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VCE Stuff => Victorian Education Discussion => Topic started by: Truck on November 10, 2011, 01:01:24 am

Title: Majestic VCAA Fail
Post by: Truck on November 10, 2011, 01:01:24 am: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/sloppy-copy-in-exam-raises-ire-20111109-1n7eo.html

I lol'd, very hard.
Title: Re: Majestic VCAA Fail
Post by: enwiabe on November 10, 2011, 01:10:19 am: Stickied because -everyone- should see this. What a ridiculous hatchet job they've done on that poor writer.
Title: Re: Majestic VCAA Fail
Post by: thatisanote on November 10, 2011, 02:19:45 am: My momma said VCAA are the devil.

(Adam Sandler reference..)
Title: Re: Majestic VCAA Fail
Post by: Drunk on November 10, 2011, 03:24:22 pm: Hahahaha how ironic - throughout all of our years of education, we've been told not to plagiarise LOL good as VCAA
Title: Re: Majestic VCAA Fail
Post by: homosapiens on November 10, 2011, 03:44:33 pm: VCAA and their double standards. Shame on them!
Title: Re: Majestic VCAA Fail
Post by: Ghost! on November 10, 2011, 03:48:27 pm: Oh God - How could they be so sloppy? Surely someone from VCAA would have figured that eventually she's going to find out they used her article without her permission...
Title: Re: Majestic VCAA Fail
Post by: Panicmode on November 10, 2011, 11:21:20 pm: Quote from: Ghost! on November 10, 2011, 03:48:27 pm
Oh God - How could they be so sloppy? Surely someone from VCAA would have figured that eventually she's going to find out they used her article without her permission...

Technically they're not required to ask for permission

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under the terms of the Copyright Act the VCAA was permitted to use and adapt written material for exams without seeking prior permission to maintain the security of the exams

Still, poor form. How hard can it be to make up your own friggen piece?
Title: Re: Majestic VCAA Fail
Post by: Sickle on November 12, 2011, 08:06:33 am: IMO 'Helen Razer' is a pretty 'hip' name.

Silly VCAA.
Title: Re: Majestic VCAA Fail
Post by: ProtonStar on November 12, 2011, 11:07:29 am: Karma is a bitch ;D
Title: Re: Majestic VCAA Fail
Post by: tullfrog on November 15, 2011, 07:47:51 pm: What were the complaints about methods?
Title: Re: Majestic VCAA Fail
Post by: nerdgasm on November 28, 2011, 10:28:46 pm: I've just noticed VCAA has now placed an apology on their website: http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/index.html

In short, they apologise for not acknowledging her moral rights, and for failing to correctly attribute and editing the article without her permission.