Tumblr spotting

[fairady]

So, on WTFFanfiction on Tumblr a line was posted. Googling of the line revealed there were two different fics with this line. Written by two different authors, for two different fandoms, and exactly the same in all other ways.

Comments

[enigmaticblues]

I'll be the moderator on this case. Thanks for the screencaps.

[fairady]

Thanks. I have some other screencaps for three other fics that have been plagiarized on my home computer, it's the same authors. I also sent a PM to runninequalslife but have yet to receive a response. I wasn't sure if I should approach Sparky1205.

[enigmaticblues]

I'll contact both of them as part of the case, if that makes a difference as to your decision. If you wouldn't mind editing the post with the additional screencaps, or include links in a comment to this post, that would be a huge help. Thanks!

[fairady]

Will do. I'm working on uploading the screencaps to photobucket now.

[schizophrenic0]

Wow! What a way to uncover plagiarism! Admittedly, now I'm wondering what the quoted line was that lead to finding this.

[linear_flower]

If you're curious :)

[schizophrenic0]

Thank you got that! First LOL of the day!

[terrie01]

Why would anyone plagiarize THAT?

[linear_flower]

I have to admit, I expected the High School Musical fic author to be the one that had done the plagiarizing. I was pretty shocked to see it was the other way around. Say I'm stereotyping (I probably am), but that's the way it went in my head.

[fairady]

I wasn't fully sure that was the case until I started looking at dates too.