Plagiarism in media & the arts.
Documented plagiarism cases in journalism, film, music, and literature, curated from Wikipedia — plus live news coverage. These are individual incidents, not rates: journalism and the arts have no publication denominator to normalize against.
Cooks Source infringement controversy
The Cooks Source infringement controversy is an Internet phenomenon which occurred in November 2010, when Cooks Source, a free, advertising-supported publication distributed in the New England region
WikipediaWang Hui's plagiarism incident
The Wang Hui plagiarism incident refers to a series of academic integrity allegations raised in 2010 against Wang Hui (汪晖), a prominent professor at Tsinghua University.
WikipediaPál Schmitt academic misconduct controversy
The Pál Schmitt academic misconduct scandal refers to allegations of plagiarism concerning the 1992 doctoral thesis and the circumstances of the doctoral defence of the President of Hungary Pál Schmit
WikipediaThélyson Orélien
Thélyson Orélien (born May 23, 1988) is a Haitian-born Canadian novelist and poet.
WikipediaAnkit Fadia
Ankit Fadia (born 24 May 1985) is an Indian former hacker, author, and television host known for his hacking claims and written work, which was later identified as plagiarized.
WikipediaJason Arday
Jason Atta Kwei Arday (9 May 1985 – 14 August 2026) was a British academic and a professor of sociology of education.
WikipediaFerenc Gyurcsány plagiarism controversy
The Ferenc Gyurcsány plagiarism controversy refers to the allegations of plagiarism concerning the 1984 college thesis of Ferenc Gyurcsány, Prime Minister of Hungary between 2004 and 2009, that broke
WikipediaFlorence Deeks
Florence Amelia Deeks (1864–1959) was a Canadian teacher and writer.
WikipediaDissernet
Dissernet (Russian: Диссернет) is a volunteer community network whose goal is to expose plagiarism in Russia.
WikipediaEd Dante
Ed Dante is the pseudonym of Dave Tomar, a freelance writer living in Philadelphia, USA.
WikipediaHwang affair
The Hwang affair, or Hwang scandal, or Hwanggate, is a case of scientific misconduct and ethical issues surrounding a South Korean biologist, Hwang Woo-suk, who claimed to have created the first human
WikipediaKarl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Buhl-Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg (born 5 December 1971), known professionally as Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, is a German busi
WikipediaMMR vaccine and autism
Claims of a link between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism have been extensively investigated and have been found to be false.
WikipediaMockbuster
A mockbuster, also known as knockbuster, is a film created to exploit the publicity of another major motion picture with a similar title or subject.
WikipediaSampling (music)
In sound and music, sampling is the reuse of a portion (or sample) of a sound recording in another recording.
WikipediaSavarkar (book)
Savarkar is a two-part biography about Indian politician and ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, written by Indian popular historian and columnist Vikram Sampath and published by Penguin Viking.
WikipediaZsolt Semjén academic misconduct controversy
The Zsolt Semjén academic misconduct controversy refers to allegations of plagiarism and multiple submission concerning the 1991 laureatus thesis in theology (converted in 1997 to a PhD in religious s
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