And the hotspur18 plagiarism saga continues...

[lyl_devil]

AHA!! It wasn't the first - and only - fic stole!! She's defiled summer_of_giles as well!

Again, you can check out the various links at sheafrotherdon's LJ [here], but also check out one of her latest 'comments' [here] where she says 'thank you for telling me - i didn't know'. 'Didn't know' WHAT? That stealing other people's fic is wrong? Even if you do change the names to fit another fandom?

Seriously - *headdesk*!!!!!

ETA: Stolen Fic Count: 4 [details here]

Comments

[lyl-devil.livejournal.com]

I'm wondering if she thought 'I've changed the names and the fandom, so it's not copying' - which really wouldn't surprise me in the least. (That seems to be the consensus among high school and university-college students - 'if I change it just enough...'.)

And yeah, so far the tally is 2 fics and numerous manips she's done.

[kallie-kat.livejournal.com]

Gah, that's just ridiculous. Even in high school it was drilled into us that if you used someone else's words and just changed a little here and there, it was WRONG. And even if you didn't get caught, it was still WRONG. Using find/replace is NOT the same as writing a story.

[lyl-devil.livejournal.com]

Plagiarism and stealing/buying essays and term papers (among other things) is apparently running rampant through the schools now. Both high school and colleges. I noticed when I went back to school two years ago, that the professors are really pushing the 'copying is bad' message and specifically defining what plagiarism is, in precise terms.

It just boggled my mind for a while, because I never realised it was that big of a problem - university always had those 'doom' warnings, but nothing like there is today.