Yes this student has to be sued for copyright infringement due to the fact that they have plagiarized and copied the work of another person without permission.
This is the use of materials that have been protected under copy wright laws without informing the owner of such work.
This is a crime and it could lead to legal cases in the court. This is what the doctoral students have done.
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