More plagiarism, open and shut case
(Edited to add cut, my apologies)
Hi,
Yet another plagiarism in the fandom I belong to, this time by Miya Suzakai, although I suspect this one wanted to be caught really badly. Not only did she plagiarize a fanfic so popular it has its own Yahoo group, she simply retyped it badly.
The story was removed so blindingly fast, I was lucky to get screencaps (indicator of guilt, yes?)
The original by Wish Chan, with the first chapter posted in 2001:
The copy, posted within the last 8 hours:
The plagiarist didn't even bother to change the title and summary much (well she simply misspelled a few words here and there, which is kind of funny in an age of copy and paste):
The original, intro:
The plagiarist's intro:
Original, part 2:
Copy, part 2 (as you can see it's an out and out copy):
Original part 3:
Copy 3:
Copy 4:
She was caught and twitted quickly, as Wish-chan is STILL an active author and just posted the most recent chapter a month or so ago:
Now the story has been taken down, and since I'm not a moderator, I submit this case for judgment. Thank you!
Hi,
Yet another plagiarism in the fandom I belong to, this time by Miya Suzakai, although I suspect this one wanted to be caught really badly. Not only did she plagiarize a fanfic so popular it has its own Yahoo group, she simply retyped it badly.
The story was removed so blindingly fast, I was lucky to get screencaps (indicator of guilt, yes?)
The original by Wish Chan, with the first chapter posted in 2001:
The copy, posted within the last 8 hours:
The plagiarist didn't even bother to change the title and summary much (well she simply misspelled a few words here and there, which is kind of funny in an age of copy and paste):
The original, intro:
The plagiarist's intro:
Original, part 2:
Copy, part 2 (as you can see it's an out and out copy):
Original part 3:
Copy 3:
Copy 4:
She was caught and twitted quickly, as Wish-chan is STILL an active author and just posted the most recent chapter a month or so ago:
Now the story has been taken down, and since I'm not a moderator, I submit this case for judgment. Thank you!