Some Bad News, I Think

[lilafilly2.livejournal.com]

 I was on the __vam community page about a month ago and clicked on a fic by jimisgirl4eva. I began reading it and I thought it sounded really familiar, so I came here to search for a fic called "When Worlds Collide" because I just thought it might be it. I went back and forth between chapters until I realized I was reading the same story. I was sure, especially when the author slips and uses "Viggo" at one point during the first chapter. I got pissed and commented several times, although I've checked and I don't think my comments made it, I think they were screened. Would someone here be so kind as to help me find out if this girl on __vam is the same original author *bahama_breeze77 under a different name, please let me know. Or else I would at least like to know it it is being plagiarized.

Here are links to her chapters: 

Chapter 8- http://community.livejournal.com/__vam/3274136.html#cutid1

7- http://jimisgirl4eva.livejournal.com/1630.html#cutid1 You might have to highlight to read all of the ones below.

6- http://jimisgirl4eva.livejournal.com/1479.html#cutid1

5 & 4- http://jimisgirl4eva.livejournal.com/1228.html#cutid1

3 & 2 & 1- http://jimisgirl4eva.livejournal.com/ This is her journal, and you have to highlight for a good long while since it isn't under a cut.

I am very sorry for disturbing you all and taking up so much space, but I couldn't let this piss me off anymore. If this girl is an alias for the original author, I am very very sorry for coming here. Please know that I would not have come if I didn't think it was urgent, and that the __vam community is most likely completely unaware of this. Please don't hold them for blame.

Comments

[alliwantisanelf.livejournal.com]

Kudos to you, lilafilly2! Great catch! Far too many people get away with copying other people's hard work. Someone once told me that having your work plagiarized feels like having your baby kidnapped.

Thank you so much for pointing this out, both at __vam and here in the Viggorli community. I wouldn't worry about people blaming an entire community for the error of one person who has posting access. Many of the fanfiction communties out there have seen this sort of thing happen. The most important thing is to let people know the story by jimisgirl4eva is a copy, and perhaps tell them they might rather enjoy the original (maybe bahama would agree to let you post a link?)

I'm proud of you for going to the trouble to try and make this wrong a right. *HUGS*

[lilafilly2.livejournal.com]

*nods* Thank you babe. It doeas feel like having your baby kidnapped, because a story that's personal might as well be, ya' know? Oh, um, I did post a link but just to her latest chapter, and they can follow the original from there. If you or bahama wants I'll take it right down.

[alliwantisanelf.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you got a copy of my comment to bahama_breeze77 today, but I've been watching for the moderators at __vam to do something about jimisgirl4eva, and I haven't seen anything. Have you heard from strangelyshaded?

The post that you made pointing out the plagiarism was a very good way to notify the other community members. Thanks for doing that! I'm guessing you also contacted the moderators. It might be time to contact them again and see if they plan on removing the copied story and possibly banning jimisgirl4eva from posting in their community.

I'd love to hear from you about anything else that might have happened about this problem. It's stealing, and that shouldn't be tolerated. Ignoring the problem does not make it go away, and you were so right to point it out to everyone. Thanks again for doing that.

*hugs*