Can anyone tell me if one would have any legal case against a person/institution if their work was plagiarised by that person/institution or is this strictly an ethical issue?
In the specific instance I am enquiring for the plagiarised work is a doctoral dissertation filed in a university library in the United States in which over 25 pages were copied and pasted vebatim into a government report in Ireland. The author of the doctoral dissertation is not credited for the work appearing in the government report so it seems to be a clear case of plagiarism, but I can't tell if plagiarism is actually illeagal or just considered rude/unethical.
Thanks for any insight.
CAA
In the specific instance I am enquiring for the plagiarised work is a doctoral dissertation filed in a university library in the United States in which over 25 pages were copied and pasted vebatim into a government report in Ireland. The author of the doctoral dissertation is not credited for the work appearing in the government report so it seems to be a clear case of plagiarism, but I can't tell if plagiarism is actually illeagal or just considered rude/unethical.
Thanks for any insight.
CAA