Thoughts on copying and pasting code?
I let the kids cut and paste code but with the following caveats:


They must cite the source (be it a classmate, another student or a site like StackOverflow)
There has to be enough of their project that is their own code to show mastery of whatever the assignment's all about
At times, I encourage them to use others code (and libraries) to enhance their projects, that is, add features that they otherwise wouldn't have had