#copying

[ch00ki]

George Russell my diva

ура, стадики рулят

[blondebrainpowered]

Putty Tat Troubles, 1951

[classycookiexo]

[julianplum]

Well, it has finally happened: someone copied one of my pieces and now is selling prints of it.

Not on here, this is not vague posting about anyone present, but I wanted to take this opportunity to say two things:

1. If you want to reference my work or use it as a jumping-off point or even do a master study, that is great. We learn from each other. I have done master studies and they are so helpful. If you post it, just credit me!

2. If you do any of those things and make a piece you love, that's fine, but if it's a direct copy, please don't sell prints of it. I am a full-time working artist. This is my entire career. It directly hurts me to do this and it's also just very uncool. In the age of AI stealing work, human artists don't need to be doing the same.

Feeling pretty yuck about it but it is what it is!

[unfoldedxo]

the “author” that plagiarized @theseinfernalangels and my own work is sweet_scarlett_angel on ao3, sweetscarlettangel on wattpad, and sweetscarlettangel on tumblr.

please do NOT support this “author.”

i cannot talk for their asoiaf or their other works, but it is very clear they plagiarized my own work and @theseinfernalangels work.

here are the links to the “author” who has copied our work:

tumblr

ao3 - direct link to the work

wattpad

this is not a witch hunt. pls do not attack this author. i simply do not wish for them to have a platform or support on a work that is clearly, heavily plagiarized word for word on many occasions.

here is the link to the evidence collected. it may not be complete and i may have missed things:

evidence

i debated on exposing the name, but after realizing it goes beyond me, i decided calling them out is the best course of action.

both of the original works were posted before the copied work.

both original works do have similar themes and tropes, however, both are original and do NOT copy each other word for word. that is how inspiration or similar ideas work.

that is NOT how the copied work is.

plagiarism is extremely harmful, and can make those who write not want to write.

this entire incident has made me unmotivated to continue writing not only the plagiarized work, but also my other original works.

the ideas and prose they stole are near and dear to my heart, including the passed away mother’s leathers and the emotional core behind it because my own mother passed away. the healer to rider arc is near and dear to my heart because i am a nurse and i wondered how someone who only wanted to heal was forced to become something they never thought they’d be. i wanted to explore that.

i’m not claiming rights to those emotional cores or engines, but there is a clear reason why i wrote them and blatantly copying it and simply inserting it in without the emotional core behind the why feels extremely wrong to me.

please do not support “authors” who do this. give your time, kudos, and love to the original authors.

[quennchouchou]

[incognitopolls]

If you see art of a random character wearing a specific outfit in a specific pose, is it wrong or "copying" if you draw art of a DIFFERENT character in the same outfit and pose?

Yes, it's always wrong– it was the original artist's idea, not yours

It's only wrong if you don't credit the original artist for the idea

Only wrong if the outfit/pose/etc is HIGHLY specific or original

Not wrong as long as you alter it somehow/put your own spin on it

It's not wrong at all, artists take inspiration from each other all the time

Other nuanced opinion

I don't care about this

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