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		wycx on Feb 12, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Oracle refuses to accept pro-Google “fair use” ver... > Of course, in academia paraphrasing is still plagiarism, but it is likely no longer copyright infringement especially in this case. That seems an odd thing to say. A significant portion of academic writing is paraphrasing, with attribution. What is a review article, other than attributed paraphrasing?

jolux on Feb 12, 2017 [–]

With attribution, definitely ok, but some think paraphrasing is enough to make it wholly new. Hell, you can quote verbatim if you attribute.

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