Thankfully, I'm not carrying the weight on this story, which broke yesterday.
The writer/personality Lianne Spiderbaby has been accused of plagiarism, with examples already online:
http://www.flickfilosopher.com/2013/07/lianne-spiderbaby-plagiarized-my-review-of-turn-me-on-dammit.html
http://impossiblefunky.blogspot.com/2013/07/who-does-your-girlfriend-think-shes.html
http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/11919/Rondo-Award-Winner-Nominee-Writer-Various-Film-Genre-Maga
For those who are unaware of Spiderbaby (I wasn't before this story broke), she has written for FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND, FANGORIA, VIDEO WATCHDOG and other publications (whose editors/publishers I'm sure were not aware of what she was doing), and won a Rondo for BEST MULTIMEDIA and was a runner-up in the BEST WRITER category.
I just don't understand how people can expect to get away with something like this in the Age of the Internet.
BTW, if anyone has contact info for John T. Soister, I'd really appreciate it. Spiderbaby wrote an article on Conrad Veidt, you see.
Mirek
The writer/personality Lianne Spiderbaby has been accused of plagiarism, with examples already online:
http://www.flickfilosopher.com/2013/07/lianne-spiderbaby-plagiarized-my-review-of-turn-me-on-dammit.html
http://impossiblefunky.blogspot.com/2013/07/who-does-your-girlfriend-think-shes.html
http://thelatarniaforums.yuku.com/topic/11919/Rondo-Award-Winner-Nominee-Writer-Various-Film-Genre-Maga
For those who are unaware of Spiderbaby (I wasn't before this story broke), she has written for FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND, FANGORIA, VIDEO WATCHDOG and other publications (whose editors/publishers I'm sure were not aware of what she was doing), and won a Rondo for BEST MULTIMEDIA and was a runner-up in the BEST WRITER category.
I just don't understand how people can expect to get away with something like this in the Age of the Internet.
BTW, if anyone has contact info for John T. Soister, I'd really appreciate it. Spiderbaby wrote an article on Conrad Veidt, you see.
Mirek
