Copyscape

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Copyscape
Copyscapelogo.png
Web address www.copyscape.com
Commercial? Yes
Type of site
Plagiarism search
Registration Optional
Available in Multilingual
Owner Indigo Stream Technologies
Launched July 10, 2004 (2004-07-10)
Revenue From premium services
Alexa rank
positive decrease 1,143 (April 2014)[1]
Current status Active

Copyscape is an online plagiarism detection service that checks whether similar text content appears elsewhere on the web.[2] It was launched in 2004 by Indigo Stream Technologies, Ltd.

Copyscape is used by content owners to detect cases of "content theft", in which content is copied without permission from one site to another.[3] It is also used by content publishers to detect cases of content fraud, in which old content is repackaged and sold as new original content.

Function[edit]

Given the URL or text of the original content, Copyscape returns a list of web pages that contain similar text to all or parts of this content.[4] It also shows the matching text highlighted on the found web page. Copyscape banners can be placed on a web page to warn potential plagiarists not to steal content.

Copyscape also provides two paid services: Copysentry monitors the web and sends notifications by email when new copies are found, and Copyscape Premium verifies the originality of content purchased by online content publishers.

Design and independent evaluation[edit]

Copyscape uses the Google Web API to power its searches.[5] Copyscape uses a set of algorithms to identify copied content that has been modified from its original form.

In 2013, independent plagiarism software tests [6] conducted by Professor Debora Weber-Wulff et al. of the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin found Copyscape Premium to be the third best performing service (after Urkund and Turnitin).

Reported use in plagiarism cases[edit]

Copyscape's use has been reported in cases involving online plagiarism:

History[edit]

Copyscape was launched in 2004 by Indigo Stream Technologies, Ltd., co-founded in 2003 by Gideon Greenspan.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Copyscape.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01. 
  2. ^ Steal this post, Elinor Mills, USA Today (Washington DC), February 8, 2007
  3. ^ Online plagiarism strikes blog world, Maura Welch, Boston Globe, May 8, 2006
  4. ^ Scanning for Scammers Before You Buy In, Karen E. Klein, BusinessWeek (New York), March 3, 2008
  5. ^ Copyright Tool Will Scan Web For Violations, Kevin J. Delaney, The Wall Street Journal (New York), December 18, 2006
  6. ^ http://plagiat.htw-berlin.de/software-en/test2013/report-2013/[dead link]
  7. ^ Brayton Purcell Llp v. Recordon & Recordon, 361 F.Supp.2d 1135 (N.D. Cal., 2005)
  8. ^ Apple accused of copyright wrongs, Paul Festa, CNET News, April 11, 2005
  9. ^ Apple and copyright violations, Arve Bersvendsen, April 6, 2005
  10. ^ Deborah Hill Cone (October 27, 2005). "A new maxim for Maxim — don't plagiarise". National Business Review. Retrieved September 26, 2011. 
  11. ^ Copyscape, Richard Stiennon, ZDNET blog, December 9, 2005
  12. ^ 9th Circuit Finds for PI Firm Over Theft of Firm's Web Site Content, Petra Pasternak, The Recorder, August 6, 2009
  13. ^ Gideon Greenspan

External links[edit]
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