Woolies guilty of good old-fashioned plagiarism

The ASA has found Woolworths wilfully contravened advertising standards by plagiarising Frankie's "Good Old Fashioned" phrase.
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Copycat academic 'quits' Oz post

Abebe Zegeye denies he was dismissed after an M&G article on plagiarism.
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Plagiarism case kept under wraps at Wits

The university has kept quiet about an academic's dismissal last year for 'too perfect paraphrasing'.
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New envoy in plagiarism scandal

Mohau Pheko, ambassador-designate to Canada, admitted this week that she was fired from the Sunday Times in 2008 after plagiarising material.
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A charge disputed

Zakes Mda rebuts Stephen Gray's reports of plagiarism.
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A charge disputed

After Stephen Gray savaged me in the pages of the Mail & Guardian a few weeks ago, I immediately responded, thanks to the new age of blogs.
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Artist gets settlement from BMW SA over advert

Artist Gerhard Marx has won his battle against BMW SA over the company's use, in an advertising campaign, of road-map fragments pioneered in his work.
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Press ombudsman rejects Roberts complaint

The press ombudsman has dismissed a complaint from Ronald Suresh Roberts over a story the Weekender wrote on accusations of plagiarism.
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