2013 Event Germany's Federal Minister of Education and Research, Annette Schavan, resigns after she is stripped of her doctorate degree for plagiarism by the University of Dusseldorf 1981 Event George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine" 1976 Event U.S. courts find George Harrison guilty of plagiarism for 'He's So Fine' 1752 Event Tobias Smollett publishes pamphlet accusing Fielding of plagiarism
