The problem is especially severe in academia. Various surveys
have discovered that a staggering 80%(!) of US students cheat
and that at least 30% plagiarize written material. The
Internet only exacerbated this problem. More than 200 cheat-
sites have sprung up, with thousands of papers available on-
line and tens of thousands of satisfied plagiarists the world
over. Some of these hubs - like cheater.com, cheatweb or
cheathouse.com - make no bones about their offerings. Many of
them are located outside the USA (in Germany, or Asia) and at
least one offers papers in a few languages, Hebrew included.
The problem, though, is not limited to the ivory towers. E-
zines plagiarize. The print media plagiarize. Individual
journalists plagiarize, many with abandon. Even advertising
agencies and financial institutions plagiarize. The amount of
material out there is so overwhelming that the plagiarist
develops a (fairly justified) sense of immunity. The
temptation is irresistible, the rewards big and the pressures
of modern life great.
Some of the plagiarists are straightforward copiers.
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