I think the Conncel of Connies is in agreement on this.
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
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Theodosia - May 01, 2003 5:25:40 pm PDT #5293 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Atropa - May 01, 2003 5:32:14 pm PDT #5294 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Palms are lovely
I have no idea how to hook my Visor up to the work computer and get text-y files. This will all be a moot point when I switch over to the shinyshiny iPod, as I still won't be able to upload text files, but I'll be able to have all my contact info on a little shiny toy that will store 5000 songs. Shiny candylike iPod, as Clovis would say.
I'm going to read Transfigurations on the bus tonight.
Connie Neil - May 01, 2003 9:02:30 pm PDT #5295 of 10000
brillig
Neat! A Council of Connies! Is that like a murder of crows?
Anne W. - May 02, 2003 5:23:09 am PDT #5296 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
When I was reading the rants, I assumed it was like the Cassandra Claire case, where someone took sections of a published work and claimed this as new.
Was CC the plagiariser or the plagiarised? I remember hearing something about a kerfuffle, but never got the details.
Dana - May 02, 2003 7:23:46 am PDT #5297 of 10000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
CC was the plagiarizer. Alleged plagiarizer, I suppose I should say, since I only know about the thing from secondhand accounts.
Nutty - May 02, 2003 7:29:44 am PDT #5298 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Micole posts here occasionally, and she went through a CC story and catalogued its textual similarities to a novel whose title I've forgotten. (It was a relatively obscure [published] fantasy novel, or obscure enough that I, not really a fantasy reader, had never heard of it.) I saw the two texts side by side, and it sure looked like plagiarism to me. I don't know if Micole's around and is willing to bring back fond, bilious memories of it all, but her research was some pretty damning evidence.
Dana - May 02, 2003 7:32:57 am PDT #5299 of 10000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I think Jintian also went through a chapter or two of Draco Dormiens and pulled out all the references she recognized from TV shows like Buffy.
Dana - May 02, 2003 8:02:14 am PDT #5300 of 10000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Incidentally, the Gray Day site seems to have been reorganized a little. The Wall of Shame is gone, unless I'm blind, and there's a message board instead to talk about various thing, including instances of stolen stuff.
Connie Neil - May 02, 2003 8:10:17 am PDT #5301 of 10000
brillig
all the references she recognized from TV shows like Buffy.
Are the references a bad thing? From a story universe point of view--I'm assuming it's an HP story--I doubt television in general and Buffy in particular are particularly well known in the wizarding world, but a wizard with a great deal of Muggle contact could know TV shows. What's the line between a reference and plagarism? The characters don't exist in a vacuum.
Dana - May 02, 2003 8:14:12 am PDT #5302 of 10000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I'm not talking about mentioning that the show exists. I'm talking about lifting lines of dialogue.