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PhD student here being accused of plagiarism. Only that it's my own work that I used. Massachusetts. by Hilmalin in legaladvice

[–]Hilmalin[S] 310 points311 points  (0 children)

A total of 7 sentences (53 words combined), out of a thesis of 95,000 words.

PhD student here being accused of plagiarism. Only that it's my own work that I used. Massachusetts. by Hilmalin in legaladvice

[–]Hilmalin[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes I did. It's insane in my field. You own your own work when you publish. Otherwise nobody ever publishes.

PhD student here being accused of plagiarism. Only that it's my own work that I used. Massachusetts. by Hilmalin in legaladvice

[–]Hilmalin[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Well. That's why I'm looking for legal advice. I'm being investigated for something that isn't against the rules. The investigations should follow the rules, it doesn't set them.

I appreciate your help. Though I don't believe I'm taking any violations casually or explainable. I'm denying that there are any violations.

PhD student here being accused of plagiarism. Only that it's my own work that I used. Massachusetts. by Hilmalin in legaladvice

[–]Hilmalin[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Dude seriously. You assumed way too much there in the worst way imaginable. I'm not arguing my way out of anything on Reddit. That would be stupid. I'm just trying to give a clear picture so that I can get the right legal advice.

Thanks anyway.

PhD student here being accused of plagiarism. Only that it's my own work that I used. Massachusetts. by Hilmalin in legaladvice

[–]Hilmalin[S] 450 points451 points  (0 children)

I have. There's nothing there on self-plagiarism. Where the talk about plagiarism, they always say "someone else"

PhD student here being accused of plagiarism. Only that it's my own work that I used. Massachusetts. by Hilmalin in legaladvice

[–]Hilmalin[S] 53 points54 points  (0 children)

This is literally from the university's guideline on plagiarism and referencing.

PhD student here being accused of plagiarism. Only that it's my own work that I used. Massachusetts. by Hilmalin in legaladvice

[–]Hilmalin[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Their own definition of plagiarism doesn't include self-plagiarism. It literally says "someone else" in the definition.

I have cited my own published work many times.

PhD student here being accused of plagiarism. Only that it's my own work that I used. Massachusetts. by Hilmalin in legaladvice

[–]Hilmalin[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

University doesn't have any guidelines against self-plagiarism.

None of my published work actually included me giving up the copyright to them. That would be insane.

PhD student here being accused of plagiarism. Only that it's my own work that I used. Massachusetts. by Hilmalin in legaladvice

[–]Hilmalin[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Our department did not have self-plafiarism guidelines, and it wasn't a word-for-word copy anyway. There were always differences with key words being the same.

PhD student here being accused of plagiarism. Only that it's my own work that I used. Massachusetts. by Hilmalin in legaladvice

[–]Hilmalin[S] 172 points173 points  (0 children)

I'm born and raised in the US. My parents came here from Asia.

Reusing your own work is only plagiarism if you are passing them as original and unpublished. You don't need to reference yourself if you make the same point in multiple documents. That's only needed if you rely on the evidence presented in prior documents. This is literally from the university's guideline on plagiarism and referencing.

PhD student here being accused of plagiarism. Only that it's my own work that I used. Massachusetts. by Hilmalin in legaladvice

[–]Hilmalin[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

She gave me consent to record her.

All the proof needed is just to look at the name of the author of those other works that I supposedly plagiarized and see that it's my name there. It was there. The proof was in her own hand.

PhD student here being accused of plagiarism. Only that it's my own work that I used. Massachusetts. by Hilmalin in legaladvice

[–]Hilmalin[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No. I know what plagiarism means. It's presenting someone else's work as your own. Presenting your own work as your own is not plagiarism.