Plagiarism - Page 2

Gosh another case of plaigarism! Being a victim of such offence myself I know how it feels when someone claims ur story as their own nd it results in moving them to some restricted blog, posting a note on the IF thread that it's been moved to blog nd the link being sent to nly trusted readership! It really pains when some of the loyal readers who nly read ask u for ur blog link and u deny bcoz u dnt know them or barely interacted with them obviously they get offended nd we hurt! Feedback is nly the thing ny writer gains for his Fiction nothing else! Its an offence nd needs to be handled seriously! many of my buddies either did stop writing nd left or r continuing as mere readers jst cos they attached with few ppl around here!

@.Ravneet-:
I am atleast happy that u realise ur mistake hopefully u will remember ur words nd wont repeat it!😊 nd I don't think Zanu or even nyone else can take u out of the matter it is only the original writers decision of what should be done! Maybe u will even have to deal with her lawyer since plaigarism is a crime!
Not really moral policing but its not really against rules quoting nd bringing it to the attention what u have done...
Refer to the rule against plaigarism here:
https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/topic/3132202
since there is hardly ny DT member active its absolutely fine if she makes it a separate topic to get some attention to the deed!Edited by -Fleurdelice- - 8 years ago

Report it to the IF mods

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Edited by .ArshiHamesha. - 8 years ago

Zana ,This is a must post.

Edited by ZANADI - 8 years ago

You should continue fighting against plagiarism Zana. Maybe some people still don't understand what a big crime is but stealing others' pains and hard work is a crime which should be punished. I know IF doesn't think it is important to protect copyrights but we know it. 

A must and needed post, indeed. I have seen my favourite writers leaving their stories in mid just because of plagiarism. I have been a silent but ardent fan plus reader of IF from last few years and now as a writer, this place has given amazing and awesome people as readers as well as friends to me. But being a writer, there is a constant fear of my story being plagiarized. I am still an amateur at writing, but the fear of my concept or plot or even a small piece of my stories being copied is always there. I have to think twice before updating or starting a new story.

 

I just don't understand what does this people think while copy/pasting. How much it takes to think something and write down or type on your pc? What do you think we feel when you do such thing?

 

All the writers here write because they love writing. Some as a hobby, some for cheering up from a bad day, some as a passion, etc. But each and everyone give their time, dedication and share their imaginations/visions and I should also mention money that goes in internet. Many even share their own life as a fiction or fan-fiction. And by plagiarizing or as you like to say being over-inspired' and copy/pasting someone's own story on your name, you kill a part of them. You kill the urge, their talent of using words like a magic. How will you feel if someone does this to you?? Please think, just for a minute at least, before doing such thing.

 

@Zanadi- Thank you for bringing it to everyone's notice. I saw the story yesterday and had actually liked it. I was feeling bad that I couldn't comment on it because of my exams. But now am happy that I didn't.

I will also like to know about the copyright thing, you mentioned.

 

@ Sans- Thanks dear for sharing the thread. I hope more people come forward to support it.

 

To dear MODs and IF,

 For once, I request, please don't close or remove/move this thread. It is very important for readers and writers. Please do something to protect us from such crime. My earnest request.

 

This post is not to offend anyone.

 

 

 

Agreed ...make sense...

I applaud your ATTEMPT at doing the right thing, i really do. The fact that you broad casted someone's mistake for the whole freaking IF community to witness is very mature of you, GOOD FREAKING JOB! 


Edited by -zozo- - 8 years ago

Originally posted by: -zozo-

I applaud your ATTEMPT at doing the right thing, i really do. The fact that you broad casted someone's mistake for the whole freaking IF community to witness is very mature of you, GOOD FREAKING JOB! 

But seriously, did you really think that THIS was a good idea? It's one thing to make a PSA about plagiarism but to single out someone in front of everyone? Smh. You could have personally contacted her and voiced out your opinion on the matter or could have directed her to a similar post MINUS the screenshots, but guess that wasn't wiser. Also lol, "For someone like me, PLAGIARISM is same like killing my soul.', oh is it really though? Is it really like "killing" your "soul"? I do not in anyway condone plagiarism, i think it'a the most petty thing someone could possibly do but that does not mean your approach at handling this whole situation was in any way justified. As for "If any of the readers ask themselves why their writers do not continue their stories or stop updating then this is the answer, PLAGIARISM.", that is a very broadly generalized and untrue assumption... an assumption not a fact. Lastly, i saw the girl owning up to and apologizing for her stupidity. So with that in mind why don't you acquire a bit of prospective and at the LEAST delete those screenshots.

This is just my opinion on this whole thing, i think the idea behind this post was good but the execution was horrible.