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Originally posted by: Naach_Basanti
Hi Shona_li. Hope you are well. You make some good points. Irrespective of IF rules an adaption cannot be carried out without permission from the original author and publishing house. Adaptation is a form of plagiarism too.
Hi Shona_li!You have raised some valid points as well!I think in terms of paraphrasing and adaptation, IF has made it clear that they aren't open to it.I think this accusation of plagiarism stems from two things:1) She did not credit at the start - doesn't matter if you paraphrase or if you copy word for word, you have to credit. AngelTeen had raised a valid point in my discussion with her, that when you are writing a story and if the idea is not yours you always credit.A writer such as Gargee who has written several (amazing) stories in the past, who has had her work plagiarised (with and without credit given), has asked for that work to be removed, will know how crucial it is.2) The whole essence of the prologue is exactly the same as the one in the book. Yes, she may not have written it word for word, however Khushi sitting up, drawing her knees to her chest, Arnav looking at her, lying at his side - even the start of the story was exactly the same.Her new prologue is very different to the story, and if that had been the case at the start, this would not have happened.Also, a lot of other writers have been accused of even smaller things than this by adhering to the rules presently active.I think DT needs to establish a ground set of rules for everyone to abide by. Inspiration Vs plagiarism has always been a very thin line, and as you may have noticed already, we had a lengthy discussion about it :)~K
Fair points well made! :)
What I understand from the discussions is that the amount of faithfulness that has been followed by Gargee to the original text is not permissible. I would agree it's close to 100% in that sense.
My concern lies with adapting a work. Say we assume the author has credited the source material and author for their inspiration, the difference between an adaptation (which I presume here deriving from both of your responses means an exact replica of the sequence of events in a story) and inspiration isn't clear enough (edit: forgot to add this in :P). Works can be loosely adapted, say for instance, I want to write a story of Arnav and Khushi going to Hogwarts and I credit JK Rowling and IPK for those universes. Arnav is going to have Harry's obstacles and tribulations, but his character, his relationships and his thoughts are not the same. They are IPK-like. In essence, it is a cross-over fanfic borrowing their plot lines faithfully but I have mashed the two. Is this a concern for plagiarism? Because I've basically Arshi-fied the Harry Potter story and inserted those characters there. People can identify that I'm not passing this work off my own, and while I'm following the sequences of events faithfully (adaptation or inspiration? thin line too?), it is not the same as the book series.
I guess the point I'm trying to drive home here is, the degree of faithfulness in an adaptation is arbitrary and subjective. This concept, putting Gargee's case aside, needs to be clearer. She not only paraphrased 100% of the text, she followed the exact sequence of events. That case is open and shut. However for rule-setting, not every case is going to be as clear cut as hers. Where do we draw the line? As Krani pointed out, there is a very thin line between inspiration/adaptation versus plagiarism. The danger here is knowing which one of the categories you are in. There needs to be more clarity on this, and I don't think we've achieved that just yet.
And no, I'm not going to write that fic as much as I love HP and IPK. 😆
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