davidgillon: Text: You can take a heroic last stand against the forces of darkness. Or you can not die. It's entirely up to you" (Heroic Last Stand)

Facebook just took down the post in which I mentioned being plagiarized. Apparently it violates their standards on bullying and harassment. Seriously?!?

I think it's only the one in the RPG group, I posted it in two other places, which makes me heavily suspicious that the plagiarizer has reported me. Did I upset the big bad soldier's feelings?

davidgillon: A pair of crutches, hanging from coat hooks, reflected in a mirror (Default)
So last night the plagiarizer agreed to publish a specific form of wording (thanks to [personal profile] legionseagle

 for advice) acknowledging he'd copied my work. Today I needed some time away from it, so I've spent my day buried in DWP stats. At 5:30 I spotted a message from a friend that implied he had posted something that wasn't what was expected. On checking I found he'd used the older form he'd proposed, but it still acknowledges that he used my article and presented it as his. Which he'd wrapped in about a page of text protesting that this wasn't actually plagiarism.

So I noted that this wasn't the agreed wording, pointing out what that was.

And he's been whinging constantly ever since. Apparently it was completely unreasonable of me not to be on Facebook all day, even though everything was agreed last night. (He sent a message at 04:57 saying he'd changed his mind) And it wasn't his fault. And it wasn't plagiarization. And noting what he'd agreed to say was unfair.

At this point I trust his behaviour so little I've screenshotted his statement in case he changes it later.

You would think I was dealing with a whining teenager who won't admit he was caught. He's actually a serving soldier.

davidgillon: Text: True Love always shoots to kill (True Love Always Shoots to Kill)
The current situation is the editor of the fanzine pulled it from DriveThruRPG as soon as they became aware, so no need to invoke DMCA. The plagiarizer, who unsurprisingly turns out not to have the first clue about copyright law, is willing, after being prodded vigorously, to publicly acknowledge me as the author in the FB group where it had been circulated additionally to being published online. We're negotiating wording. He's trying to hurry me, claiming he might be sent out on exercise in the morning, which is potentially true, but I'll agree when I'm happy with it and not before.
davidgillon: Text: True Love always shoots to kill (True Love Always Shoots to Kill)
I've been mostly out of 2300AD gaming for a good while, concentrating on writing, so I've only just realised a roleplaying article I wrote years ago for the Etranger 2300AD site turned up in issue 7 of the Colonial Times fanzine on Drivethrurpg under some else's name (Krijn Mout - never heard of him). The arrogant sod does credit me for 'support', but it's overwhelmingly my text. (Actually crediting me helps establish the copyright violation, so is an act of stupidity).

It's a freebie fanzine, so they haven't made anything from it, but I'm not having my work out there under someone else's name and it's doubly a problem as the bookending fiction text is a character I've always meant to return to and I need to establish that I'm not plagiarizing them if I do so.

DrivethruRPG can expect a rocket from me shortly in the form of a DMCA takedown notice.

(And it's doubly annoying as I was looking forward to reading the article!! Hang on, this sounds familiar...)

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