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khamanna
Posted: June 25th, 2019, 2:33pm Report to Moderator
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So I googled myself today and found this:
https://kisslibrary.net/book/4.....n=fnom&x=7021948

I wrote Humans Can Lick Too for an OWC here. It sucked so much that I asked Don to remove it. The storyline is the same, its just this writer has an inmate convict visit the girl and I had him as her boyfriend. But the dog s there, too.  I wonder if he stole actual words from my script. The book is on sale for 5.99. Would you care ifyou were me? I kind of want to let it go. Btw see if he adopted any of your scripts.

And, hey google yourselves, you may find something I guess. Besides nude pictures of you I mean.
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That's fucked up, Kham. I'd be super pissed. Have you tried to contact the "author"?
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You can find more of his publications at this link.


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That's screwed up


My Scripts can all be seen here:

http://dlambertson.wix.com/scripts
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That’s messed up.

Would be good to know if he paraphrased anything.


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What I found on the author:

Author Drac Von Stoller is a horror/ghost fiction writer who has written 217 short stories from seven books titled "31 Horrifying Tales From The Dead" that have been downloaded over 1,201,571 times to date. Drac Von Stoller has 217 short stories in audio book format that has sold 2,372 copies.


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DustinBowcot
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I've seen this with all of my own stuff that was posted here. They get turned into ebooks and even sold in some cases. I'm pretty sure it will be the same for everybody. Not a lot you can do.
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I just read a NYT article today about forgeries on Amazon. It's a huge problem. They're forging text books, best sellers, little things like this. They even steal your bio.

I got contacted a month ago by a podcaster wanting two of my old OWCs. My guess is a lot of you heard from him. I told him it was fine to use the scripts, I wasn't going to use them. All asked was proper attribution. No idea where he is in the project. At least he asked.
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That sucks - I would deffo send him a message at the least

My name is far too common to Google, plus I doubt I've written anything yet that's worth stealing


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Quoted from Matthew Taylor
That sucks - I would deffo send him a message at the least

My name is far too common to Google, plus I doubt I've written anything yet that's worth stealing


I've read stuff of yours at least worth borrowing!
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khamanna
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Yes, I agree. It's pretty screwed but what can you do...

No, Zack, I made no contact with him. I may purchase the book later and see what its about. The script didnt do well at all, frankly I disposed of it so it was weird to see the same title and matching storyline. In mine parents leave and she stays with a dog who turns up to be a hero and kills the guy.

But I dont know, I dont think I'll be doing much about it. And looks like it happened to a lot of you. Wow.

Rene posted a useful link here on the thread. Check it out for your stories.
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Quoted from Matthew Taylor
That sucks - I would deffo send him a message at the least

My name is far too common to Google, plus I doubt I've written anything yet that's worth stealing


I actually thought that he takes only mediocre stuff maybe if he went for that script. So maybe you wont find yours stolen after all lol.
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Khamanna,

I don't know, here.  Here is the link to your script: https://web.archive.org/web/20......pdf  This was for the Feb 2015 OWC.  Your logline was: A girl received a chain letter telling her the way she's going to die a gruesome death in the next hour.

On the other hand, His preview show copyright 2013.  

His premise is:
It was Kathy's parent’s anniversary and they planned a weekend getaway leaving Kathy all alone with her dog. Kathy didn't like being left alone, but she knew her parents had been planning this trip for a long time and didn't want to spoil it for them. Kathy was unaware that an inmate escaped from the local jail for attempted murder. She hugged her parents and they drove off to their destination. Kathy closed the front door and picked up her dog and sat down on the couch to watch a movie. The mood was set for a scary night for Kathy a storm was approaching and the inmate found his way to her house.


The similarities are Kathy, Dog, Murder.  My only concern about leveling an accusation and the thing that prevents me from buying the book is his copyright is 2 years earlier than yours.  

I dunno.

Don


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Quoted from Don
Khamanna,

I don't know, here.  Here is the link to your script: https://web.archive.org/web/20......pdf  This was for the Feb 2015 OWC.  Your logline was: A girl received a chain letter telling her the way she's going to die a gruesome death in the next hour.

On the other hand, His preview show copyright 2013.  

His premise is:
It was Kathy's parent’s anniversary and they planned a weekend getaway leaving Kathy all alone with her dog. Kathy didn't like being left alone, but she knew her parents had been planning this trip for a long time and didn't want to spoil it for them. Kathy was unaware that an inmate escaped from the local jail for attempted murder. She hugged her parents and they drove off to their destination. Kathy closed the front door and picked up her dog and sat down on the couch to watch a movie. The mood was set for a scary night for Kathy a storm was approaching and the inmate found his way to her house.


The similarities are Kathy, Dog, Murder.  My only concern about leveling an accusation and the thing that prevents me from buying the book is his copyright is 2 years earlier than yours.  

I dunno.

Don

Thanks Don for letting me know. Copyrite that was done 2 years ago before mine explains it. I looked into the OWC and the requirement was an urban legend. I guess it required a dog and thats why we both have it. And his book is 2 pages, mine was much longer. The title is tripping and I was told its in bad English but maybe his English is as bad. I also researched that title, theres an urban legend called that but its not about the young girl and the dog. Just something that came to both of us I guess.

And you are right, the similarities are not that vast anyway.

I shouldn't have accused, you're right. I guess Travis and his stolen short came all back. It was me who noticed and started the talk and advised him to look into it. But his was an exceptional work and not based on an urban legend.

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https://www.salon.com/2014/08/.....ble_literary_empire/

Seems he 'borrows' heavily most of his stories from the web i.e. urban legends - Bloody Mary etc.

Oh, and Kham, don't buy the book and add to his coffers. Seems most are free iBooks bookstore, nearly all of Von Stoller's works will cost you nothing.) and to quote:

Most of the reviews there are just as harsh. "This is probably the worst written short story that I have ever had the displeasure of reading," one reader wrote of "Rise of the Zombies." "I read this in under five minutes," wrote another. "A child could have done it. In fact I think a child did do it."


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