ATTN DANIEL: Stolen article printed in Australian magazine

[BrundleFly]

(That's the Australian Video Ezy magazine, "Ezy Entertainment" for January) and I stumble across page 8, which has copied and printed a selection of Swaim's "How To Make Your Own Judd Apatow Movie In 5 Easy Steps" article.
I wish I had a picture or some way of showing you guys, but any Australian readers here just check out the latest Video Ezy magazine next time you get it, and see for yourself.
First question is, how to exact swift, painful justice upon these deceitful bastards...

Thread title edited by JC to bring attention to this because I fucking hate people who do this shit.

[Doctor Shenanigans]

Is there any way you could get access to a scanner or a decent digital camera or anything like that?

[BrundleFly]

I only just remembered that I had a scanner lying around in my wardrobe.

As you can see they shortened and reworded parts of it, but it's still a shameful crime.

[Nomtastic]

I think we need a thread entitled "Post Here When Some Faggot Who Loves The Cock Plagiarizes From Cracked/Cracked Writers"


This has been happening a lot lately. Is it picking up speed or are people just reporting it on the forums more often?

[Doctor Shenanigans]

I think it's a combination of both; as Cracked gets more popular (which it's been doing by leaps and bounds,) you're going to get more plagiarists reading the site and stealing our shit.  By the same token, the added popularity also brings more users to the forum, increasing the odds that one of them will come across the stolen work.

You know, that's actually a pretty decent layout for the article.  It's a shame that it was stolen by a scabies-ridden fuck with cocks where his sense of creative integrity should be.  It's also a shame that there's no way DOB can swap out the pictures they used with pictures of dicks.

[Frob]

You guys realise Video Ezy is pretty much the Blockbuster of video rental in Australia. (well it was, until actual Blockbusters started opening here. Now I don't see them around as much) That they're plagiarising material for their catalogue is a big fucking deal, isn't it? This isn't some .cc website that plagiarises articles for a living, or a breakfast radio show with lazy presenters, it's a big fucking legit company.

And I liked that article too. What cocks.

[Frob]

I don't think I was clear enough there.

They are a big company, which means they have a lot of money. Some of which is now owed to Swaim.

[BrundleFly]

I think next month Video Ezy should have a 2 page spread about how awesome Swaim is, or at least a massive apology letter to him in their magazine.
As Frob said, Video Ezy is a major company, and this is certaintly a very big deal. Swaim has always been one of my favourite thing about Cracked, and I'd love to see him prevail over these bastards and get some money out of this.

[Thin]

I believe Video Ezy is in financial trouble (probably related to the increase in Blockbuster stores). So it might have to be a moral victory rather than a financial one.

[Frost]

I had a look on their website and I noticed that they are doing a write your own review competition. I'm assuming some random may have submitted Swaim's article. If that is what really happened then I'm honestly surprised the Video Ezy staff can't type a sentence into Google.

Link to competition.

[John Cheese]

If they're too fucking stupid to look the shit up, I have no pity for them.  Even if it was a case of accident (using an entry from someone who stole the article), they didn't even credit the thief.  Looks to me like they're claiming it as their own without credit to an author at all.  They owe Swaim money.  Or if someone wants to buy me a plane ticket, I can show up and beat down the editor in a drunken rage and then shit into his open mouth.

[jekelish]

That is just bullshit.  I know that it's tough to come up with new, original and clever material sometimes, but at least try contacting the original author to see if, ya know, they wouldn't mind, and give them full fucking credit.  And by credit, I mean a truckload of gold coins and topless women.

To paraphrase Gandalf, I hope that "DOB's wrath will be terrible, his retribution swift."

[Quagmar]

I bet Video Ezy would pay for your plane ticket, JC.  It looks like they need some article ideas.

[John Cheese]

"Shit into his open mouth" is how I refer to my articles.

[Robert Brockway]

[Cowtppr]

Actually, I view it more like this (slightly NSFW).

[daniel.]

What the fuck. What the fuck? It's the holidays, I'm tired, I'm exhausted, I took one day off, and I come back to find that Australia is declaring war on comedy? Great. Fucking perfect. Fuck. FUCK. I wanted to relax this weekend, fuck fuckity fuck. Okay. Okay. Fuck.

Fucking plagiarists.

Every time I try to leave, they keep pulling me back in.

Fuck.

[ominousoat]

"Daniel, I know you're on vacation, but the internet needs you, we have proof that plagiarists are planning to steal more Cracked articles."



"Dammit Chloe, can't Wong handle it?"



"Daniel, we have reason to believe Wong has been compromised, you're the only one we can trust. We don't know how high up this conspiracy goes."

[later]



"Daniel? This is Bill, dammit Daniel you can't just kidnap the President of Australia for plagiarising Cracked articles."



"I'm sorry Bill, but we're running out of time, I'm going to need a full confession and an apology to the internet, and I intend to get that by any means necessary, even if that means killing the President of Australia."



Beep...Boop...Beep...Boop

[JabberBody]

I think that's funnier if you imagine it's JC who's saying "Beep boop".

[DrMcBell]

By "JC" you mean Jesus Christ, right?