Vidding wank
Oy. This one is a bit headache-inducing to get through, but it's totally worth it for the massive amounts of cluelessness from the wanker.

Ashinae posts an alert that a vidder named Desiree/Nigellus stole clips from a number of her vids. She reposts a remarkably reasonable e-mail that she sent to the thief, and the thief's utterly clueless response *denying* the charge. Ashinae's able to provide an exact list of the stolen edits, though, so it's not a very credible claim. Elke Tanzer has a complete list of the vidders stolen from and their responses here.

Three other vidders respond and talk about other instances of clip theft by this person. Then the thief herself shows up, and that's when the comedy kicks in.

She claims a friend of hers gave her the clips and she had *no* idea they were stolen. That'd be a nice story, if it didn't directly contradict what she said in her original reply to Ashinae. She also says she'll give credit to the original vidders now, so she doesn't see what the *problem* is. (Though she hasn't even done this yet, that I can see.) Silly actual vidders, valuing their own work! And it's okay that she stole from one of the vidders, because he's her *friend!* They totally e-mailed each other once or twice. Can't imagine why he'd be upset.

She then says that people are being UNFAIR and MEAN to her. And I can see why! Those people expect her to, like, make a public apology to those she's wronged. That'd be such a hassle. She already apologizied, badly and defensively, in the journal that had caught her in the act! Hasn't she suffered enough? And she did SOME of the work herself, so she should keep getting credit for "her" vids. Oh, wait, no. She can't edit the clips out now, though she apparently could edit them *into* the vid in the first place.

This, in particular, is an utter gem of sad fannish behavior: "Hope you aren't mad at me anymore, because that would be really too sad to hear. We all have one only passion: Vidding! Right?" This is especially funny since the vids are apparently *still up.* And this, too: "I will do it later. I promise! Are we done now?" Well, you sure are, honey.