In today’s world of Informatics, computer programs are insufficiently protected against fraud and unauthorized use. A significant form of copyright infringement represents plagiarism. It is very present in programming, particularly in the case of the source code, which is the most sensitive target of plagiarism. As well as other forms of plagiarism of intellectual property, it’s mostly present in the academic environment. Student works are exposed to fraud, and to prevent such offenses teachers may use different tools to detect plagiarism. The subject of this research is a comparative analysis of the tools used for the prevention of plagiarizing a source code in an academic environment. A brief overview of the legal standards that apply to
computer programs as copyright works is given. Three tools that are most commonly used to detect academic plagiarism - JPlag, MOSS and SIM are described in detail. esential results of the comparison are shown, the advantages and disadvantages of each of the tools are highlighted, as well as application possibilities in different situations and the proposal for the further development of these tools.
