Plagiarism And All That

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'''2001''': The (pre [[Fandom Wank]]) [[wank]] that started when [[Cassandra Claire]], a famous writer in the [[Harry Potter fandom]], got banned by [[Fanfiction.net]] after someone reported her for [[plagiarism | plagiarizing]] a novel by the author Pamela Dean. Cassandra Claire used a long passage of it in a chapter of her second story, only changing the names, and didn't give credit to the original author, although she always said that the passage was by someone who wasn't herself.  She claimed that she copied the passage from the novel in her writers notebook, came back to the notebook months later, found the passage, forgot that someone else wrote it, and then used it for her fanfic.
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'''2001''': The (pre [[Fandom Wank]]) [[wank]] that started when [[Cassandra Claire]], a famous writer in the [[Harry Potter fandom]], got banned by [[Fanfiction.net]] after someone reported her for [[plagiarism | plagiarizing]] a novel by the author Pamela Dean. Cassandra Claire used a long passage of it in a chapter of her second story, only changing the names, and didn't give credit to the original author.  She claimed that she copied the passage from the novel in her writers notebook, came back to the notebook months later, found the passage, forgot that someone else wrote it, and then used it for her fanfic.
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(Currently, Pamela Dean has given her permission, and [[Cassandra Claire]] credits her in the header of that story, but at the time the chapter was posted this wasn't the case, perhaps because very few fanfic authors in the Harry Potter fandom at that point used any disclaimers at all.)
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(Currently, Pamela Dean has given her permission, and [[Cassandra Claire]] credits her in the header of that story, but at the time the chapter was posted this wasn't the case.)
In the firestorm that followed her banning, it was pointed out that her fics constantly quoted popular TV shows like ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Blackadder'' without attributing these quotes. Small quotations do not legally qualify as [[plagiarism]] (eg. no one is required to annotate 'May the Force Be with You' or 'Beam me up, Scotty!'), but it was contended that in the context of her fics, CC passed these quotations off as her own. It is true that a large section of the [[Harry Potter fandom]] ''still'' seems unaware that famous ''Draco Trilogy'' lines like '''"I've been called a lot of things in my life," said Draco, looking at the plate. "But never a vicious, cold-blooded piece of toast."''' are taken from TV shows, in this case, ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. Most of these references have been annotated since the original wank.
In the firestorm that followed her banning, it was pointed out that her fics constantly quoted popular TV shows like ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Blackadder'' without attributing these quotes. Small quotations do not legally qualify as [[plagiarism]] (eg. no one is required to annotate 'May the Force Be with You' or 'Beam me up, Scotty!'), but it was contended that in the context of her fics, CC passed these quotations off as her own. It is true that a large section of the [[Harry Potter fandom]] ''still'' seems unaware that famous ''Draco Trilogy'' lines like '''"I've been called a lot of things in my life," said Draco, looking at the plate. "But never a vicious, cold-blooded piece of toast."''' are taken from TV shows, in this case, ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. Most of these references have been annotated since the original wank.
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After her banning, [[Cassandra Claire]] moved her stories to the newly founded [http://www.fictionalley.org FictionAlley].
After her banning, [[Cassandra Claire]] moved her stories to the newly founded [http://www.fictionalley.org FictionAlley].
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This incident created the [[:Category:memes | FW meme]] "[[Those damn Harry Potter plagiarists]]" despite the fact that Fandom Wank did not actually exist at that time, so every mention of this shebang on Fandom Wank took place years after the fact.
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This incident created the [[:Category:memes | FW meme]] "[[Those damn Harry Potter plagiarists]]."
== Links ==
== Links ==

Revision as of 02:04, 6 December 2005

2001: The (pre Fandom Wank) wank that started when Cassandra Claire, a famous writer in the Harry Potter fandom, got banned by Fanfiction.net after someone reported her for plagiarizing a novel by the author Pamela Dean. Cassandra Claire used a long passage of it in a chapter of her second story, only changing the names, and didn't give credit to the original author. She claimed that she copied the passage from the novel in her writers notebook, came back to the notebook months later, found the passage, forgot that someone else wrote it, and then used it for her fanfic.

(Currently, Pamela Dean has given her permission, and Cassandra Claire credits her in the header of that story, but at the time the chapter was posted this wasn't the case.)

In the firestorm that followed her banning, it was pointed out that her fics constantly quoted popular TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Blackadder without attributing these quotes. Small quotations do not legally qualify as plagiarism (eg. no one is required to annotate 'May the Force Be with You' or 'Beam me up, Scotty!'), but it was contended that in the context of her fics, CC passed these quotations off as her own. It is true that a large section of the Harry Potter fandom still seems unaware that famous Draco Trilogy lines like "I've been called a lot of things in my life," said Draco, looking at the plate. "But never a vicious, cold-blooded piece of toast." are taken from TV shows, in this case, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Most of these references have been annotated since the original wank.

After her banning, Cassandra Claire moved her stories to the newly founded FictionAlley.

This incident created the FW meme "Those damn Harry Potter plagiarists."

Links

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