堂堂頂尖大學，裡面就讀的都是大馬土著精英，這樣丟臉的事都做的出！恐怕這只是冰山一角哦！
（八打靈29日訊）15名來自英國巴斯大學的畢業生踢爆馬來西亞瑪拉工藝大學盜取他們的工商管理碩士論文，並上載到瑪拉工藝大學網上的學術典藏庫。
這15名巴斯大學畢業生，來自4個畢業生組，畢業於1994年。他們是巴斯大學工商管理-馬來西亞管理學院（MIM）的碩士課程的畢業生。他們指責瑪拉工藝大學沒得到他們的同意，就擅自採用他們的論文。
山姆譚，是第一個發現他自己的論文被盜用的，他是用谷歌尋找資料時，發現被引導至瑪拉工藝大學的學術典藏庫。
這位58歲的商業顧問，是在22年前完成他的團隊碩士論文的，現在卻發現被收藏在瑪拉工藝大學的學術典藏庫，
「最令人匪夷所思的是，我們的論文竟然還有瑪拉工藝大學的標誌，而且還註明是《版權所有》。
「UiTM的標誌很明顯的放在封面，給人的印象就是我們是在瑪拉工藝大學的監督下完成我們的學術研究的。」
山姆譚也說，除了他這一組，另外的3組跟他一起參與碩士課程的，也發現他們的論文也被上載到瑪拉工藝大學的學術典藏庫。
「我甚至特地去問我這些同學，和MIM的行政人員，他們有沒有允許瑪拉工藝大學上載他們的論文以及讓瑪拉工藝大學擁有這些論文的版權。」
「稍後，我還電郵給瑪拉工藝大學問他們為什麼我的論文會被上載到他們的典藏庫，他們回電郵說，有關的論文已經被刪除了。」他說。
MIM也回復星報的電郵說，他們並不曉得這件事，也不曾授權於瑪拉工藝大學收藏在他們的學術典藏庫里。
「有關這些論文的智慧財產權是屬於這些碩士生以及巴斯大學的。」MIM解說。
根據瑪拉工藝大學的學術典藏庫的網站有註明，這個典藏庫是專門收集有關大學的學術人員或學生曾發表過的文體、學術研究報告、書籍、論文、數據等等。
星報稍後發現山姆譚那組寫的論文已被撤下，不過另外3組的論文還在瑪拉工藝大學的典藏庫網站。
同時負責UiTM典藏庫的部門，也電郵回復星報說他們正在調查這件事。
瑪拉工藝大學生，拉布條反對UiTM開放給他族！
哎喲，幸好沒開放給其他種族，要不然如果給人知道是那裡畢業的，現在恐怕會被冠上《文抄公》這個雅號！
UiTM stole our thesis, claim 15 British grads
PETALING JAYA: Fifteen University of Bath graduates have accused University Technology Mara of intellectual property theft after discovering that their MBA thesis papers had been uploaded to its Institutional Repository (UiTM IR).
The fifteen students, from four groups of graduates of the 1994 Bath Executive Masters of Business Administration (MBA)-Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM) programme, claimed that their thesis papers had been used without their consent.
Sam Than, who first made the discovery, said he found a link to the repository while searching for information on Google.
The 58-year-old consultant, who completed his group thesis paper for his MBA 22 years ago, found that it was uploaded to UITM's IR.
"What was more puzzling was that our thesis had the UiTM logo and copyright mark on their paper.
"In the preview, you can see the UiTM logo clearly placed on the front of the project page, giving the impression that we had somehow collaborated on the thesis with UiTM or under its auspices," he said on Friday.
Than claimed that three other groups from his programme had found their Bath MBA thesis papers in the repository.
"I checked with my classmates and a past administrator of MIM if they had given permission to UiTM to upload their thesis papers and claim copyright.
"Subsequently, I e-mailed UiTM demanding why it was uploaded to its repository and they replied informing me that the thesis had now been taken down," he said.
In an e-mail reply, MIM told The Star that it was not aware of the matter and it would not have given UiTM permission to put up its papers in the repository.
"In the case of a thesis, the intellectual property rights lie with the student and the conferring institution - in this case, the University of Bath," MIM said.
According to UiTM IR's website, it is stated that it is a "centre of digital collections, and acts as an open-access repository that collects, preserves and disseminates scholarly output by university members at UiTM (journal articles, book chapters, books, conference papers, theses, working papers, technical reports, data and other types of research publications as well as unpublished manuscripts and papers)".
A check by the The Star later in the day found that Than's group paper had been taken down from the UiTM repository, but those from the other three groups were still up.
Meanwhile, UiTM IR told The Star via e-mail that it was currently investigating the matter.
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