Scenario 3) Cindy had to do a descriptive essay for a class, which was her absolute least favorite
assignment. She found a printed encyclopedia on the topic and semi-copied the information in the article.
In other words, she copied some parts and paraphrased others. She gured that there was nothing original
in a descriptive essay anyway, so it was OK to do this. Did Cindy commit plagiarism?
Scenario 4) Dr. Smith has assigned her students to create bibliographies on the class topic for years. She
has photocopied the best of them, and since computers became popular, has saved them on her hard drive.
After 22 years, she published her own bibliography on the same topic. Many former students looked up their
entries, and found them included, letter by letter. The former students approached a lawyer about suing for
copyright infringement or plagiarism, but the lawyer refused to take the case. Why?