Have we learned nothing from my plagiarism post?! Hell, someone submitted my work to me! Seriously, how stupid can you be?

When will these assholes learn that we scribes stick together? We cast a broad net across genres and races—countries and continents! They will be caught, and they will be ripped a new one. And if luck is on our side, we’ll be able to throw their lying behinds to the readers because in the end they’ll be the ones getting screwed out of their time and, in some cases, their money!

*Breathe*
Back to the top at hand…

I received this email from my gf Rachel. If you’re going to repost on your sites/blogs and require the original stories, publication dates, and author contact information, please shoot me an email. Please feel free to repost.

Read, heed, and attack!!


***UPDATE***

Doll's work has been removed however her fake bio is still active. Also, it's been brought to my attention that Fanfic (the site in question) is loaded with spyware. Be careful! 



Here's the email:
Dear Friends,

Ok, this one I meant to send to everyone. It has come to my attention that there is someone stealing stories belonging to Dancing Doll, myself, and others.

This is the link so that any authors can check to see if their work has been plagiarized as well. Also, feel free to leave a review pointing out that the work has been stolen. Both Doll and I have contacted the admin, but we are not holding our breath. Also, Doll's bio was stolen as well, a true violation.

The stories in question were published on the other site in July of this year. It is not a requirement to sign up for the site to leave a review, it's rather painless. You just type in what you want to say, put in any name you want, and hit submit.

As writers, we take this as a very serious violation and it has made both of us wonder about the wisdom of posting stories on the internet in the future. I would consider it a personal favor to take 5 minutes of your time and offer your support in this matter.

My sincere thanks,
Rachel

END OF MESSAGE


How can these people get away with stealing someone’s ENTIRE bio!? They’re stealing our identities! Our identities are our reputations, our calling cards. We’ve spent years building them only to have them stolen by a faceless idiot!

Say this idiot uses racial slurs, post your material on disreputable sites, cyber-wanks with random pervs in YOUR name. Imagine having to prove to your readers and family that this isn’t you—someone has stolen your bio. Sure you’ll have your diehard fans and kinfolk. But there’ll still be that lingering question, that whiff of scandal.

Okay, I’m getting pissed just thinking about it. *Going to my happy place*


Copyright Made Easy:




Some writers (myself included) don’t mind if you use a couple of sentences from their material (quoting an editorial pieces, an interviews, etc) IF they’re given full credit AND there’s a link to their original work. Some require written permission beforehand. If in doubt, check first!

WARNING
When the IRE copyright alarm goes off, you’re not dealing with me…you’re dealing with my attorneys. The only exception to this is if you see “please feel free to repost”. In which case you're authorized to repost in full without asking.

Don’t copy without full credit, stupid!