Copying in the Death Note fandom
I first noticed this by accidentally reviewing the copied fic first, and seeing all the reviews there with the accusations. The copier ClarissaLawliet (at http://www.fanfiction.net/u/3472333/ on FFN) has 3 stories listed and the profile was created on 11-28-11. All three copied fics have at least one review pointing out plagiarism, by both of the victims, and other reviews saying so are by non-victims. Also, I contacted ClarissaLawliet with no answer so far. I also contacted one victim, Dotti55, and asked if I could report it here and got permission. I know of no way to contact ClarissaLawliet except by PM on FFN if you already have an FFN account: https://login.fanfiction.net/pm2/post.php?uid=3472333
I do not have the capacity to get screenshots at the moment, so I'll settle for just links for now as the copying is in many places word-for-word exact and the case shouldn't be hard to prove unless there is an immediate deletion before others can screencap for me.
LxLight Finally Falling by ClarissaLawliet published 01-08-12 is a copy of Putting It All Together by Dotti55 published 05-02-10.
"LxLight Finally Falling" first portion:
"Putting It All Together
Chapter One
L turned away from the computer when he heard the sound of the key in the lock. He glanced at the clock and frowned, it was almost three a.m. He knew Light had been celebrating, he'd been there with him earlier, but his current case needed him to get back to it and he left early, but he hadn't expected Light to stay this long. He had stopped doing anything worthwhile on the case after midnight as all he could think about was whether Light was all right. He had even tried calling his cell but Light had not picked up. He could only assume the music and partying was so loud he couldn't hear it; but it also led to him being very concerned. He let out a very relieved sigh."
"Putting It All Together" first portion:
"Hello everyone! This is the beginning to the promised sequel to "Something to Think About". It isn't necessary you read it to get into this one, but it is a good segway. Now that they're back in Japan and Light is working on his future, the title kind of reflects that they are both trying to put it all together now, which requires work on both their parts..especially when cases get in the way. Please enjoy! And yes my thanks to Ohba and Obata for their awesome characters."
Putting It All Together
Chapter One
L turned away from the computer when he heard the sound of the key in the lock. He glanced at the clock and frowned, it was almost three a.m. He knew Light had been celebrating, he'd been there with him earlier, but his current case needed him to get back to it and he left early, but he hadn't expected Light to stay this long. He had stopped doing anything worthwhile on the case after midnight as all he could think about was whether Light was all right. He had even tried calling his cell but Light had not picked up. He could only assume the music and partying was so loud he couldn't hear it; but it also led to him being very concerned. He let out a very relieved sigh."
As you can see, the copier deleted the original author's note but did not bother to delete the original title from the copy.
For the other two copied stories, I'm just going to include the links to save space here as I'm sure screencaps will be gotten later.
Love in the Red by ClarissaLawliet published 01-08-12 is copied from A Bond Like Ours by bmsnakia361991 published 12-15-11.
MattXMello ONE SHOT! by ClarissaLawliet published 01-08-12 is also copied from A Bond Like Ours by bmsnakia361991 published 12-15-11.
I do not have the capacity to get screenshots at the moment, so I'll settle for just links for now as the copying is in many places word-for-word exact and the case shouldn't be hard to prove unless there is an immediate deletion before others can screencap for me.
LxLight Finally Falling by ClarissaLawliet published 01-08-12 is a copy of Putting It All Together by Dotti55 published 05-02-10.
"LxLight Finally Falling" first portion:
"Putting It All Together
Chapter One
L turned away from the computer when he heard the sound of the key in the lock. He glanced at the clock and frowned, it was almost three a.m. He knew Light had been celebrating, he'd been there with him earlier, but his current case needed him to get back to it and he left early, but he hadn't expected Light to stay this long. He had stopped doing anything worthwhile on the case after midnight as all he could think about was whether Light was all right. He had even tried calling his cell but Light had not picked up. He could only assume the music and partying was so loud he couldn't hear it; but it also led to him being very concerned. He let out a very relieved sigh."
"Putting It All Together" first portion:
"Hello everyone! This is the beginning to the promised sequel to "Something to Think About". It isn't necessary you read it to get into this one, but it is a good segway. Now that they're back in Japan and Light is working on his future, the title kind of reflects that they are both trying to put it all together now, which requires work on both their parts..especially when cases get in the way. Please enjoy! And yes my thanks to Ohba and Obata for their awesome characters."
Putting It All Together
Chapter One
L turned away from the computer when he heard the sound of the key in the lock. He glanced at the clock and frowned, it was almost three a.m. He knew Light had been celebrating, he'd been there with him earlier, but his current case needed him to get back to it and he left early, but he hadn't expected Light to stay this long. He had stopped doing anything worthwhile on the case after midnight as all he could think about was whether Light was all right. He had even tried calling his cell but Light had not picked up. He could only assume the music and partying was so loud he couldn't hear it; but it also led to him being very concerned. He let out a very relieved sigh."
As you can see, the copier deleted the original author's note but did not bother to delete the original title from the copy.
For the other two copied stories, I'm just going to include the links to save space here as I'm sure screencaps will be gotten later.
Love in the Red by ClarissaLawliet published 01-08-12 is copied from A Bond Like Ours by bmsnakia361991 published 12-15-11.
MattXMello ONE SHOT! by ClarissaLawliet published 01-08-12 is also copied from A Bond Like Ours by bmsnakia361991 published 12-15-11.