Your Whitepaper is copied，What do you think about the white paper plagiarism?

[RatingToken]

“It seems that I ever saw this kind of Whitepaper before”. Have you ever encountered such situation? We figured out there are more and more plagiaristic Whitepaper existed since launching ICO projects becomes popular. We found some examples of plagiaristic Whitepaper.

What do you think about the white paper plagiarism?

1. Title Page Plagiarism

STC vs ICR Same font, same version, same logo with different color
https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*pTvs9ywVsTDWb7K3Y2gcBg.png

ABT vs ACT Similar logo, same slogan
https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*ne9m3Kg0LwIG3n7JAsboWA.jpeg

MTK vs CLR Same content type
https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*v6UEsHvdI-CMxrv5aWFgaQ.jpeg

2. Table of Contents Plagiarism

PRTS vs SCI Same content
https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*g7l01IR7rnC1b5k6BFEZ6g.png

VSM vs COI Same content except deleting few chapters & replacing some project information
https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*gA5m0ecx4tG97nEdQ1TfOw.png

AID vs MTE Same content with different sequence
https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*AHdSY27NyRD9TnTcwSzXzw.png

3. Content Plagiarism

STC vs ICR Copy content except picture, we could see that ICR Whitepaper shows blank picture when they couldn’t copy the STC’s picture.
https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*TPPzQrT_mmvTiuMzPHahSw.png

AID vs MTE Same introduction of Platform except replacing project name and deleting inserted picture.
https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*uPIXWyumcuHey-tNFnFaVw.png

BTC vs SUS Same abstract with same title
https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*Yt1tf2aOjab98bwKR65dtA.png

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[HubrisOne]

I have a few thoughts.

1. It's not good to copy

2. the reality is, nobody cares...

[o_e_l_e_o]

Whitepaper plagiarism is a sure sign of a scam project. Any project worth any amount of money would be able to write their own whitepaper without having to steal from others. There is no excuse. If you find any, you should open a new thread in the Scam Accusations board to bring it to the attention to the rest of community.

[RatingToken]

I have a few thoughts.

1. It's not good to copy

2. the reality is, nobody cares...

Why do you think that no one cares?
The project side hopes to help investors understand the project, understand the problem, solve the problem and make a decision through the white paper.

If the white paper of the project is plagiarism, Investors should carefully consider...
The project side also needs to pay attention.

[RatingToken]

1 content not same
2 pic same is not mean that copy.like everyone use btc pic
3 not copyright in this industry

We just showed some interesting cases, In fact, the textual similarity of plagiarism in these projects is key.
Such as, According to the data of ratingtoken, MTK vs CLR : the text similarity XCLR_(ClearCoin):68.78%, OCTANE_(Octaneum):2.53%.

http://ww1.sinaimg.cn/large/604902cdgy1fv8x38sdglj20lj0auwfb.jpg

[RatingToken]

Whitepaper plagiarism is a sure sign of a scam project. Any project worth any amount of money would be able to write their own whitepaper without having to steal from others. There is no excuse. If you find any, you should open a new thread in the Scam Accusations board to bring it to the attention to the rest of community.

Correct view. We will do that of course.
Both investors and project parties should pay attention to the plagiarism of white papers.
We will support white paper testing on a technical level.

[o_e_l_e_o]

3 not copyright in this industry

Copyright is irrelevant.

Writing a whitepaper is the easiest part about setting up a new project. Building a working product and having a sound business plan is much more complex. If the team can't even write a whitepaper without having to steal from others, they have zero hope of managing a successful business.

A plagiarized whitepaper is an indication of an incompetent team, and you would do well to stay well away.

[TheUltraElite]

I have a few thoughts.

1. It's not good to copy

2. the reality is, nobody cares...

I dont think you understood the topic being talked about or you dont know how ICOs work. Whitepaper, Yellowpaper and the Technical Whitepaper are the prospectus that the ICO team wants the investor to read so that they know about the project. If that been copied from somewhere else then it immediately raises red flags. One would be stupid to invest in such an ICO; its not be called an ICO anymore - its a scamming fund.

A plagiarized whitepaper is an indication of an incompetent team, and you would do well to stay well away.

Incompetence would come into question if the team actually existed.

[Kemarit]

Whitepaper plagiarism is a sure sign of a scam project. Any project worth any amount of money would be able to write their own whitepaper without having to steal from others. There is no excuse. If you find any, you should open a new thread in the Scam Accusations board to bring it to the attention to the rest of community.

One possible excuse for plagiarism, they have hire someone to write it for them and they didn't know that the one they hire just copied it somewhere else. It is s a valid excuse? I don't think so. If they don't have any reason to scam then they should get someone competent or at least try to check everything because releasing their whitepaper.

[seoincorporation]

If they have the same white paper, then they are the same coins, and why should care about the coin plagiarism andnow about the whitepaper. For example, you think BTC and BCH should have a different whitepaper? They only have a different block size, but is the same thing.

But at end coins are open source, any one can take a coin, create a genesis block and launch his coin, take the idea from internet and post it on the same internet, that's why we see now days all those alts and icos.

[KingScorpio]

many projecst are focused on more important things than on their whitepaper, many ico concepts are basically the same so they save time copy a similar whitepaper, change some terms and then focus on designing the whitepaper.

there are also scammers among them that cant do anything and dont copy to save time and ressources, but copy to get something done in the first place.

i mean jes many are academic people that can create a Detailed 10000 pages whitepaper that is individual and has to be read through carefully, but do you really want that?

instead of some standardised meme whitepaper that you already know?

the issues cryptoprojects face are similar,

and project developers need ressources so they can hire and hold teammembers so the team is capapble solving those issues.

talking detailed about the 10.000 details of issues a project can have can be a very burden for the small founder teams, that want to grow, that need to obtain ressources.

perfectionism on the whitepaper standards might lead to an environment similar to that of the banking cartels, where projects have very huge issues to start and get momentum, obtaining ressources and build something they are seeking to build

regards

[drmilind2004]

Plagiarism automatically involves copyright violation; and the remedies are financially stringent for the offenders. If it's an ICO, then their entire corpus amount raised in the ICO can be seized by law, and additional penalties imposed on the team, including perhaps the advisors.

With so much to lose, why would a genuine promoter indulge in copying? Therefore, the likelihood is that it's a scam setup from the very outset, wherein the cheats who launch it have no expectations beyond ripping off innocent and ignorant retail investors of a few hundred quid at a time. These scammers may be making at best a few thousand quid per scam; but with so many scam sites that they launch at once, they could pocket a cool hundred thousand quid or more across all their scam sites. And, since their gains per site are too insignificant, nobody pursues them for copyright violations.

Will Satoshi Nakamoto pursue a charge of copyright infringement against that last mentioned ICO which copied the abstract of his original paper verbatim?!

[stomachgrowls]

What do you think about the white paper plagiarism?

Have encountered lots of it but tracing up which is copied or being copied would be hard if you just read up few numbers of whitepapers. Plagiarism is always be a bad thing yet there would be no originality or just simply copy others work just for the sole purpose of scamming.If a team cant make their own then most of the time they are building up an another shitcoin in the market.
There no way we can stop these things because projects will pop out just like mushrooms continuing on copying WP anytime if they do like to.

[buwaytress]

If you work in a profession that's closely linked to content creation, then you know the temptation to take someone else's idea and claim it as your own. That's the definition of plagiarism, although it's usually only used in the creative arts. All true artists (writers, painters, etc.) have no tolerance of this.

But take a look at all the freelance marketeers and content writers online. The bulk of them produce plagiarised work, or work just ever so slightly modified to pass copyscape, but with next to no original content.

Sure, some people care. But I've worked for too long with too many people to think that people think it's a big deal. I've seen Big Four consultants do presentations with stuff copy pasted from all over the internet. I've seen CEOs submitting content for publication, and when informed they've plagiarised they can even react with shock... "But it's only 2 lines! Everything else is original!"

[RatingToken]

One possible excuse for plagiarism, they have hire someone to write it for them and they didn't know that the one they hire just copied it somewhere else. It is s a valid excuse? I don't think so. If they don't have any reason to scam then they should get someone competent or at least try to check everything because releasing their whitepaper.
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Yes, it is possible. Now some ICO projects only want more investors, and do not want to do a good project seriously. If writing a white paper is just a task to prepare for an ICO, such this project also needs to be questioned.

[AsleepControl]

I personally appreciate well written whitepapers because I know the team really put an effort in creating it. Whitepaper is a really good way to know if the project will really deliver its promise.
So, it's always a shame to read a copy-pasted, plagiarized whitepaper.

For me, not coming up with an original wp for a project is like an indicator that I cannot trust the project. They should never assume that people do not read the wp anymore because it's too long.

[batang_bitcoin]

2. the reality is, nobody cares...

Why would no one care for plagiarized contents of whitepapers?

It's like you are stealing the blue print of a company from the same industry that you want to build up. This is an issue to most of the ICO investors but its very unethical if whitepapers are being copied. I'm not an ICO investor but I see on how the community reacted with it but since most of them are the same type of tokens, there's a resemblance but if its totally copied question the team. And as time goes by when the issue lie lows, it will be forgotten.

[RatingToken]

If they have the same white paper, then they are the same coins, and why should care about the coin plagiarism andnow about the whitepaper. For example, you think BTC and BCH should have a different whitepaper? They only have a different block size, but is the same thing.

of course This is the case, but these coins is not universal.  The white paper is also a dimension for everyone to read.
The high text similarity of the white paper  is also reflecting some phenomena, and there are many white papers with high similarity.
The rightmost number is the text similarity of the white paper.
http://ww1.sinaimg.cn/large/604902cdgy1fvduije7idj20m307ojs0.jpg

[o_e_l_e_o]

Why would no one care for plagiarized contents of whitepapers?

Because people are stupid. I would wager that >90% of people throwing their money away at scam ICOs don't bother to read the whitepaper. They just see an ANN thread promising to quadruple their money in a month or something equally outrageous and their greed drowns out what little sense they have. Having said that, I bet that there's an awful lot of people who haven't read Satoshi's original papers either.

[batang_bitcoin]

Why would no one care for plagiarized contents of whitepapers?

Because people are stupid. I would wager that >90% of people throwing their money away at scam ICOs don't bother to read the whitepaper. They just see an ANN thread promising to quadruple their money in a month or something equally outrageous and their greed drowns out what little sense they have. Having said that, I bet that there's an awful lot of people who haven't read Satoshi's original papers either.

That's how it goes, the hope that they would get more money from investing in ICOs and that what ICO means to them.

Whitepapers, roadmaps and other composition for an ICO isn't really a thing to them as long as it is "promising" profit they would go for it.