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Post by unbeastly on Jan 18, 2013 9:54:18 GMT -5
Angel Baby1 the author of one of my favourite Star Trek fics Atlas posted today saying that her work had been plagiarized. When I went to look I found one of the worst cases I've ever seen, the thief even copied the Author Notes. If anyone else is a fan please report it. The story is at www.fanfiction.net/s/8325629/1/Fame |
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Post by Kitty279 on Jan 18, 2013 13:48:59 GMT -5
It's really sad that some people do that, and to such an extent! They should be ashamed. I hope it gets removed soon, seeing how little the admins on FFN care!
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Post by Dimcairien on Jan 18, 2013 14:30:54 GMT -5
Well, that link is removed now. When I reported that one of my stories had been plagiarized (BFTF 1), they responded quickly.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jan 18, 2013 15:12:12 GMT -5
At least something - with other things I was left wondering if they even read complaints.
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Post by Miss Wings on Jan 18, 2013 17:00:52 GMT -5
I've noticed lately that an awful lot of stories seem to be copies by either the origonal author or new authors.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jan 19, 2013 2:35:02 GMT -5
Reposting deleted stories or rewriting them because they don't like some things they did when they started is one thing, but posting other people's stories as their own? That's a big no for me, save the few where they seem to have gotten the leave of the original author to continue abandoned stories.
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Post by physicssquid on Jan 19, 2013 9:46:52 GMT -5
Tht's all right, as long as the original author has said that the story can be adopted, and the new author mentions, either in an author's note at the beginning or in the summary, that the story has been adopted.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jan 19, 2013 14:39:28 GMT -5
Yeah, that's acceptable, though my impression is that these people give up on the adopted stories soon, too, I can't remember a single one that was actually finished after being adopted. At least none of these I did read.
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Post by unbeastly on Jan 19, 2013 15:12:50 GMT -5
I've found one that was finished and to be perfectly honest it was better off incomplete.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jan 19, 2013 15:25:34 GMT -5
Just proves again how hard it is to find a good story, particularly on FFN  |
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Post by blackroses77 on Apr 20, 2013 18:28:01 GMT -5
I was reading a new story today and when I read the following passage I could have sworn I read it in another story, does anyone here recognize it:
"On another note Harry," Remus interrupted "you may be interested to know that you did have a birthday cake on your first birthday, in fact you had three."
"Why would I have three?" Harry asked bemusedly
Remus grinned "Well you had one about a week before your birthday, one that we brought so Sirius and I could take part. Remember we couldn't make your first birthday. We had it when we went to the zoo. But the other two," Remus chuckled, "James wanted to make your first birthday cake, but Lily wouldn't let him make it without supervision as he wasn't the best cook."
"Not that he would admit that fact." Sirius laughed
"Yes, well you can hardly talk Sirius." He ignored Sirius' pout "Anyway, the day before your birthday and after a couple of near disasters diverted skilfully by your mother, James managed to produce something that was edible. He decorated it all nice before they set it aside to cool."
Sirius started to snigger "Your parents went to have showers as Jamie managed to make quite a mess. Unbeknown to them, you had woken from your nap and had decided to escape your cot and go and explore. And of course, you somehow managed to find your way to the kitchen"
Remus laughed "Your mum and dad came down to find you and the kitchen covered in cake. You had managed to pull the tablecloth off the table and with it the cake James had worked so hard on. You had picked off and eaten a lot of the sweets and icing they had decorated it with and basically mashed the rest of it in to the floor."
Sirius picked up the story "Apparently James sulked for the rest of the evening, bemoaning the fact you ruined his perfect cake that took him four hours to do, and you were extra hyper due to all the sugar you'd had. Lily found it quite funny, despite the mess you had made of her kitchen."
"Lily convinced James to help her make another cake once she had put you to bed for the night, though once it was done James took it up to their room and put it out of your reach, apparently stating 'just in case.' You all enjoyed that one civilly on your actual birthday."
Everyone was laughing at the two men's story, imagining a baby Harry covered in cake. Harry especially was pleased with the story, though slightly embarrassed about everyone hearing it. Still, it was another story he had about his parents.
END
I want to make sure I'm right before saying anything to the author since plagiarism is a serious accusation so any help would be much appreciated.
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Post by Miss Wings on Apr 21, 2013 11:13:55 GMT -5
Sorry Rose I don't recognise it.
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Post by fantasy on Apr 21, 2013 16:31:27 GMT -5
I don't think it is, for if you google search the text it only comes up with one story.
So unless it is copied from a mailing story....
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Post by blackroses77 on Apr 23, 2013 10:41:25 GMT -5
Thanks guys, I guess it was just a case of deja vu, which I'm very happy about since I really like the story.
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