My future plans at the moment include law school and a legal career. With this said Tenner's article peeked my interest in an ethical manner. First off, the term plagiosphere was beyond my limited technological vocabulary. (In an interesting note the word "plagiosphere" does not exist on the all-knowing "Wikipedia" or "Dictionary.com") So while the key term of the article hasn't culturally caught on, the ideas and concepts Tenner discusses have become very popular. Back in junior high and even early high school years (1998-2002), teaches could only give empty threats for plagarism in a paper. Yes, you had to cite sources but in all reality teachers did not have time to check everyone's resources thoroughly. Now, with the help of text-comparison software, teaches and professors can quickly check paper for verbatim and nonverbatim comparisons with original work and sources. This has not only ensured more honest work, but personally I've had to learn how to cite my sources more accurately in my texts as well as learning better research techniques. I am in awe of the ethical leap this software has forced students to take. This got me thinking of all the interesting ethical topics the class research could focus on.
That's very interesting that plagiosphere is not anywhere on Wikipedia or Dictionary.com. However, I do agree with you that the idea of the term seems to have become somewhat more popular. I think it is very good if it causes students to work on building their researching skills and making certain that they accurately cite any resources within a paper.