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Alisinny wrote: "You would think so. However, I was reading a list a little while ago and it was about P2P and plagiarism etc. I find the topic fascinating actually and although I don't know all the intricacies I'm..."This reminded me of Fifty Shades of Grey which was originally a Twilight Fanfic.
Exactly Ipshita, that's the origin of the argument.I wish I could remember where I saw the discussion but it was somewhere on this site.
Somewhere being the operative word!
I saw a post the other day about legal action taken by Tammara Webber and S. C. Stephens who together successfully sued a faux author who not only impersonated themselves as a female author to publish, but cut and pasted from both of their works to create their "novel" for online publication. They actually won the lawsuit and the judge awarded all monies be paid to the original authors (who had already decided it should go to charity).
Until more people understand WHY IT'S STEALING we are going to have more of the "same same".
They know it's stealing. They don't care.
Alisinny wrote: "I saw a post the other day about legal action taken by Tammara Webber and S. C. Stephens who together successfully sued a faux author who not only impersonated themselves as a female author to publish, but cut and pasted from both of their works to create their "novel" for online publication. They actually won the lawsuit and the judge awarded all monies be paid to the original authors (who had already decided it should go to charity)."Wow, really? I knew about the plagiarised book (the 'author' tried to add me as a friend here on Goodreads), but I'd lost track of what happened after that.
Off to look it up...
Alisinny wrote: "Exactly Ipshita, that's the origin of the argument.I wish I could remember where I saw the discussion but it was somewhere on this site.
Somewhere being the operative word!
I saw a post the oth..."
Just saw this and I am so glad to hear she's taking action. As an author, it's so frustrating to see someone's hard work being stolen by opportunists.
"Fan fiction (alternatively referred to as fan-fiction, fanfiction, fanfic, FF, or simply fic) is a broadly defined fan labor term for stories about characters or settings written by fans of the original work, rather than by the original creator. Works of fan fiction are rarely commissioned or authorized by the original work's owner, creator, or publisher; also, they are almost never professionally published."
Pamela(AllHoney) wrote: "they are almost never professionally published"Except in 2012 and 2013, when every bestselling book is Twilight fanfiction and fanfic authors are becoming millionaires. :) :)
I'm really annoyed by those authors who get famous writing fanfic and then get professionally published and start denying their stories are based on other authors' work!
If you go to Tammara Webber's blog you can read her updates on the legal action she took. I'm so glad she went there. And I'm also flabbergasted the plagiariser refused to admit they did anything wrong! Just give up while you're ahead!
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Thanks, June! And back to you! Merry Christmas!
Just wanted to drop in and wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas to all!
It's Christmas Day here, we just had lunch and as usual we all ate way too much.Merry Christmas and best wishes everyone.
Merry Christmas, everyone! Spent most of the day baking with my sister and niece -- I swear we could open our own cookie shop right now. After dinner and The Muppets Christmas Carol, it started to snow as we headed over to a nearby park to see the light display. Another couple inches expected before dawn!
Heather L wrote: "Merry Christmas, everyone! Spent most of the day baking with my sister and niece -- I swear we could open our own cookie shop right now. After dinner and The Muppets Christmas Carol, it started t..."
Wow! We never get any snow here in our city which has a tropical climate, but a white Christmas sounds wonderful.
Ipshita ~ We've had a few green years in my life, but we usually get at least a little snow before Christmas. Last year we had 18 inches of snow -- all in one day! -- five days before. This year, we've had several snowfalls since late November, including a winter storm over the weekend that left several inches of snow, an inch or two last night, a couple more expected tonight... I don't mind the snow, but I could do without the below zero (F) temps of the last few nights. There was a major water main break early Monday morning that resulted in a huge sinkhole, and at least six breaks today.
My mom would go into hibernation under such circumstances, she absolutely can't withstand cold. For me, I think I am more than satisfied with my occasional trips to hill stations to see snowfall. But really, that is so rough,Heather. I hope you get through all the trouble,and enjoy a very happy and prosperous Christmas and New Year.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Happy New Year, everyone! Anyone got any resolutions they won't see through this year? Any you are determined to do?
Happy New Year Everyone! My resolution list is way too long to share here, but I do plan to read more than I did last year. I hate how my writing time has eaten into my enjoyment of books.
Read more, lose weight, and be happy!
Sadly, my workout routines will be cutting into some of my reading time so I had to downsize my goal for new year. Anyway, my resolution/revolution is to eat healthy and to take off pounds sensibly.
Barbara wrote: "Happy New Year Everyone! My resolution list is way too long to share here, but I do plan to read more than I did last year. I hate how my writing time has eaten into my enjoyment of books."Are you doing the 2014 Goodreads reading challenge? That can be a good motivator.
My resolution is to win the Lottery this year!That one may not be so easy to accomplish...
Oh, I really like that one, Melissa. ☺
lol. nice goal to strive for!
It sounded so much more fun than the real one!Which is to have my exercise bike in February so I can lose enough weight that my insurance company will FINALLY give the go ahead on my breast reduction! Then Bye Bye Ladies!
Melissa wrote: "My resolution is to win the Lottery this year!That one may not be so easy to accomplish..."
My parents actually won the lottery when I was too small to remember. But they were really unlucky, and something like twenty-four people had the same numbers, so the huge jackpot was divided up between all of them!
I think just winning would tickle me so much I'd be happy for quite some time.
I just wanted to drop in and say hi to everyone! Been very busy of late. I hope everyone is well and happy and enjoying fabulous romance novels.
Hi, Jewels! Great to see you! All is well with me except a headache today but I'll be fine ☺
Oh I hope so! Yeah, I'm good. This is a nuts year for at work, but trying to keep reading. Just hard to get into all the groups.
Works been crazy but otherwise been great!
Thanks, Ruchi! Happy Valentine's Day to you and everyone else, too!
Happy Valentine's Day!!
Happy Valentine's Day! ( no matter how morbid its origins are actually :P )
Abigail wrote: "I'd still take it!"Melissa wrote: "I think just winning would tickle me so much I'd be happy for quite some time."
I would, too. However, I've grown up with my father telling the story about how he was all smug, thinking he'd be driving a Ferrari to work the next week, and then discovering he didn't win anywhere near as much as he thought! I've always felt really sorry for him - it's such a pathetic story!!
That's too funny. Someone should have bought him a matchbox car.
Third day that school is out due to ice! EEK! Help! lol jk... I will survive!
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I thought it was very telling when the moderator lost their cool with a whiny fraud who claimed "it wasn't fair" that he/she be called a cheat, etc for publishing fanfic as original work and charging for it without any acknowledgement of the source.
I think there's a WHOLE WORLD of "authors" now who really have no idea of what a genre is, let alone how to write, but have discovered a lucrative source of income by cutting and pasting and then self-publishing.
Really this is the only explanation I can come up with to fully explain the (1) proliferation of "same sentence, same hero, same plot" work out there and (2) the lack of understanding of what constitutes a genre or even how to self-publish a semi-literate piece of writing
If a lot of this New romance genre had to go to a regular publisher and actually try to make it to a printing press process, well it just never ever would.