#plagiarism is wrong

[caffiend-queen]

Authors, you’re going to want to check this database…

Thank you, my dear @jtargaryen18 for sharing this info too. 💕 I’m sorry your books were stolen as well.

Meta, which is Facebook, Instagram and Threads, is now involved in a massive lawsuit. Internal memos have been released that prove Meta intentionally stole hundreds of thousands of books - including all of mine - to data scrape and train their AI. Here’s a link to see if they’ve stolen your work too: bit.ly/4iRK92t

There’s a class action suit just about to be launched, they’re waiting for the judge to determine if this is protected under the Fair Use laws, which it is absolutely not.

I am begging you to see that piracy is inexcusable, whether it’s a single person who doesn’t want to pay for the book to a despicable multi trillion dollar corporation who thinks they’re entitled to take your creative work for free. Authors write because we love it, because we love sharing these stories with you, because we love your reactions so much.

Because you are our community.

But we’re also supporting our families. Piracy, plagiarism and theft are inexcusable, no matter what the circumstances. Here’s another helpful link to the Author’s Guild info: bit.ly/41S55zz

[wintfleur]

someone help me before I blow up 🧍🏻‍♀️

[dragonomatopoeia]

i'm always a bit unsettled by disdain for intellectual or creative labor in leftist spaces. there's this commonly held belief that academics are a bunch of rich old white men, rather than a wide variety of people who are barely getting by. most lecturers in universities are adjuncts living paycheck to paycheck. authors make very little money as a general rule. most researchers are overworked and underpaid. and yet there's still this idea that academics are overcompensated to sit around and smoke cigars together while making shit up

[nanamugu]

trunks drawings I made while I was supposed to do more important stuff (oh well drawing them will always be important in my heart at least)

[tofupixel]

its crazy how many people are mad at me because they think i'm talking about my own art being plagiarised, and how dare i be so full of myself. no i actually care about others. it's actually pretty easy you should try it

[manikas-whims]

“i could care less if she's copying whoever”

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Imagine being so disgusting and supporting a literal thief. Imagine defending a stolen premise and straight up copied paragraphs over moral values.

BOTH THE AUTHORS (@/explorevenus and zombie ), WHOSE WORKS GOT STOLEN ARE GENUINELY HURT!

I don't know when fandom spaces became so rife with rude, insensitive and disrespectful people. But please fuck off from my blog if you are fine with plagiarism 🤬 and with @dollgxtz’s actions.

i didn't know LADS had such insensitive people in the fandom.

[folklouire]

You said you were gonna grow up, then you were gonna come find me. Said you were gonna grow up-

Taylor Swift performing Peter at The Eras Tour | Stockholm, Sweden | May 17, 2024 (x)

[molathesunfish]

and another one

[internutter]

Man who stole art for profit says it's suddenly not fair to use HIS stolen art for profit.

Something about reaping and sowing? Something about shoes on other feet?

...the schadenfreude is delicious today.

[shouldprobablybereading]

Why is Jasnah and Taravangians big battle just repeating my upper secondary school ethics class

[atomicradiogirl]

i wish stephen ambrose was still alive so i could cyberbully him

[wanderingandfound]

While I wasn't familiar with any of the players in the four hour plagiarism YouTube video (besides the Sherlock Is Garbage and Here's Why guy), coincidentally a blog post came out today about a book full of plagiarism within the TTRPG scene. And in this case I was familar with the plagiarizing author. I followed her on Twitter for a while (her personal account seems to be gone now) and while she could be... acerbic is one way to put it, shit-stirring is another, she had some insightful posts. Somebody doesn't need to be nice to have a point. This is disappointing.

[guardiandae]

Tryna see smth

M/M shippers poll (slash, yaoi, BL, making old men kiss, whatever you wanna call it)

Notes:

Shipping means creating or enjoying original works or fanworks, written or art, of the M/M aka slash aka yaoi variety.

"attraction" here is inclusive of sexual/romantic/queerplatonic attractions or relationships. There's an option at the bottom if your answer is just "nope" to all.

attraction to "multiple genders" is inclusive of bi, pan, poly, etc

If somehow you are excluded or feel excluded I am sorry, I have limited poll spots and my brain is so smooth.

If you're masc-aligned or femme-aligned nonbinary and want to choose "man" or "woman" do whatever fits the vibe, use your best judgement. Trans men are men and trans women are women, this poll isn't separating those out.

If you don't ship M/M aka slash aka yaoi at all then please skip sorryyyyy 🫶

[chrollohearttags]

woke up with the intention to be productive and have a good week. unfortunately I just have the saddies now and I lack motivation to do anything

[star--anon]

new favorite headcanon of the day: Minho built himself up in the Glade like a doll, standing in front of the mirror for hours, fiddling with all his facial expressions -- even the way he laughed -- until he was happy with the result.

He even has a "thank you; I know" face for when someone compliments him.

But he never decided on what he should do when someone hugs him. Or kisses him. Or tells him they love him.

His face kind of just spasms between genuine bewilderment and a scowl before he ultimately decides to just remain expressionless

Thomas loves teasing and poking and kissing Minho, just to watch him flounder for a response.

[lastoneout]

Given Somerton's history of plagiarizing people who are in the same boat as him I'm almost surprised he didn't just copy Luke Stephens' apology.