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Cleolinda Jones ([info]cleolinda) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2014-08-08 11:55:00


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Entry tags:books, internet lawyers, plagiarism

I was so astonished that I forgot a post title
BEHOLD: A fantastically terrible tale of plagiarism that involves a mysterious man who gave the plagiarist and her writing group a manuscript, then "died" in a "car" "accident"; a "niece" of some random lady who threatens "a campaign on the sidewalks letting Seagull Book patrons know how you handle problems," before being repudiated as totally imaginary by her supposed aunt; a completely different alleged "niece" of the original author who simultaneously claims she has "verbal permission" to reuse the novel for her own book; the assumed threat of excommunication from the Mormon Church; and, I am 99% sure, at least two sockpuppets. Possibly three.



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[info]puipui
2014-08-09 04:18 am UTC (link)
I'm not done reading it yet, but I think my favorite part so far is the bit about how some guy in her writing group supposedly gave her a copy of the original, told her he'd collaborated on it, asked her to improve it, and then died in a tragic car accident. HOW COULD SHE HAVE BEEN SO 'DOOPED'?

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[info]kaen
2014-08-09 05:39 am UTC (link)
I thought the best bit was when she switched from that to claiming to be the author's niece, who gave her the idea in the first place and had permission to reuse her work. Did you really think anyone was gonna buy that for a second, kid, matter how many times you say "Shhhh, it's a secret because SEX."

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