Message-ID: <20021106011727.18927.qmail@web9306.mail.yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 17:17:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Plagiarism Police Patrol <plagiarism_police_patrol@yahoo.com>
Subject: Regarding your fic, "Koi Wa Fallacy"
To: iac@si.umich.edu
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Sophonisba,

Recently, the PPP was contacted regarding your fic,
"Koi Wa Fallacy." It was alleged that "Koi Wa Fallacy"
is a plagiarized version of an original short story by
Max Shulman called "Love is a Fallacy," rather than
the fusion that you considered it.

Upon further investigation, the PPP concluded that
"Koi Wa Fallacy," is not a fusion, but rather a
plagiarism.

Fusions involve subsituting character A for character
B in storyline B, _without_ changing character A into
character B. This usually means that the end of
storyline B then changes to reflect the presence of
character A in storyline B. For example, if Heero
(character A) is subsituted for the Big Bad Wolf
(character B) in The Three Little Pigs (storyline B),
then Heero should stay Heero--meaning he's more likely
to blow up the brick house than try to blow it down.

"Koi Wa Fallacy" is *not* a fusion by any means. You
have changed some names and details, but the storyline
and large chunks of the text remain the same as in
"Love is a Fallacy". Changing a few names and details
here and there does not constitute a fusion. It is
plagiarism.

We have not taken any action at this time, as we hope
that by contacting you directly you will remove the
story from your website of your own accord and ensure
that it has been removed from any places where you may
have it archived. However, if you do not immediately
remove the fic from your site and anywhere it has been
archived, we will have no choice but to contact the
current copyright holders of "Love is a Fallacy" and
notify them you have plagiarized this story. You will
then be sued for copyright infringement--and if you
are convicted, you could lose your job or be expulsed
from school. In addition, we will issue a verdict,
which will be spread throughout the fanfiction
community, labeling you a plagiarist.

You may be thinking about ignoring this warning, but
please keep in mind that if one person noticed this
case of plagiarism, others will as well. You have
stolen intellectual property, and the publishers who
have rights to this story are not known for their
patience with plagiarists. We are offering you a
chance to avoid a messy lawsuit.

It's your choice: remove "Koi Wa Fallacy" from your
website, or face legal action from its author and its
publishers--and unless the story is removed, we will
notify both the author and the publisher of your
crime.


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--Plagiarism Police Patrol

An organization dedicated to protecting the rights of anime fanfiction
writers
and artists from all walks and fandoms from the plague of fanfic/fanart
plagiarism!

For more information, please visit our website:

http://fablespinner.com/ppp

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