That's what sometimes happens in self-publishing: one has to do one's own line editing...."...it appears that I may have crossed the line..." You think?
Mass plagiarist caught red-handed
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tinkerdan
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Red handed
having been discovered in [ or just after the act of doing something wrong or illegal.]
having been discovered in [ or just after the act of doing something wrong or illegal.]
Vladd67
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https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/red-handed#Etymology
They use Cyan Yellow Magenta & Black.
Actually why is it called "red handed" when you catch someone in the act? (excepting intercourse, which has a Latin phrase I can't spell).
EDIT: Actually I looked up the Latin. In flagrante delicto (Latin: "in blazing offence") is synonymous with "caught in the act" or "red handed" for anything illegal, not just intercourse. Oh well, wrong again.
Still don't know why "red handed".
Mad Alice
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It happens all the time.
Here is a link to a blog on deviantart where a young American dinosaur illustrator who took the time to create dinosaur drawing tutorials, has found a British blogger (who is also on deviantart as "Sketcher jack") for a natural history museum has taken dozens and dozens of these tutorials and published them in a series of books as her own work. Appropriately named this thief, seeing as she has jacked hundreds of sketch drawings.
Moreover Sketcherjack has sent the injured party a "lawyer" 's letter accerting that Sketcherjack is in the process of suing the illustrator.
I doubt that the letter is genuine as the writer refers to themselves as lawyers and not solicitors, and other incorrect forms of address, as well as the whole letter showing no understanding whatsoever of copyright law, fraud law or international business law and their associated conventions as determined through national bodies of governance. The entire section pertaining to how works published by an individual upon a website have no proof of copyright is beyond laughably erroneous, and yet chillingly cautioning for us as writers to realize there are these individuals, these predators out there.
http://forum.deviantart.com/art/general/2131942/
http://forum.deviantart.com/art/general/2131942/
Its actually too bad it isn't a series of e-books, as then the illustrator might have been able to reciprocate in the manner of "the Oatmeal" 's creator.
www.theguardian.com/media/2015/oct/28/cartoonist-the-oatmeal-trolls-huffpo-over-images-published-sans-permission
Here is a link to a blog on deviantart where a young American dinosaur illustrator who took the time to create dinosaur drawing tutorials, has found a British blogger (who is also on deviantart as "Sketcher jack") for a natural history museum has taken dozens and dozens of these tutorials and published them in a series of books as her own work. Appropriately named this thief, seeing as she has jacked hundreds of sketch drawings.
Moreover Sketcherjack has sent the injured party a "lawyer" 's letter accerting that Sketcherjack is in the process of suing the illustrator.
I doubt that the letter is genuine as the writer refers to themselves as lawyers and not solicitors, and other incorrect forms of address, as well as the whole letter showing no understanding whatsoever of copyright law, fraud law or international business law and their associated conventions as determined through national bodies of governance. The entire section pertaining to how works published by an individual upon a website have no proof of copyright is beyond laughably erroneous, and yet chillingly cautioning for us as writers to realize there are these individuals, these predators out there.
http://forum.deviantart.com/art/general/2131942/
http://forum.deviantart.com/art/general/2131942/
Its actually too bad it isn't a series of e-books, as then the illustrator might have been able to reciprocate in the manner of "the Oatmeal" 's creator.
www.theguardian.com/media/2015/oct/28/cartoonist-the-oatmeal-trolls-huffpo-over-images-published-sans-permission
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Ray McCarthy
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An idea deliberately fostered by Yahoo, Google, Facebook and Wikipedia for user sourced content.
Flickr, Pintrest, Wikipedia, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc deliberately destroying copyrights of ordinary people. Only upload content to them that is already Public Domain (or stupid Creative Commons) or that's your own you don't care about and want to give away via their licence.
Check out copyright terms on any site you wish to upload to.
The only site trustworthy enough for our uploads is good old SFFChronicles.
Ray McCarthy
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There are other sites also with sensible copyright terms, but Brian's are fine.
Overread
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Ray last I checked Flickr at least lets the photographer retain all copyright. Most of the major "serious" photography/art/music sites are like that; its the likes of facebook etc.. which are not based around those communities which have more "rights grabby" clauses in their terms and conditions.
There is creative commons, but that is optional.
Of course it stands to reason that anything you put into the public eye can be copied; can be stolen - but that's true for anyone and is the risk we do take.
There is creative commons, but that is optional.
Of course it stands to reason that anything you put into the public eye can be copied; can be stolen - but that's true for anyone and is the risk we do take.
Ray McCarthy
Sentient Marmite: The Truth may make you fret.
It encourages use of Creative Commons, which is simply a licence based on copyright to weaken your rights. No-one needs Creative Commons, it solves a problem that doesn't exist. Flickr is owned by Yahoo. It's only reason to exist is to make money for Yahoo. No serious photographer needs it.
Oh please -- write it!
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Are the hobbats rescued from the volcano by giant beagles?
And take refuge in Shrivendell with the shelves?
The Bluestocking
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Giant beagles = INSPIRED!
Presumably the setting is nothing as clichéd as Muddle Earth, but is, instead, the steppes....
It's definitely an area that's become harder to police the last year or two. Plagiarism policies in universities etc have had to become much tighter.
I was reading about a case yesterday where two medical students were found to have whispered through the exam, come up with about 70 identical answers, 13 of which were identically wrong, and had one of them admit he asked for help, and yet the college found insufficient evidence of plagiarism. Boggles belief.
I have to admit, though, the person in the OP had some smarts - steal from a related in theme but not readership audience. I've seen some where the hyperlink has been left in...
I was reading about a case yesterday where two medical students were found to have whispered through the exam, come up with about 70 identical answers, 13 of which were identically wrong, and had one of them admit he asked for help, and yet the college found insufficient evidence of plagiarism. Boggles belief.
I have to admit, though, the person in the OP had some smarts - steal from a related in theme but not readership audience. I've seen some where the hyperlink has been left in...
I think the epic tale of hobbats and shelves in their battle against the evil Sour Ron deserves its own thread.
The giant beagles are awesome. The middle steppe, I was crying when I came back to this thread.
The giant beagles are awesome. The middle steppe, I was crying when I came back to this thread.
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