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Cynthia hates writing term papers and reports, so when she receives an assignment to write a paper for her law class, she calls her friend Stephanie and agrees to pay Stephanie to write the paper for her. Stephanie, instead of writing the paper, copies a paper from a small, remote law journal that publishes faculty-written papers from throughout the world online. When the plagiarism is discovered, an infringement claim is brought. Cynthia is guilty of_______________.

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Answer: Vicarious infringement

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Vicarious infringement is a term used in legal processes to describe the Liabilities of which a person or an organisation incurs or inherits as a result of the infringement acts of another person, the other person may be a person's agent who represents him in certain circumstances.

VICARIOUS INFRINGEMENT IS THE SAME FOR BOTH COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK LAWS.