Thread:Harostar/@comment-27247962-20160509051925/@comment-27247962-20160511150317

Yeah regarding Chibi, that seems to be the case.

Still on a general matter.

'Credit' is indeed the key word here. Everyone likes to be credited for something they came up with. But is it actually possible to claim something as yours truly on the net, put your "patent" on it. It's not impossible, but it's quite difficult in some cases to say who was first.

And that begs the question, are the pro's and con's 'plagiarism' causes, balanced? A person who gets caught for plagiarism, loses a lot of reputation (student, professional, academic,...), in short people get suspicious about the person, is looked at with disgust. Add to that the legal and monetary repercussions and we got a fairly broken person after all the penalties have passed.

The pro's would be the original writer getting 'the credit'. But with the plagiarism found out and the person sued, people are more interested in the drama surrounding it & makes them forget or just not be interested in the main topic that was plagiarized anymore. Which outdoes the only pro-aspect completely, although he officially is seen as the person who gets the credit, he actually doesn't reach many people with it anymore, because he started his conquest for credits.

And that's where I completely follow what you said, they should indeed point that out to the person plagiarizing and try to form some sort of deal. Because without all the ruckus surrounding the topic, it would've already been spread too much more persons.

Thoughts?