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	shoiryu 2003-08-16 04:49 am UTC (link)
	Holy CRAP, what a bunch of idiots. I don't think I've seen anyone this blind to theft since... well, since never. (Reply to this)

	nostalgia 2003-08-16 04:50 am UTC (link)
	I was counting down the seconds until this one got here. Heh. It's frikkin' hilarious, in a kind of Eee! Plagiarsm! way. I love the efforts they all go to, like "change your password to prove it, woman!" and "she didn't just copy it cuz she has it IN HANDWRITING!!!! Umm, yeah. And? (Reply to this)

	nnycap 2003-08-16 05:24 am UTC (link)
	Wow. stares The mind, it boggles. (Reply to this)

	ingrid 2003-08-16 05:28 am UTC (link)
	I have a handwritten book here I titled "Gone With the Wind". I have a feeling it's going to be a big hit! Whadda think? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	jrs1980 2003-08-16 08:18 am UTC (link)
	Step off, bitch! I totally handwrote that last week! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eljuno 2003-08-16 10:08 pm UTC (link)
	You're both wrong! I have a copy handwritten when I was in detention in 6th grade, so step off! I also have this poem I wrote about a Light Brigade and how they charged into the valley of death, but I don't know how good it is, so review me plz! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kookaburra 2003-08-16 05:51 am UTC (link)
	I love how the chief editor of the mag cannot even spell, "Plagiarism" correctly. This does not bode well for the future of mankind. (Reply to this)

	mariagoner 2003-08-16 06:01 am UTC (link)
	Tell me they mentioned Cassie Claire in there somewhere. It won't be good plagarism wank without Cassie Claire. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ivyblossom 2003-08-16 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	I <3 Cassie Claire. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	senor_pinata 2003-08-17 12:44 am UTC (link)
	And there it is! The circle of wank is complete. (Reply to this)(Parent)

iczer6
2003-08-16 06:24 am UTC (link)

Memo to Manic Inquisitor folks:

If you want to save face and retain ANY iota of dignity just take the story down and apologize.

It doesn't matter if this Sam person donated both kidneys to starving African children, she still did a stupid thing.

Also if this is an actual magazine you DO realize that you could get into a LOT of trouble for publishing plagiarized work?

And hemming, hawing and wringing hands is NOT gonna make the issue magically disappear or make the story be any plagiarized.

From F_W.

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	iczer6 2003-08-16 06:25 am UTC (link)
	NOT be plagiarized. Sorry (Reply to this)(Parent)

	nevadafighter 2003-08-16 08:39 am UTC (link)
	At the very bottom of the comments in the first link to the ezboard, it says that the piece has been taken down pending investigation--during which hopefully the people in charge will GET THEIR HEADS OUT OF THEIR ASSES. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iczer6 2003-08-16 09:30 am UTC (link)
	I loved they way the 'apologized' "Please stop hasseling us", not 'We're sorry', or anything like that just them telling folks to stop calling them on their shit. Who RUNS this magazine anyway, a group of 12 year olds? Icz (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nevadafighter 2003-08-16 09:33 am UTC (link)
	I have NO idea but I think you have the right idea, based on a) how they run things, and b) the fact that they can't even spell "hassling" right. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	nevadafighter 2003-08-16 09:38 am UTC (link)
	And you might as well wank me now because "hassling" wasn't even in the mod's post . . . closes eyes Eighteen hours without power or water and my brain is reduced to mush. Must. Back. Away. From. Computer. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	senor_pinata 2003-08-17 06:00 am UTC (link)
	hearts RoD (Reply to this)(Parent)

	quinctia 2003-08-16 06:49 am UTC (link)
	Manic Inquisitor: This has been a post from a crazy man... it's just true... and i can't spell either. E-mail me directly without chance of fail at TFB5@pitt.edu sobs This person goes to my SCHOOL! They don't make sense with they talk! He's lowering the value of my education... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	cesare 2003-08-16 06:59 am UTC (link)
	They don't make sense with they talk! And it's catching! ;-) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: quinctia 2003-08-16 07:22 am UTC (link)
	I wrote the last sentence after I copied the name and also realized that I was speaking of a male. sniffles Pitt wants us to get menengitis immunizations, but not sucky grammar immunizations... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	snowball 2003-08-16 07:58 am UTC (link)
	... Okay, it's official. This outdoes the HP fandom. I don't recall this level of idiocy back during the Cassie Claire scandal. People are fucking STUPID. (Reply to this)

	jrs1980 2003-08-16 08:17 am UTC (link)
	Hey, how do I submit a story to their Ezine? I mean, yeah, technically it's an early draft of the script for the first X-Men movie, but I handwrote it on notebook paper, so that makes it OK, right? Ever so much easier than coming up with my own ideas. (Reply to this)

	dawnswalker 2003-08-16 08:34 am UTC (link)
	Man... the lengths they're all going to in order to preserve "Sam's" reputation here... Maybe it was a troll! Maybe it was an internet virus! Maybe it was midichlorians! And my favourite... Dude, maybe Sam is Azurine, and this is all some kind of elaborate conspiracy! BECAUSE SAM WOULD NEVER STEAL! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	oulangi 2003-08-16 08:46 am UTC (link)
	Clearly one of them is an evil twin. checks for goatees (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rikoshi 2003-08-16 01:15 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe it was midichlorians! I need to write a ~~heinous parody~~ homage fic called [parasite shmi] (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rikoshi 2003-08-16 01:13 pm UTC (link)
	Look! I've got these stained cocktail napkins which prove that I wrote out this little story about a young boy named Harry who discovers he's a wizard and goes to school to learn magic! Jesus CHRISTING Fuck, I think my monitor just ejaculated all over my face... (Reply to this)

Shee-it.

ieatpeople
2003-08-16 05:38 pm UTC (link)

This is probably old and unremarked by now, but after someone kindly pointed out that another work by the same "author" is also probably stolen stolen, one of the editors replied with a defensive capslocked rant about how it's a bullshit conspiracy and everyone is mean and hates them and why don't we leave them alone????//?

Though it was thoughtfully given a disclaimer about it not being "written with the views of the staff". Man, if fanfiction wasn't such a grey area they'd be so sued. *sniff*

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Re: Shee-it.

pennycentury
2003-08-16 07:44 pm UTC (link)

Man, if fanfiction wasn't such a grey area they'd be so sued. *sniff*

One of the truly impressive things about this wank is the rebound wank it's inspired (see: SisterWine, et al.). Yes, stealing another fanfic author's work is heinous. Yes, the perpetrator should be penalized according to community standards. No, you can't sue someone for stealing a story using someone else's "borrowed" copyrighted characters.

When you're already right, it's a good idea to avoid overstating your case.

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	Re: Shee-it. rikoshi 2003-08-16 11:54 pm UTC (link)
	reads Wow! And check out the minor (though nonetheless delicious and wanktastic!) X-Men slash rant on page 2 of this thread! "I am teh_single_purveyar and decidar of teh_morality! If I say I don't want to read about TEH_GAY, then none of yuo will!!!!!1111one" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Shee-it. ieatpeople 2003-08-17 03:37 am UTC (link)
	And they're evil bandwidth-stealers, too! XD, man, XD!! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	iczer6 2003-08-16 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	{Do you think they care if the've lost a large group of people? maybe, but not if they are going to be like this.} Yeah! I mean since when did a magazine need READERS? (Reply to this)

alyse
2003-08-16 11:32 pm UTC (link)

Did anyone see that it's now been revealed that as well as plagiarising slash authors, she's ripped off whole articles from, among others, the BBC, Ananova and Reuters with no accreditation?

Now, no one can sue for fanfic, but I bet these guys could ::veg::

Oh, I've just spotted this while copying the previous URL! Apparently 'Sam', the little plagiarist, is dating one of the editors. Which does go a long way to explaining why they didn't instantly take the plagiarised material down and accused Azurine instead of being the plagiarist.

Oh, this is just classic!

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rikoshi
2003-08-16 11:43 pm UTC (link)

Apparently 'Sam', the little plagiarist, is dating one of the editors. Which does go a long way to explaining why they didn't instantly take the plagiarised material down and accused Azurine instead of being the plagiarist.

Quick, someone help me out here. Does this little fact turn this into a Wank x 2, or a Wank x 3?

In the strictest of bookkeeping interests, of course.

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	mariagoner 2003-08-17 08:34 am UTC (link)
	Whenever real-life nookie comes in, WANK X 3 comes into play. (Culled from the core sourcebook, Fandom, the Wankerade.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	oulangi 2003-08-17 03:53 pm UTC (link)
	So Sam the plagiarist is dating Gamma the Cap-locked ranter? I imagine thier children SHOUTING other peoples rants VERY VERY ANGRILY. In other news not only has she been shown to plagiarize almost every article she submitted, check out her EZboard posts for her poetry; also known as Enya lyrics (Reply to this)(Parent)

	guildenstern 2003-08-17 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	OMG. We need a F_W sourcebook. Someone needs to write this and put it up in the F_W store. And I'll be the first one to buy it. XD Oh. And by-the-way: This 'Sam Smith' person needs to be severely kicked in le derriere. Repeatedly. Christ, what an idiot. :X (Reply to this)(Parent)

alyse
2003-08-17 12:12 am UTC (link)

Okay, for some reason the URL has changed (probably because I copied the 'show next topic' URL and someone has snuck another topic in there :)) so here's one I would hope would remain static, linking to the same thing I noted above - namely the relationship between the plagiarist and one of the editorial team:

http://pub10.ezboard.com/fthemanicinquisitorfrm2.showMessage?topicID=145.topic

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	ingrid 2003-08-17 12:17 am UTC (link)
	Aha! The plot thins ... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	pennycentury 2003-08-17 12:37 am UTC (link)
	Did anyone see that it's now been revealed that as well as plagiarising slash authors, she's ripped off whole articles from, among others, the BBC, Ananova and Reuters with no accreditation? Uhhhhmmmmmm ... uhhhhmmmmmm ... uhhhhmmmmmm ... someone's in troooouuuuuuuuble.... (insert pointing finger here) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleshebear 2003-08-17 11:07 am UTC (link)
	And someone e-mailed the BBC to tell them. Hee heeeeee! Wonderful. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	setsunastar 2003-08-18 01:02 am UTC (link)
	Your icon makes me happy. ;) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littleshebear 2003-08-18 01:04 am UTC (link)
	does the dance of the happy icon whore (Reply to this)(Parent)

	guardian_writer 2003-08-19 10:05 am UTC (link)
	falls over laughing best.wank.ever. (Reply to this)