Writer's Block: Copy and paste

[campylobacter]

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I'd hire an intellectual property rights lawyer. :D

Unless it were for a fanwork -- in that case, I'd call out the plagiarist and sit back with a bag of popcorn.

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[evrymeeveryyou.livejournal.com]

I work with one of those ;)

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

I'm cringing at the legal issues of publishing fanfic. It's an old argument that's created lots of wanky debates.

[evrymeeveryyou.livejournal.com]

Well, I work with an Intellectual Property attorney who had NEVER heard about fanfic. He's also a great big fanboy and when I told him about it, he was AMAZED. LOL - I guess nothing like it had never come across his desk.

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

That kinda proves that fanfic isn't as much of an actionable offense as other IP violations.

Although Diana Gabaldon wanked about it...
http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/1246633.html
http://kate-nepveu.livejournal.com/483239.html

[franthewndrhrse.livejournal.com]

Weird how I know those xf writers. :)

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

The Naughty Nanny kerfluffle (http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.x-files.creative/browse_thread/thread/169865d24485df35/33e9eec6e702f644?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22naughty+nanny%22+plagiarism+x-files#33e9eec6e702f644) was EPIC. SO MUCH WANK.

[edited to add linky link]

[franthewndrhrse.livejournal.com]

Now I have the Nanny song in my head.

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

OMG sorry! Unless you *like* that song!

Gosh, I haven't read Karen, Lydia and Plausible D's fic in years. I should head over to Gossamer and take a trip down Mulder/Scully lane.

[franthewndrhrse.livejournal.com]

I haven't read any xf fic in ages myself. Funny how something I did every day for a while just faded away bit by bit. That's life.


la la la
Who would have thought the girl I described, was exactly what the doctor prescribed...

I've had worse songs stuck in my head. Like "I've Never Been To Me".

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard "I've Never Been To Me" in... 20 yars? OMGLOL!

My iTunes is on most of the time to deter any pernicious earworms.

[sg-wonderland.livejournal.com]

I had no idea there was so much plagiarism out there; it's quite depressing. Yeah, someone else might have invented Jack and Daniel but those are MY words coming out of their mouths!

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

What amuses me is that a plagiarist will usually run a name search-replace on stories that have won fan awards, and assume NO ONE WILL NOTICE.

LOLOLOL WUT

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