plagiarism strikes again

[mickeym]

Just a head's up that there's a plagiarist in our midst (again).

agt_spooky has had one of her stories plagiarized by deanandsamsmuse. It's apparently a word-for-word, with "Castiel" replacing "Sam". Comments to the plagiarized story have the "author" self-reccing other of "their" stories, so y'all might want to check and see if any of your stories -- or any you recognize as belonging to other authors -- are up there.

Here's a link to to agt_spooky's post.

Comments

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Thanks for boosting the signal, Kim, I really appreciate it. I was just looking at the names on the stop_plagiarism list and I see that she did this to you, too! Unbelievable! I had another gal leave me a comment that she's been caught three or four times previously. It just sickens me that she obviously doesn't care and is just fine with doing this over and over again.

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this one...has NO shame. Usually they slink back under a rock for a while, but not this person. >_< Worse still are all the people who are giving her (them? I don't even know) credit, in spite of everything.

Sorry you're having to deal with this.

*hugs*

[munibunny.livejournal.com]

Wow, this chick is evil and she needs to be stopped. Who does shit like this?

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, a lot of people o_O

This is the same person(s) who plagiarized me last fall; s/he/they really get around, apparently. Unfortunately, stopping them is easier said than done. Signal-boosting is the best way to at least make people aware.

I know I've read things that I then thought, "man, I wish I'd written this!"... but it's never occurred to me to steal someone else's work. Makes you wonder, doesn't it, if they'll steal a story on the internet, what else would they steal, given the opportunity?

[munibunny.livejournal.com]

I don't know why I didn't put notes on them when it happened to you... but I definitely have notes on them now. Dammit! This girl actually posted a fic today and I totally wonder if it was stolen from somebody else.

I just don't get people at all.

[spn-j2fan.livejournal.com]

Not again! This is not the first time around that deanandsamsmuse has been caught plagiarizing! I simply don't get it! I guess It can be reported to stop_plagiarism again, but obviously, the copier (I refuse to call him/her/it an author) doesn't give a damn about bad publicity!

This writer was acknowledged for plagiarizing your story last year, and added to the list of known plagiarists at stop_plagiarism, but little good that does when agt_spooky sees her words listed under someone else's name! I'm just so sorry to see that happen to anyone.

[mistyzeo.livejournal.com]

Womp womp. Gonna check on that now. Also, 13chapters seems to think that this individual is one of many (~70) sock puppets for one user. Just another level of weirdness.

[13chapters.livejournal.com]

I just noticed this comment. Yeah, I did a bit of detective work, made easier by the fact that the socks are incredibly obvious and easy to spot. Many of them have extremely similar names, very few journal entries, and they are all friends with each other.

[kitanabychoice.livejournal.com]

Damn shame, that. I just don't get why people plagiarize... there's a billion ways to contribute to fandom, it's easy to find a niche and run with it.