Does downloading seduce people to plagiaries?

It is so easy to tell a little white lie about something which you thought about but someone put your thoughts into words. In the academic field professor and lecturers have always had problems of getting students not to plagiaries. Certain university laws have been put in place and have re-worked on and still you get students out there who just take the chance. “Plagiarism at higher education institutions in KwaZulu-Natal is on the increase and academics are unable to curb the practice because of the information explosion resulting from the introduction of the Internet” (Philani Makhanya). Seeing that plagiarism has always been an issue with students not acknowledging their sources, this problem has only worsened with the emergence of new media technologies. Most students have the resources to download or upload information when conducting research for their assignments. By typing in a certain topic one gets thousands of sources which relate to that topic, in some cases… there has been an essay written about that exact topic. Finding ready a made essay on the net was just a fantasy or a dream for many students out there, but this dream has certainly materialized for students living in the UK. Two Oxford University students have made A-grade essays available for plagiarism on their new website, "revise.it".The website includes an "essaylab" specially geared to making cheating as effective and effortless as possible. This website has ready-made essays which cover popular topics and questions which have been asked. The homepage explain to users that there is a guide which they have designed in which you are able to customize your essay. Co-owner Nick Rosa who is 19 years old explains that in his first year he also never wrote his own essays, he passed through using his friends and then adapting them to suit his own style “I've never been very good at essay writing," he confessed.
"We don't see the essay bank as a cheating mechanism. It's an incredibly valuable resource. You can learn an awful lot by reading other people's work on the subject” (Mail and Guardian newspaper). Well who would not re reeled in by such website, which is readily available for you to use? It has been pointed out that the reason for plagiarism is attributed the problem to students' laziness and attempts by desperate academics to promote their status .