Topic summary
Plagiarism detection
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Content similarity detection.
Complications with the use of text-matching software for plagiarism detection
Various complications have been documented with the use of text-matching software when used for plagiarism detection. One of the more prevalent concerns documented centers on the issue of intellectual property rights. The basic argument is that materials must be added to a database in order for the TMS to effectively determine a match, but adding users' materials to such a database may infringe on their intellectual property rights. The issue has been raised in a number of court cases.