A graduate student has sued three term-paper Web sites, accusing them of selling one of her papers without her permission. The case could be the first of its kind. Colleges have long been frustrated by Web sites that sell or give away collections of term papers, and some states have enacted laws that attempt to restrict the sale of term papers. This case, though, is unusual because it is being brought by a student who complains that her intellectual property has been stolen by a term-paper Web site. (The Chronicle, free link)
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