No room for plagiarism.

Well said, Eileen! I think you have covered nearly everyting I would have said. I only need to add that: 1) we do rely a great deal on users to spot instances of plagiarism The proper way to deal with it is to report the post, but we would prefer that you do not respond or comment about it being plagiarised: instead, you should send me a PM with the URL of the post and the source from which you believe it to be copied. 2) Two or three lines copied and properly marked and attributed as a quotation is allowed. If more than about 30% of the post is copied and pasted, it is very likely to be removed. It should be noted that even if the post is your own original work, if it is currently published elsewhere in another writing site or a blog or a web page, it will be treated as if it were plagiarised. 3) Anyone found copying and pasting another user's post (discussion, response or comment) as if it were their own will be instantly and permanently banned. Usually, this is something only done by very new and callow users who are clearly just here to try and make a quick buck!

Mylot is so open about topics. You can post about anything under the sun and you can be spontaneous with your posts. Just share whatever is there in your heart. It's sad if people go for plagiarism.

Meh, some people still do it. But the admin has more eyes now and others easily notice some one that involves plagiarism.

I appreciate your post. Many of us are writers outside of myLot. If a person creates a story, and pours a lot of themselves into it- it must be a horrible feeling to see their work posted elsewhere, under another person's name. It's unethical in every way.

Yes, I saw some incidents here.

I suppose you already reported it Ms. Eileen.

I am just curious how to catch a plagiarist? I know l do not copy from someone else’s work but somehow there are people that are really good at catching one.

Great reminders. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. It's always a very good idea to review the tos page every now and then.

Haven't see plagiarized posts here in myLot. The community is good in reporting such cases.

Just post on anything, no need to copy something that's not your own. Whether others interested in replying or not, it's a different matter.

I may have done nothing when I spotted one or two. I should have

Very well said. I don´t like those lazy people who just copy and paste other posts. I have been a victim of plagiarism.

But it takes a lot of effort to copy and paste!! I wonder how people post excerpts from prints!

i don't know why they do that, i mean there's a lot of topic that we can discuss in here eventho sometimes is hard to find the topic. but maybe it can be from your daily life tho

I believe people who like to copy other people's work are bound to get caught or at least be given the proper penalty for infringing someone's copyright.

I agree with you. People should not plagiarize just to gain or earn. It is disrespectful to the one who created the article or post. People should just enjoy the website by engaging to discussions, reading posts and not just solely think about earning.

Those that plagiarize think it's ok to do and think no one will notice. Of course, they eventually get caught. Or so I would think. And like you said, there are so many things one can write about that there is no reason to steal someone else's stuff and pass it off as one's own. I had some of my stuff that I published on HubPages stolen and published elsewhere. They either copied everything word for word or changed a few words here and there. At least HubPages lets us know if our stuff was possibly copied by someone else so we can try to get it removed if that is the case.

Well said. I have written many posts in various sites but my posts are not from my own previous ones. I like to be creative every moment.