Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-251) and index.

Introduction / Caroline Eisner and Martha Vicinus -- Originality -- Choosing metaphors / Jessica Litman -- On ethical issues in publishing in the life sciences / Gilbert S. Omenn -- Reviewing the author-function in the age of Wikipedia / Amit Ray and Erhardt Graeff -- Internet and open-access publishing in physics research / Gordon Kane -- Do thesis statements short-circuit originality in students' writing? / Anne Berggren -- Cloud gate : challenging reproducibility / Jeff Ward -- Imitation -- Genres as forms of in(ter)vention / Anis Bawarshi -- When copying is not copying : plagiarism and French composition scholarship / Christiane Donahue -- The dynamic nature of common knowledge / Amy England -- Instinctual ballast : imitation and creative writing / Christina Pugh -- The anthology as a literary creation : on innovation and plagiarism in textual collections / Christopher M. Kuipers -- Economies of plagiarism : the i-Map and issues of ownership in information gathering / Kim Walden and Alan Peacock -- "Fair use," copyright law, and the composition teacher / Martine Courant Rife -- Plagiarism -- History and the disciplining of plagiarism / Michael Grossberg -- Plagiarism and copyright infringement : the costs of confusion / Laura J. Murray -- Plagiarism, a Turnitin trial, and an experience of cultural disorientation / Lisa Emerson -- Academic plagiarism and the limits of theft / Stefan Senders -- Insider writing: plagiarism-proof assignments / Lynn Z. Bloom -- Plagiarism across cultures : is there a difference? / Joel Bloch -- Framing plagiarism / Linda Adler-Kassner, Chris M. Anson and Rebecca Moore Howard.

This collection is a timely intervention in national debates about what constitutes original or plagiarized writing in the digital age. Somewhat ironically, the Internet makes it both easier to copy and easier to detect copying. The essays in this volume explore the complex issues of originality, imitation, and plagiarism, particularly as they concern students, scholars, professional writers, and readers, while also addressing a range of related issues, including copyright conventions and the ownership of original work, the appropriate dissemination of innovative ideas, and the authority and role of the writer/author. Throughout these essays, the contributors grapple with their desire to encourage and maintain free access to copyrighted material for noncommercial purposes while also respecting the reasonable desires of authors to maintain control over their own work.

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