The Laws Behind Paying Someone To Write Your Paper

I have some good news and some bad news for you when it comes to paying someone to write your paper. The good news is that it is 100% legal, you won't go to jail if you're caught. The bad news is that you can get in trouble with your school. Trust me....Florida State University found out that I was running a paper writing business. The administrative office contacted me directly through my student email address (awkward) and it went something like this:

"Dear Mr.S,
We found out about your website The Pro Paper, and it seems as though you are offering essay writing services. This is a violation of the academic honor policy, you can consider this an official warning. If you continue to do business, we will open a case or academic dishonesty."

Fun times, right? No, it was pretty scary. I decided to reach back out to the administrative office and clarify what I had done that was considered a violation of the academic honesty policy. This is what I said:

"Dear Florida State University Administrative Office,
I would like to know what exactly I have done that is considered a violation of the academic honesty policy. Since I am not writing any papers, how is this a violation? All I do is provide a consumer-to-consumer writing service website so I am not writing anything."

Their reply was short and blunt:

"Dear Mr. S,
We understand that you are not writing anything, however you are encouraging academic dishonesty which is a violation of the academic honesty policy. If you continue to offer this service we will know."

So yeah, that was pretty much it. I quit running The Pro Paper for about a year while I waited to graduate. Let me tell you, it was a long wait too. But at the end of the day I was not expelled and I learned a lot about the legality of this business from the experience. Here's what I know for sure.

It is not illegal to use these services. However universities are allowed to have their own sets of rules determining what is academically legal. While they can't accuse you of plagiarism (unless the essay writer did indeed plagiarize), they can accuse you of academic dishonesty. Plagiarism is using someone elses work without their permission, and using it as your own without proper citation.

In terms of intellectual property rights, when you buy an essay you are buying the property rights to that work (depending on the terms of the service). Through this tough lesson I gained this knowledge and used it in The Pro Paper. Now the terms and conditions explain this clearly, when a student buys an essay, they own the property rights. It all comes down to one thing. Don't get caught. It's really quite easy to avoid getting caught as long as you read the paper once or twice.

Before I was harassed by Florida State University I would not condone this kind of academic dishonesty. But after seeing how they operate and push people around, I no longer care. You are free to do as you choose and as long as you are smart about it you won't get caught. The Pro Paper is the safest place on the internet to have a college essay written. Use our premium service and see what the hype is all about.