Dismissed for plagiarism

cosmicfish
Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:31:07 +0000

here is a list via wikipedia of researchers, authors and publishers have been accused of plagiarism.

1. “Accused” does not equal guilty - while Dan Brown was sued for plagiarism, both cases were dismissed, yet the OP clearly (however accidentally) committed and was found guilty of plagiarism.

2) The cases you cite nearly all involve well respected people who already had a substantial following and body of work. That is a far different scenario than a student just trying to get started. The OP lacks the kind of support base that the others you cite had.

3) Those people found guilty of plagiarism have generally suffered some pretty substantial consequences - loss of job being one of the big ones. This is not a minor incident that will just go away, this is a big deal, and right now it is the dominating point of the OP’s resume.