Cheaters Never Prosper…and Get Caught

I was talking to a freelance writer earlier today about the growing problem of plagiarism on the Web – not only blatant copy and paste plagiarism but the theft of ideas and concepts.

Of course, the flip side is it’s easier than ever to catch people given the growing number of tools that can identify how original content has been re-used, copied and modified. For example, Idee’s TinEye image recognition tool can be used to identify photos that have been used without authorization.

Another tool to catch cheaters is video given so much activity is being documented. A great case in point is a University of Mexico soccer players, Elizabeth Lambert, who was caught on video punching and then pulling the hair of a Brigham Young University opponent. Lambert was suspended after the video of her transgressions went viral on the Web.