A couple of years ago I was introduced to the concept of "ego-surfing." The organization I work for (obviously NOT an English dept) had hired a web marketing consultant whose wife was a free-lance writer. He said she regularly searches the internet not only for references to her but for uses of her work. She identifies a unique string of words in something she's written and searches on that, and has actually found plagiarism of her work. Imitation may be a sincere form of flattery, but we know how Sam felt about protecting one's work. - Peg Wherry, Weber State University On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Susanna Ashton wrote: > Anyway, I noticed that several of the papers they were selling were > themselves plagiarized. The most egregious example I noticed was a couple > of essays for sale titled "A Case Study in Critical Controversy" which > steal directly and indirectly from the critical commentary written by > Gerald Graff and James Phelan for the Bedford St Martin's Press versions of > Huckleberry Finn. > > I wrote a nasty note to the site (as if they care about their quality > control....hah!), but if you have published any widely-available critical > commentary on Twain, it might be worth your while to peruse this site and > see if they are selling your material for other people to pass off as their > own.