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[cleolinda]

Aaaaaand the reposting wank starts all over again. A commenter has informed me that someone reposted "Phantom in Fifteen Minutes" over at IMDB with no credit to me. I'm to the point now where I'm trying to stop people from doing that (seriously--it's 4500 words, people. Be kind to your fellow posters!), but I'm not going to throw a tantrum over it, and most people are very nice and apologetic when I ask them to take things down.

And then there's this guy:

rainbowkingdom: I posted a link to that already. And I think you should credit the author of it.

ebarkle_05: credit the author? it wasn't you, i don't know who the author was. i'm not claiming it in anyway, i'm simple presenting it. don't assume young one, it will become your demise.

cleolinda: Well, padawan, I'M the author, and I find it hard to believe you don't know that, given that my name is planted in white font every three lines on the original entry because of cases just like this. This is reposted in its entirety without my permission, which I specifically asked people not to do. I'm glad you seem to have enjoyed it, but I'm going to ask you to please remove or edit those two posts.

Fortunately, I'm to the point now where this is more funny than anything. I mean, people who were telling me that it was dumb to get upset about this kind of thing were right--besides, every single time this happens, someone pops up and says, "Dude, that's Cleo's work. WTF?" So it's not like anyone ever gets away with anything. But man, get a load of the nerve on this one. "Young one"?

Comments

[fishbutt.livejournal.com]

I think you should be upset. It's you hard work and what if someone claimed it was their's and they got a break or big time credit for it?

I kind of wondered...

[chenpion.livejournal.com]

... how the folks at Andrew Lloyd Webber got a hold of it (don't tell me they're a member of m15m)!

Good and bad sides of reposting, I suppose.

Re: I kind of wondered...

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Same way my publisher did, I figure--friend of a friend of a friend.

[illmantrim.livejournal.com]

wow, scary peoples out there. Strike em with lightning oh Jedi Master Cleo! Grins

[http://users.livejournal.com/lorien__/]

good thing you got a large 'fan-base' to stumble on "reposters without credit"...

L.

[holy-whatever.livejournal.com]

Wow. They suck, but at least they're the kind of pathetic losers who are:

a. scared to death when they get caught
b. such sad jackasses that you can't help but laugh at them.

I'd almost feel bad for them.

Almost.

[caffienerain.livejournal.com]

omgstolenwork! Young one. Pssh. I just felt the need to comment and give love.

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

I think reposting without credit is amongst the lowest things someone can do. As has been pointed out above, it may have unexpected benefits, when ALW's people get to see it, but generally, it's scummy!

Plagerism leads to hatred, hatred leads to loathing, loathing leads to the dark side!

PS: Congratulations on (a) the book extract going down well, (b) the approval from the ALW people, and (c)Phantom in 15m. It's almost enough to make me want to see the movie, rather than waiting for the DVD....

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Thanks. : )

[alpheratz.livejournal.com]

Nice bitchslap, Cleo. :) "Young one." Sheesh.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

For serious, man. That's the part that pissed me off--the way the guy spoke to the other poster. Also: I find it VERY DIFFICULT to believe that they didn't know the author, because--well, let me C&P a chunk for you:

Some Gala Performance

[…Christine going to Opera Town on the ballad.]
© 2005 Cleolinda Jones. All rights reserved. cleolinda.livejournal.com
MADAME GIRY: I am zo glad Empress Sisi’s hand-me-downs fit ’er.




Some Gothic Little Chapel

MEG: Wow, you were great! Who’s your voice teacher?

CHRISTINE: Well, you know, my dead father said he would send me an angel, so I’ve been praying, and you know what? He did! The angel hides in my closet and sings to me!
© 2005 Cleolinda Jones. All rights reserved. cleolinda.livejournal.com
MEG: Hon? I think you may be wrong in the head.




Because the font's white, you can't see the copyright notices unless you highlight the text with your cursor, but they're there. Which means that, in order to post this, SOMEONE had to take out about 3000 copyright notices. Ass.

[bast-setesh.livejournal.com]

(seriously--it's 4500 words, people. Be kind to your fellow posters!)

Yeah, that's what I don't get. Don't these things usually have a word limit, or do the posters make multiple posts?

Also!

[bast-setesh.livejournal.com]

Mad props to the white font idea! Quick thinking.

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

Oy. People are so dumb, sometimes. I love how you responded with, "well, Padawan..." LOL Because he/she did sound like they were trying to channel the Jedi council or something. *facepalms* By the way, I had my mom read the Phantom in 15 minutes post yesterday and she laughed so hard she cried. The phone rang right while she was reading the Masquerade scene ("...I'll hide the ring in my cleavage!") and she couldn't even answer it. She told me to compliment you again, this time for her! ;)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Awww! Tell her I said thanks. : )

[alysscarlet.livejournal.com]

After all the trouble you've been to to insert copyright info into the text there really is no excuse for ANYONE to claim they don't know who the author is.

Some people, eh? As you say, at least you have a large and loyal fanbase to look out for your interests!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

See? I knew that code would come in handy. : )

[all-ephemera.livejournal.com]

That's utterly ridiculous. This guy needed that verbal bitchslap you gave him though - has he taken it down??

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

No response as of yet. : )

[kotszok.livejournal.com]

I'm really happy that even if YOU don't find your stolen work, you're sure to know there are people who will chase that person to hell and back to protect you! :)

Your work is wonderful, beautiful, and I'm dying for the book to come out!!!! *cries* Must. Get. lol

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I'm working as fast as I can! : )

[pistolharris.livejournal.com]

... and that is why I never trust Jedi.

Hehe, you have to laugh, becuase he says not to assume, but he somehow knew that rainbowkingdom wasn't the author. He either assumed, or totally knew it was you.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heeeeeee, I noticed that, too.

[--kali--.livejournal.com]

Young one? *snigger* they're probably something like 13. *sigh*.

[mustang-bex1126.livejournal.com]

Or kinda short and such... They tried so very hard to put on an air of superiority that they made themselves look like they were making a desperate attempt at intimidation... Cleolinda Fans are, as I said a few posts up, RABID, and do not intimidate easily....

[moonmama.livejournal.com]

If you felt like being mean, you could report him. After all, that copying and pasting, and removing your copyright notices was against the terms and conditions. Probably not enough to get them banned, but I bet the admins might remove the post.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I kinda want to see what, if anything, he has to say for himself. Also, I really want him to try that "young one" shit on me. I DARE him.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

don't assume young one, it will become your demise.

*cocks eyebrow*

*whacks offender upside the head with a boat oar*

Dumbass. Sheesh.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

You see why I had to say something. What a fuckwad.

[yarha.livejournal.com]

"Young one"?

Young one what? Eh, the piddlewans or paddlewhackers or whatever make the teeth kinda grit. Patronisticalwan?

Yarha, Usin' the Force Grows Hair on One's Palms
"So stupid are you?"
- Yoda

[aurora-borialis.livejournal.com]

We always got you back C- dawg. For shizzle! I'm soo done now.

[sexipuff.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you will ever read this, but you are brilliant! Your movies in 15 minutes make me laugh so hard I nearly die! Thankfully, I remember to breathe every now and then. May I be added as a friend so that I may read more as you create them?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Everything's pretty much public--if you join the m15m community, you ought to be able to read anything locked for members only too, though. There's a "join" link on the m15m info page. Glad you enjoyed it!

[koritsimou.livejournal.com]

Ok, the mental picture I got of that guy was about 18, grossly overweight, long greasy hair, star wars t-shirt, sitting int he dark in his room at his mom's house hunched over his computer surfing the internet instead of having friends

hmph. The nerve. I bet if we went to his HOUSE he'd piss his pants with fear. *gathers angry mob of cleofans*

[mustang-bex1126.livejournal.com]

I'm short, so I still think he's got to be short, short men with syndroms are the worst.... ~wink~ rabid... rawr!

[vampychick.livejournal.com]

"Young one"?

Jackhole.

It's still up, by the way, and Miss Jedi hasn't responded.

[acutes.livejournal.com]

Some people are just assholes, even more so when they're online.

[sweinberg.livejournal.com]

As the author of over 1,000 moronic movie reviews, I think you have every stankin' right to be pissed off. The very least an author deserves is to be adequately CITED for their work. Ka-sheesh.

[theatre-angel.livejournal.com]

Is it wrong that I'm actually getting quite annoyed over it?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Awww! The weird thing is that I was more annoyed by the way she (seems to be a she, after all?) spoke to the rainbowkingdom poster than I was by the actual reposting.