Plagiarism?

[Cat_in_the_box]

Recently, I noticed that many of novels I've read shared many similarities. Sometimes even outright having similar ideas and plot (mainly because I searched stories with same genre) How come these writers didn't get called out for plagiarism? I'm not very clear about the concept of plagiarism cuz I slept when our professor discuss this topic ?.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

They do get called out for plagiarism.

 

[Deleted member 113259]

Recently, I noticed that many of novels I've read shared many similarities. Sometimes even outright having similar ideas and plot (mainly because I searched stories with same genre) How come these writers didn't get called out for plagiarism? I'm not very clear about the concept of plagiarism cuz I slept when our professor discuss this topic ?.

Depends on what you mean. If dialogue is almost quote for quote and the setup is identical to a popular story, it probably did get called out.
If it's just similarities in the world and characters then there's nothing to call out. It's all cliché so there's no original to plagiarize.

 

[Prince_Azmiran_Myrian]

report them.

 

[BearlyAlive]

If you read Isekai harem stories and they don't follow The Template, authors might lose readers because it "isn't what the readers were expecting" ?
Same with Chinese Cultivation Novels. If the MC doesn't get outcast, gets OP item, and then goes full psycho mass murder, chances are most Chinese won't read it.
Or with Korean grinding logs, I mean novels.

Tl;dr: Most WN/LN readers don't like it when their food tastes different.

 

[Midnight-Phantom]

the whole thing is shit .. it's kinda like selling water .. or money .. or the whole society .. nothing makes sense theoretically .. got it ..

 

[ThrillingHuman]

the whole thing is shit .. it's kinda like selling water .. or money .. or the whole society .. nothing makes sense theoretically .. got it ..

selling money? I mean I guess...

 

[Midnight-Phantom]

yep ..

 

[CupcakeNinja]

Recently, I noticed that many of novels I've read shared many similarities. Sometimes even outright having similar ideas and plot (mainly because I searched stories with same genre) How come these writers didn't get called out for plagiarism? I'm not very clear about the concept of plagiarism cuz I slept when our professor discuss this topic ?.

people only give a fuck about plagiarism if the people they accuse is making more--if any--money than them.

 

[TheEldritchGod]

The Chinese stuff I'd also reviewed by the Chinese censors. So the story has to follow certain guidelines.

 

[NotaNuffian]

Well, those are called tropes/ genres.

Unless it is word for word (iirc my prof said seven words or more is plagiarism), if not it does not count.

If they have similar premise, then they are "inspired". Like how the sensor companies Omron and Keyence can "inspire" to have sensors of similar build and function.

 

[Deleted member 54065]

If you read Isekai harem stories and they don't follow The Template, authors might lose readers because it "isn't what the readers were expecting"

THIS. IS. TRUE.

My novel is an example of this. lol

 

[Deleted member 113259]

THIS. IS. TRUE.

My novel is an example of this. lol

Do you want me to plagiarize you?
(3% woo)

 

[Deleted member 54065]

Do you want me to plagiarize you?
(3% woo)

I'm used to have my novel chapters stolen, so go ahead. ??

I write my story for free anyway.

 

[Deleted member 113259]

I'm used to have my novel chapters stolen, so go ahead. ??

I write my story for free anyway.

K what do you want stolen specifically?

 

[Deleted member 54065]

K what do you want stolen specifically?

Up to you. I got 300+ chapters, 16 volumes and scores of illustrations for the Saint Series alone.

You can also consider my other stories, like Ballad of School Hallways, but that's a semi-autobio, so it might get even boring than the Saint Series.

 

[Deleted member 113259]

Up to you. I got 300+ chapters, 16 volumes and scores of illustrations for the Saint Series alone.

You can also consider my other stories, like Ballad of School Hallways, but that's a semi-autobio, so it might get even boring than the Saint Series.

I choose to plagiarize this cover then.

Is mine.

 

[Deleted member 54065]

I choose to plagiarize this cover then.

Is mine.

Good choice.

Fek, that reminds me. I have to redo V17 cover. For some reason, I don't feel any epicness to it.

@ControversialOpinion all yours now. XD

 

[3guanoff]

It's all been written. Read the classics of whatever continent you live on and you will discover nothing but "plagiarism". Sure, the words are different but the plot is the same. The idea that you can own ideas is bollocks mate.

 

[Shard]

By this point, almost everything you can possibly think of, someone else has already thought of and written. Originality these days is mostly just knowing how to hide your sources, and knowing obscure things most people never bother to learn. If you pay attention to the larger picture rather than the words themselves, I'd argue that roughly 1/4th of stories are identical, given how closely many people follow the same patterns. Many give advice that a specific pattern of events is the only way to produce a compelling story, and many people follow that advice.