Of fandom kernuffles

[bubosquared]

1. The plagiarism thing. So here I am, sitting at work, bored out of my skull, waiting for two fuckers to return my call so I can send this fucking fax and go the fuck home. I check my mail for the gazillionth time today. Oh, look, a new story on the U2 slash list. I open, I scan the Author's Notes, I do a double take at the mention of the name "Cassandra Williams", which is joanne_c's RPS pseud. I read the A/N:

I wanted to post this story for quite a while now, and since it's so quiet lately I guess this is my big chance. :) First of all I have to say thank you to all of you who contributed such wonderful fics to this list, and I'm sorry that I didn't review them as much as they'd deserved. I love them to pieces. :) A special thank you goes out to Stephanie who encouraged me to this contribution with her own two first stories which I found awesome. She's a lot braver than me, because this story isn't completely my own. So the biggest thank you has to go to the author of the original even if I doubt she'll ever read it.

Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy the final result, and please be patient with me since English isn't my native tongue. So any mistakes you might (and *will* find) are my very own. :) Next time I hope I'll be back with something completely on my own.

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*This is a remake of a story by Cassandra Williams with the same title that I found on the site "RealPeopleSmut" (http://www.femgeeks.net/rs-x/rpstories.htm) in the David Bowie section. I found this story amazing, the only thing that could get improvement in my personal opinion was the "heroes". ;) So I made some "casting changes" and adapted the story to the needs of Bono and Edge. I also added some completely new parts to the original. I guess you'll figure it out. :) What attracted me about this story was the fact that the original characters are quite a bit older than our beloved boys. So instead of making them younger I simply decided to place this story in the future.*

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I just. I can't even think what to say about this. "So the biggest thank you has to go to the author of the original even if I doubt she'll ever read it." Has it ever occured to you to just ask her, you comlpete, utter moron?!? Words fail me, okay? Suffice to say, as far as I can see, her "reworking" is basically word-for-word c&p-ing with names changed, some details altered and two sentences worked in here and there.

2. Ten Buck Fucks. You know, a year and a half ago, this chit threw a similar fit because rsadelle "wouldn't" remove the link on her site. (And I put "wouldn't" in quote marks because she simply couldn't, what with being busy trekking across Europe and all.) I'd like to send her an emil, but all I can think of is "Honey, if you really think anyone's going to see a link from and RPS site to your archive -- which, btw, is not your personal preaching ground -- and think that means you "endorse" RPS, do yourself a favour and trade in some of your ego for some common sense."

I hate irrisponsible listmods and archivists who use a list/archive as bargaining mterial for their own presonal crusades! HATE THEM!

3. Void and related broohaha. Repeat after me, people. "We are not our stories." Wax does not torture people irl, I'm not an airhead, and Stephen King does not see ghosts.

*deep breath*

IRC, anyone? :)

Comments

this IS plagiarism

[icanreadyourmnd.livejournal.com]

and it sucks and this person has to be told and beaten up about it.

I used one of Joanne's stories in DANCE WITH LIFE, Part III but it was with Joanne's permission and she got to see the result before it was posted. I used it as a flashback. In fact, every time I've used someone else's original character or anything else, it's been with permission and such permission is ALWAYS listed in my beginning credits to a story.

There's no excuse for what she did. Does Joanne know yet?

Re: this IS plagiarism

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

I forwarded her the story. Don't worry. There will be yelling. A lot.

if you need me to cite

[icanreadyourmnd.livejournal.com]

publishing law and on-line copyright law, as a publishing member, just let me know!

Re: if you need me to cite

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

I may take you up on that, depending on replies. Thanks!

oh, and

[icanreadyourmnd.livejournal.com]

I really think there has to be a public apology to wherever this story was posted (a public flagellation would be appropriate too); we all have stories out there and none of us want to be plagiarized. If this girl is gonna be so clueless (and her friends too, it seems), she has to bear the brunt of it and also be made an example of so it doesn't happen again.

Re: oh, and

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Yes, she does owe us all that. Goddamn!

[fayemeadows.livejournal.com]

::hands melle a pointy stick::

Come with me; it's time to spear the stupid fucks.

::beh::

[arami.livejournal.com]

There really needs to be a law against stupid, stupid people. I don't know why people who feel the need to plagarize others think those they steal from will look upon it as a blessing or flattery.

And then the whole Void issue *sigh* I feel sorry for Wax. At first the discussion was interesting, but now it's gotten a life of its own, and it needs to die.

I'm with Chrissy, we need to take up the pointy sticks and have at it :)

[rsadelle]

2. Bwahahaha! I assume it's the same idiot woman. I hope this makes more people mad at her.

3. Huh? What broohaha?

Re:

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Apparently (I'm not on any lists anymore myself, so I'm getting this second-hand), people are finding Wax' Void stories disturbing, and are claimingn that Wax, because she writes dark and disturbing, is therefore dark, twisted and fcuked-up herself.

(Which pisses me off because by that logic, I am the human equivalent of a cotton ball. Grr.)

[rsadelle]

Didn't we just have this discussion on the lo-trips list?

Re:

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Don't look at me? I just lie here!

Actully, not even. Shortest-lived fandom of my career, that. I read, like, your stories, and anthing tha comes through Mol's list, and that's it. :/

[rsadelle]

I really like lo-trips. I don't know why. It's just one of those fandoms that grabbed hold of me and won't let go.