Plagiarism is bad, kids. Not to mention stupid when you do it online.

[bironic]

Heads up, Housefic writers: awwsugah has been reposting other people's stories on her MySpace and passing them off as her own. She's got stuff by daasgrrl, cryptictac, maineac, isagel, soundship, evila_elf, genagirl, jaryn_, elynittria, sam_storyteller, and others. (Not me, though. I guess my stuff isn't good enough. Heh.) See cryptictac's post for an in-progress roundup.

ETA: Example, now that the blog has been locked:



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Thank you to thewlisian_afer for the alert.

Comments

[bell]

W, why WOULD YOU DO THAT? D:

I've never really read assugah's works before, but I recognize her name from around and, if you're somewhat high profile, copying off fic-- FAMOUS fic-- is even dumber.

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads-up. And I wonder if it wasn't noticed sooner because anyone would go blind in a hurry reading in that layout? Still, jeeze. That's just astonishing.

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

(Not me, though. I guess my stuff isn't good enough. Heh.)

Me neither, apparently. Hee!

In other news -- holy crap.

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

I can't believe when she came to lj and started making friends with the people she did this to that she didn't dump the evidence. Maybe she hoped if she pretended it hadn't happened, it would go away?

It's kind of shocking to be reminded that not only can this happen, it does.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I didn't get plagiarized either. *sobs*

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

PS. Didn't Mer run across a plagiarist of her work a few months back? Could it have been awwsugah? Creepy.

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

Ahh, this is very, very weird. I mean, you hear about ridiculous fucktards on LJ all the time, but they're just anonymous fucktards. awwsugah and I have become pretty good friends in the past six months or so. So, uh, this is just bizzarre. Meh.

[pun.livejournal.com]

Man, I feel so left out!

[topaz-eyes.livejournal.com]

*blinks*

Uhm. Thanks for the heads-up. I just found out about awwsugah's plagiarizing of cryptictac's work.

Small correction: Esse's (aka paradise_city story "A Love Restrained" was plagiarized, not mine. Either way, it still sucks. It appears awwsugah took older (2005-early 2006) House fics.

[elynittria.livejournal.com]

I feel kind of sorry for her, although I don't know her personally (or virtually personally, I suppose I should say). It's obvious that she's young and troubled, and she's really being dumped on (quite nastily at times) by people who are only peripherally affected by her actions. I'm definitely not saying that plagiarism is right or should be excused, but it would be nice if people were kinder to each other and tried to understand and forgive.

[purridot.livejournal.com]

reposted A THIRD TIME b/c typing one-handed is impossible for me

It was interesting to compare side by side elynnitria's original and the other, ah, version, to see how some of the more intricate language has been altered, precious imagery added, and slashiness grafted on. There is no other word but "bizarre"...

[jdr1184.livejournal.com]

Not me, though. I guess my stuff isn't good enough. Heh.
Awwww, I totally steal your work, bironic . If you, know, I didn't have morals. Stupid morals. :0) I feel sort of strange about the whole thing since I like her RPGing, but I also used one of her stories for a MST. Mostly, I just feel sorry for her. I'd hate to be that pathetic.