Plagiarism: Is there a solution?

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madmaxine

@madmaxine

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Posted: 13 years ago

#21

Originally posted by: Naach_Basanti
as some of the other members have already mentioned, Using watermarks is the best solution within the confines of this forum. Write up your FF, go to photoshop or any other painting software, add a watermark, save the whole thing as an image, upload to a website and then put the link with a no copy, members only forum code. Thats the best that can be done as of now.

The mods should give a warning on first instance of plagiarism and then ban the member for any repeated offence. Im disappointed that the mods have let some of the repeated offenders get away with whatever they have been doing.

I think you've summed it up pretty well. I will try to implement this the next time around.

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AngelTeen

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Posted: 13 years ago

#22

True. IF needs to come up with something if they wish to maintain the creativity here.

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@debby_11

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Posted: 13 years ago

#23

i feel very bad that i didnt understand that the work is plagiarized... i commented on their ff..f&&k..i feel ver bad...shit man...seriously hurt yaar...hopefully there is no one else doing like this...seriously it was very disappointing...praised their works thinking its their work...i m really very hurt...

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CravingKhana

@CravingKhana

Rocker

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Posted: 13 years ago

#24

Just a quick question...fair enough we are throwing out ideas and brain storming , but would this not be a more legible discussion if the powers that be of IF were to participate as well, we will know where they stand , they will know our greivance, they get to view out ideas, we have sattisfaction that atleast it is going noticed, they let ud know what i feasible and what is not...

otherwise it just feels like we are shooting empty shells in the dark...

Edited by tangam - 13 years ago

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Jayne

@Jayne

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Posted: 13 years ago

#25

Originally posted by: madmaxine

Thanks for the input. Unfortunately I don't think publicly shaming them is going to hurt when they're hiding behind an ID that's not even their real name and no one knows who they are. But yes, spreading the word is helpful, in the sense it at least makes people aware.
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You might want to bring attention to this fact on the actual website where it was posted, as well.
I believe the poster on IF said they saw it on FB page.
I know there are other websites, such as, eduniya.com, etc. that have been plagiarizing.

Jayne

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madmaxine

@madmaxine

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Posted: 13 years ago

#26

Originally posted by: tangam
Just a quick question...fair enough we are throwing out ideas and brain storming , but would this not be a more legible discussion if the powers that be of IF were to participate as well, we will know where they stand , they will know our greivance, they get to view out ideas, we have sattisfaction that atleast it is going noticed, they let ud know what i feasible and what is not...

otherwise it just feels like we are shooting empty shells in the dark...

Sure..and I for one, woud love to know what the powers-that-be think about this. Whether they feel they can do something, or its pretty much we'll deal with it on a case by case basis and we really can't do more. I can stomach that..I'd just like to know their thoughts.

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SunriseGreen

@SunriseGreen

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Posted: 13 years ago

#27

Awesome post.

I think the best solution, for now, should be to get all tech savvy and figure out ways to safeguard these creative works. In fact, if some methods work well enough, they might just become permanent solutions! I'd really like to know how those popular FF sites protect their writers' works.

I agree with you on the setbacks of blogging. But who knows when desperate times will call for desperate measures? :/

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-doe-eyes-

@-doe-eyes-

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Posted: 13 years ago

#28

This is so, so sad...I don't even want to continue my FF anymore, if someone else reaps the benefit from all that hard work and time which goes into it :( And I aspire to be a writer one day, so I don't need someone else feeding off my work...I really think the MODs should take up this issue, with those data protection software you mentioned or something, coz it would be such a shame if people started their own blogs and others got cut off from the wonderful creativity of this forum. I used to come here for that, but nowadays with this kind of news going around...this is an issue of concern, and I'm wondering whether it'd be possible to petition to the MODs to do something about it, coz if this keeps going, I might end up not writing for this forum altogether ;(

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AngelTeen

@AngelTeen

Stunner

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Posted: 13 years ago

#29

Okay...so I just found out that one of the works I had read here has been copied word to word on another forum. Disgusting. Have informed the original writer.

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blokes

@blokes

Voyager

Posted: 13 years ago

#30

just responded to another thread that brought up this issue- it is indeed very difficult to follow up plagiarism in the forum world with legal issues and there is nothing one can do except make it a member only post wherein you can maybe find a way to "track" who the member is who is lifting it off and then debar them from IF. I think that should be possible. Also, IF could create a software by which all our posts can have an IF watermark in the background so that even if it is blindly copied and pasted in other places, it can be "tracked and identified"- most of these lazy people who dont have a thought in their heads who copy so blatantly will not have the wherewithal to remove the watermark etc! Also, to make it more unique, maybe what IF can do is not only create a watermark for each post posted by a member, but also code for the name of the member to appear in the watermark in a particular pattern. This way, atleast full credit can be given to the creator of stories and siggies and even song remixes. Truly a very creative bunch when u see the spectrum of work done!!

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