Despite there is no such legal definition as plagiarism in current Russian law, but in order to deprive someone\u2019s scientific decree the fact of copyright infringement should be determined and proved in court under proposed rules. Only if the court decides that someone, who received academic decree, has infringed copyright by way of publishing of his scientific research, the scientific decree can be deprived.<\/p>\n
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If researcher and\/or aspirant working on his or her scientific research makes any improper quoting or just duplicates someone\u2019s work or research with his or her own words without any endeavour to strain own brain, then such writer can be punished by way of depriving his scientific decree only if the relevant court decision states a fact of copyright infringement.<\/p>\n
Before to ask a relevant commission to deprive someone\u2019s scientific decree the person must prove in court that scientific work infringes someone\u2019s copyright. So such person, who can ask to deprive scientific decree by cause of plagiarism, can be only the author, whose copyright has been infringed.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly the copyright court can be the authority who can qualify such violation\u201d, – states official statement of ministry. Circle of subjects, who can ask to deprive scientific research, will be not narrowed, ensures ministry.<\/p>\n
But not all people and stakeholders are so happy with such amendments in rules. For example network community \u201cDissernet\u201d, whose participants detect plagiarism in scientific researches and works, believes<\/a> new amendments mean \u201cvictory of plagiarists\u201d. \u201cOnly person whose copyright has been infringed can file a copyright infringement suit, but \u201cvictims\u201d of plagiarists don\u2019t go to court.\u201d Former minister of education Igor Fedukin believes originality of scientific research is not a subject matter of copyright. Others believe that \u201cvictims\u201d of plagiarism in scientific research, who makes money writing such dissertations, never will go to court as well as people who bought dissertation.<\/p>\n After publication of draft amendments and wave of dissatisfaction current minister of education has initiated internal inspection and fired officer who included provision, prescribing to deprive scientific decree only under court decision, in draft amendments. This officer has not advised with anyone from ministerial officers and caused great confusion with this provision. As said minister of education this person is fired because \u201cpeople don\u2019t work in such way\u201d. According to minister<\/a> this person not so long worked in ministry and \u201cdoesn\u2019t understand certain things\u201d.<\/p>\n