Unabashed Plagiarism · 7:39pm Jul 10th, 2014
Guys, I don't usually blog about site drama, but this is a special case.
A fimfic user by the name of SequentialArtMan has publicly admitted to plagiarizing another author. ArtMan claims this is okay because he changed a few things:
The author of the plagiarized fic, Java Joe, called him out. Twice. ArtMan still refuses to admit his wrongs and apparently doesn't understand the site rules against plagiarism.
But why stop there? On his userpage, ArtMan links to his Youtube channel, where I found this:
Go ahead and skip to 5:20.
Now, I'm pretty sure everyone reading this understands what's wrong, so I won't rant any further. Just consider this a PSA and make sure everyone knows where this guy is getting his 'inspiration'.
EDIT: Aaand he's banned. Didn't see that one coming.
That video made me grow a neckbeard and want to live in my parent's basement.
That's awful!
Here's a useful tip from Applejack on how to deal with these kind of issues:
i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7381017600/h705E6FD7/
Did he think he wasn't going to be caught or called out?
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Apparently he didn't care. He didn't even think he was doing anything wrong.
I can tell because he actually called attention to it by spamming attention-grabbing comments on other people's stories.
The sonichu thinking all over again. Some people just don't understand the concept of originality on a very fundamental level.
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UPDATE:
http://www.fimfiction.net/user/TheSequentialArtMan2
Yes, apparently he's serious. His first account was banned, so he... ugh.
How many times does he need to do this before it becomes performance art?
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Iunno. I'm entertained.
2272695 Ugh, why can't be just go away.