To continue the analogy, it would be like finding out that the offender’s friends knew they were going to do that and were planning on recording the results. Banning all involved parties is reasonable.
"... planning on recording the event to show it on YouTube for ad revenue and Internet fame."
In this case, the offender's friends are benefiting from the research. I think that needs to be made important. The university benefits from this paper being published, or at least expected to. That should not be overlooked.
