Student was punished for using AI—then his parents sued teacher and administrators (arstechnica.com)

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The lawsuit says the Hingham High School student handbook did not include a restriction on the use of AI.

"They told us our son cheated on a paper, which is not what happened," Jennifer Harris told WCVB. "They basically punished him for a rule that doesn't exist."

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Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.275605/gov.uscourts.mad.275605.8.0.pdf
Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.275605/gov.uscourts.mad.275605.13.0.pdf

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[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

If the student hired someone to write their essay and the author assigned all copyrights to the student, it's still plagiarism.

Who legally owns the work isn't the issue with plagiarism.

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