you don’t seem to know what plagiarism is, so I don’t see the point in continuing this conversation.

if I plagiarize The Bible, that has nothing to do with copyright. it’s still plagiarism.

no it’s not. it’s an academic crime.

if you were sued civilly for copyright violations, that’s not plagiarism. That’s copyright infringement. plagiarism is something else.

plagiarism is neither a civil tort nor a criminal offense.

plagiarism is an academic crime, not a civil tort.

but, to be clear, we didn’t want Aaron to be prosecuted, so things are better, now.