > lawyers -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
