Once plagiarism at least required the student to go through the effort of physically copying something.  Now, the internet has eliminated even that task.  Copy from a website - the student doesn't even have to re-type it.  Term papers are swapped over the internet as frequently as music.


What is Plagiarism Plagiarism is more prevalent than ever in this age of the Internet.  Read a discussion of plagiarism based on documentation from the Modern Language Association (MLA) 
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