Plagiarizer

[FifthEstate]

I wouldn't typically bring this type of thing to this forum, but I thought it would strike a chord with other author's as much as it did me. It was pointed out to me by one of my readers that a newly released story in the Interracial Love category called "Two New White Whores" was openly acknowledged as plagiarism by the "author" via a comment following it. His comment: "This Story Isn't Mine - Before anyone tells me so, I didn't write this story. It's one from the past that I had saved for a long time that someone else had written. I cleaned it up a bit and submitted it because I've always liked it."

Conveniently, he did not note this in pre or post story notes, but rather as a cowardly comment that he probably hoped would not be discovered by Lit. Sadly, a handful of readers have favorited it and actually voted it a 3.5+.

I have reported the story and am asking others to do the same to make sure the Lit powers that be do not miss it.

 

[TxRad]

How did you report it? Did you use the report story function or by e-mail? E-mail does not work. PM is the only way to reach Laurel for anything. If you use PM, please add a link to the story and an explanation of what you found.

 

[FifthEstate]

Or, even better (I think), click on the [! Report] button next to the end of the story, and explain why this story should be removed. JohnBlack113's own comment should actually be sufficient in itself.

I clicked on the report story icon on the story itself and noted that the "author" acknowledged submitting someone else's story in the comment section. I wish I knew the story that was stolen but unfortunately I do not.