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The document discusses a scenario where a teacher A created a laboratory manual and sold copies to students. Then another teacher B had the manual retyped with B's name as the author and distributed it to students. The document asks if A can sue B for copyright infringement and if B's students are guilty of plagiarism.

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Assessment 3

The document discusses a scenario where a teacher A created a laboratory manual and sold copies to students. Then another teacher B had the manual retyped with B's name as the author and distributed it to students. The document asks if A can sue B for copyright infringement and if B's students are guilty of plagiarism.

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ASSESSMENT 3

BSIT 3 BLK 4

A Created a laboratory manual in Fundamentals of programming for her class. A printed the
same in several copies and sold the same to his students fro profit. B, Father of student 1 hired a
typist to retype the same but he instructed the typist to change  the name of the author in each
page from “A to B” B, also a teacher sent the soft copy of the manual to his student to print at
least one (1) copy  for each of them. B told his students that as an author of the manual. “ I am
authorizing you to photocopy the manual but don’t change my name as an author.”
 
1. Can A Sue B for copyright infringement? Why? Yes because they use it without the permission
of the author and they change it without the permission of the author.

2. Are the student of B guilty of plagiarism? Why? They are guilty of plagiarism even though they
have cited the source . there is no indication in their own words technically this is not plagiarism
but is poor practice and will not get good marks.

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