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[pottersues]

There’s something which majorly bothered me about today’s entry. At the beginning of the story there is an author’s note which says the following. “From my reading, I have collected a select few Goblins that are just about perfect. Barchoke is Account Manager for House Potter. Bonequill is a Ledger Tender, and Gripsaq(Gripsack) is a Lawyer with a

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[auregan]

Do you think that the story that you were discussing with these stolen characters has been plagiarised? I haven't checked out the story in question, but I did read your post discussing this fic. Have you been able to contact the original author where these characters were taken? Is there copy and paste/plagiarism happening here? The TAPIR might be able to help in seeing if this is the case. Just asking before I ask the mods of that forum to take a look...

[pottersues]

I definitely don't think this is a case of plagiarism.

It's instead a case where the writer took the time to make a list of Goblin OCs from various stories they read without bothering to write down where they got the OC from, though they put it as a matter of having "forgotten who came up with whom."

Yes, I do agree with contacting the writer of Battle Magus Potter with the name of the writer who came up with the OC in the first place so they can actually properly credit those writers, or even contacting the other writers who are also borrowing the exact same OC in their story.

That can't be done until who came up with each OC in the first place is figured out.

[auregan]

I see that you updated the post with RobSt's story. I found another story with the name Barchoke, but it was another story linked to RobSt's profile.

Interestingly enough, I have come across a case of plagiarism on Wattpad with RobSt's stories being stolen by a profile named 'blueblurblue'. The original author is active, I am going to give them a message to alert them of this. However, it's not by the author you've mentioned who took the names of Goblins and forgetting who they were created by.

[pottersues]

Thank you for contacting them and letting them know, because that's not cool.

And no, I don't think the Stuthor for was guilty of plagiarizing another person's story, simply borrowing their characters.

I'm Not Spam :(

[anonymous]

Not sure if this is going to post or not, since my last attempt was marked as spam. I don't know if that's automatically done by LJ, or if that's a subtle way of telling me to go away.

Anyway, if this does post: If I understand this correctly, Barchoke is a goblin OC that is being used uncredited in other works? Three isn't necessarily small potatoes if they're all the same character, so it must be from something well-known, yes?

I'm in the middle of studying for some state exams, so my one allowance for free time is checking out this blog. If I can manage some extra time, I'll see if I can't help ferret out the original. I don't know how much help I'll be though, as I've never spent much time on the Pit. They don't allow reader-inserts, so I take my stuff where it's welcome and wanted.

Best of luck, Pottersues!

If this also gets marked as spam, I guess I'll just not comment for a while and see if that helps.

Re: I'm Not Spam :(

[auregan]

Livejournal is weird sometimes. I wonder if Pottersues has been able to read your comments labelled as spam and can make these comments visible on their end? If you want to, you can create an account on here? You don't have to make it your pen name if you write on other sites, but it might be easier to get through Livejournal's weird spam filter if you have an account?

Re: I'm Not Spam :(

[pottersues]

Sad to say Livejournal being rude is actually true. What really perplexes me is how I didn't see said comment in either my regular inbox or the suspicious messages box. If anon hadn't brought it up, I would have to have physically looked at either the comment section of the entry or at the calendar section which will indicate if there is a suspicious comment in the title.

Re: I'm Not Spam :(

[anonymous]

I figured it was something like that, but I also realized that I'd been really chatty. Thank you for the suggestion of making an account. I suppose I could, but I have no need for a Livejournal outside of Pottersues, and the fact that the whole website is under Russian law makes me a little nervous because I don't know Russian law. Thanks for taking the time to explain it to me, though!