Reply To: JimB: Reposting old stories and burying other writers

[MysteriousMoon]

Hi, newly registered to the site, though I’ve been looking at it for a long while. I agree with Echo (also, condolences on the theft). I have some mixed feelings when art, story or otherwise, is reposted with the intent of preservation, in the event it was lost, and personally, I might be more forgiving if people are at least honest that they’re reposting other people’s work, giving credit and all that.

That’s not the case here, though, and HSN Admin, you HAVE to do something about it. Echo’s right, you can’t let this keep happening. Letting this sort of thing roam free discourages people from posting on here at all, and it only encourages this bad behavior. I took a look at “I’m not my sister”, the copy “JimB” put up. Not only did they put the title in all caps (never a good look), but they edited the story, messed with the wording.

I’d call that an attempt to hide the plagiarism or justify it, but you can still tell it’s the same thing. I saw something similar with HairCute/Cadance Flynn on DeviantArt/here. No matter what they say, it’s pure plagiarism, and should not be tolerated, whether a big author’s name is on them or not.

The best option is to kick them out. That’s what the old hair groups did to HairCutie back on DeviantArt. If they will not own up to the obvious, lie about the obvious (“They stole it first!”), will not apologize, and won’t stop, don’t let them post anymore. Yes, all that content will be removed, but look at it this way: Some of that content is duplicate, some of it is on other sites, this might not even be the REAL JimB, as some have suggested, and it will act as a deterrent to future thieves.

No one will want to post on a site with a thief waiting to pick their pockets. I certainly wouldn’t, even if I had a story to post.

And on that note, Cadance Flynn should also be given the boot. She’s already posted stolen stories here.