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[kaykayen]

Okay. So I'm a little quiet thing who has never posted anything but a few reviews on other people's journals. Half of you are probably wondering who the hell I am. I'm here to read fics and I created an account so I could read f-locked posts. So yeah. My LJ has no connection with my RL.

However, right now I'm just totally floored and I need to rant

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[isinuyasha]

I couldn't agree with you more! Maybe not personally with fics but there have been times where my art or my concepts have been stolen and it really pissed me off. Especially when you can do nothing against it.

For example, there's a person on ff.net who keeps uploading Kimberjingle's fics. Now, I'm not such a big fan that I'd notice her fic right away but I was suspicious when approx. 700.000 written words just popped out of nowhere. I looked into Kimberjingle's yahoo_group where she keeps her fics and found the one posted on ff.net-
So I confronted the person and told her it was unfair and not her right to post anything without her consent (which the person didn't have, since Kimberjingle's away from fandom/internet because of personal problems, I think) and said that it was cowardly to use this to her advantage. But it didn't help and ff.net could/can do nothing without Kimberjingle's confirmation.

I see fics being stolen all the time and I think it's more than disrespectful to the author, no matter how righteous their reason may have been to them.

I mean...we use JKR's ideas but for that we have disclaimer and EVERYBODY knows that we don't own those ideas and that me make no profit with those ideas.

I completely agree with you! ^^

(Sorry for the english and rant^^)

[kaykayen]

I do business graphics, though I can't draw a straight line, and I've had several concepts stolen from me so, believe me, it's not just about fics. It's about the efforts anyone puts into any creative work. The things that we put our heart and soul into.

I saw Kimberjingle's fics posted as well as a number of others. At first I reported and ranted but I learned that it means absolutely nothing to the folks at ff.net unless the original author complains. It frustrates me beyond belief.

Thanks for your support and please don't apologize for your: 1) english -- english is my first language and I'm still quite capable of butchering it and your english is excellent; and 2) rant -- I'm a natural ranter though I obviously rarely post my rants! ~_^