A/N regarding an event of plagiarism
Ang Mahiwagang Baul ni Lola ay Isa Talagang Arinola (oneshot collection)
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I apologize for the long post but I do think that it is an issue of importance (even though I know that I would not be the first to address this).
So, I've completed this collection a few months ago and I want to thank all the people who appreciated the stories I've shared so far. However, this is not my main agenda for writing this note today.
I found out that someone had copied three of the oneshots from said collection at Wattpad.
I will explain to you what the user did.
1) She published Kaya Kitang Kalimutan, Break Na, and 'Di Naman Tayo Close...Eh as separate oneshots using her Wattpad account. There weren't any credits to my username whatsoever as the author and as the original publisher of such works.
2) She copied the stories word-per-word but slightly altered the word formatting and added/omitted mischellaneous marks (or possibly retained the errors since I've already edited said stories after having posted them for a while).
3) Lastly, the user even put 'Copyright 2014' on the story pages. This seems like an attempt to protect him/herself from being accused of plagiarism and perhaps make me look like I'm the one who copied the works since the user might have seen that I didn't include such claims when I first posted the stories.
Now, I've stopped including plagiarism warnings and copyright claims on the stuff I post a long time ago. And it is because I have become very lighthearted about writing. Since I simply wanted to enjoy writing and share my stories, I became lenient with form
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