[mjw1007]

In principle, you remove the incentive for plagiarism by making the students' reward for their work be what they learn as a result, rather than some kind of certificate.

[notJim]

Oh cool, so we just need to fix a massive social problem that's generated by long-running structural trends within our society and economy. Then we can stop using plagiarism detection software.

[notkaiho]

... So we shouldn't try to fix the problem?

[notJim]

Of course we should, but we shouldn't be naive about the challenge doing so represents.