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heidi8, that I've left fandom. It doesn't stop me looking in from afar with my gob hanging open in shock, though.
Everything that these idiots, and I use the word when I want to use something much stronger, weakens the very nature of the fandom they thrive in. Hundreds and hundreds of writers in fandom, and all anyone will see are the liars and the cheaters and the thieves.
And by "anyone" I mean the professional, paid writers. Ok Burnett and co are dead, but as melllvar says in this post (http://www.journalfen.net/community/bad_penny/11176.html?thread=3019688#t3019688) which I will quote as I couldn't put it better myself: "Plagiarism opens all of us up to larger legal problems. Right now, the creators of original works for the most part turn a blind eye to fandom and fanfic, because really, who is it harming? (Other than Anne Rice, of course. ;-) ) What do you think'll happen if these same creators suddenly start believing we're plagiarizing their works damn near word-for-word without a care in the world? Hear hear.
And these writers aren't kids. They aren't educationally sub normal women who can't string a sentence together, they are late 20's early 30's professional women (as far as I can tell) who find their own writing so lacking to themselves, that they have to COPY entire chunks of text from other writer's books and use them in pathetic fan fic about Harry and Draco? I mean... I'm utterly gobsmacked. Why? What does it achieve? Other than bad publicity (which is of course, good publicity, and will result in more book sales for Cassie Claire, which might be their plan all along I suppose.)
She was the biggest defender of CC, and know we know why, eh? I feel particularly offended, because she's stolen huge chunks of text from The Little Princess and The Secret Garden, two of my favourites. When she stole part of The Fatherland, it seemed she'd got fed up with trying to hide the similarities, and copied just about everything, including the character's name. You know, that was a challenge I should have had on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
hp_literotica "Plagiarism is bad but not if you move the words around (and/or call it an homage)"
I've asked Fiction Alley what they intend to do about it, as, as senior mods, they should be thrown out, imho and hard. They won't, of course. I doubt that FA is as professional as that, they would have already done it if they were going to. However if you want to add your voice to my dissent, email away: help@fictionalley.org Anyway, that's it. I'm saying nothing more about it. Here's a handbasket, fandom, *waves cheerily*
In much more amusing news, check out this site It's a site of "helpful hints" for packing for France.
Obviously for Superwomen, I would imagine, as it includes packing a week early, packing the car 2 days early (obviously the SPARE car unless you want to drive around with the packing around your ears for 2 days, and running the risk of getting it all nicked) and BAKING ferchrissakes. Who the frell BAKES before going to France - land of the most fabulous patisseries in the world? and of course, as you've spent so long packing and baking and getting the perfect nuclear family ready, you have tons of time to CLEAN THE HOUSE!
*screams in horror*
heidi8, that I've left fandom. It doesn't stop me looking in from afar with my gob hanging open in shock, though.Everything that these idiots, and I use the word when I want to use something much stronger, weakens the very nature of the fandom they thrive in. Hundreds and hundreds of writers in fandom, and all anyone will see are the liars and the cheaters and the thieves.
And by "anyone" I mean the professional, paid writers. Ok Burnett and co are dead, but as melllvar says in this post (http://www.journalfen.net/community/bad_penny/11176.html?thread=3019688#t3019688) which I will quote as I couldn't put it better myself: "Plagiarism opens all of us up to larger legal problems. Right now, the creators of original works for the most part turn a blind eye to fandom and fanfic, because really, who is it harming? (Other than Anne Rice, of course. ;-) ) What do you think'll happen if these same creators suddenly start believing we're plagiarizing their works damn near word-for-word without a care in the world? Hear hear.
And these writers aren't kids. They aren't educationally sub normal women who can't string a sentence together, they are late 20's early 30's professional women (as far as I can tell) who find their own writing so lacking to themselves, that they have to COPY entire chunks of text from other writer's books and use them in pathetic fan fic about Harry and Draco? I mean... I'm utterly gobsmacked. Why? What does it achieve? Other than bad publicity (which is of course, good publicity, and will result in more book sales for Cassie Claire, which might be their plan all along I suppose.)
She was the biggest defender of CC, and know we know why, eh? I feel particularly offended, because she's stolen huge chunks of text from The Little Princess and The Secret Garden, two of my favourites. When she stole part of The Fatherland, it seemed she'd got fed up with trying to hide the similarities, and copied just about everything, including the character's name. You know, that was a challenge I should have had on
hp_literotica "Plagiarism is bad but not if you move the words around (and/or call it an homage)"I've asked Fiction Alley what they intend to do about it, as, as senior mods, they should be thrown out, imho and hard. They won't, of course. I doubt that FA is as professional as that, they would have already done it if they were going to. However if you want to add your voice to my dissent, email away: help@fictionalley.org Anyway, that's it. I'm saying nothing more about it. Here's a handbasket, fandom, *waves cheerily*
In much more amusing news, check out this site It's a site of "helpful hints" for packing for France.
Obviously for Superwomen, I would imagine, as it includes packing a week early, packing the car 2 days early (obviously the SPARE car unless you want to drive around with the packing around your ears for 2 days, and running the risk of getting it all nicked) and BAKING ferchrissakes. Who the frell BAKES before going to France - land of the most fabulous patisseries in the world? and of course, as you've spent so long packing and baking and getting the perfect nuclear family ready, you have tons of time to CLEAN THE HOUSE!
*screams in horror*
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Date: 2006-08-11 12:48 am (UTC)And Heidi is a lawyer. *headdesk* This isn't why I joined fandom. It makes me feel dirty by association, and I hate that.