Plagiarism Policy:
Don't do it. Seriously, you'll look like a jerk.
Suspected cases of plagiarism can be reported through the Report a Problem Link in the Members Menu. If you don't see a Members Menu on the site, it is because you aren't a member yet.
If we receive a credible, or even semi-credible, claim of plagiarism the suspect item will be unpublished and the author of that item will be notified. The author is welcome to explain why the accusation is a baseless pack of lies. If the accuser can't rebut the author's spirited self-defense, the article or story will be republished.
Most instances of actual plagiarism are pretty obvious, so we shouldn't have to spend a lot of time agonizing over the merits of each case. If we err, it will be on the side of making sure we keep plagiarized material off of this site. In the rare instances in which we have a hard time deciding which party in the dispute is on the side of the angels, the author and the accuser will be invited to fight it out in a Steel Cage Death Match.
Actually, if we are not sure of the merits of the arguments, both sides will be asked to put the arguments in writing and mail them to our attorney. We provide the contact information for the attorney only on a need-to-know basis because he seems to think that sincere appreciation is not sufficient payment for his time, and instead insists on payment in actual U.S. Dollars. Our dream is to find a good attorney with a novel he or she wants to promote.