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Yeratel:
--- Quote from: LizW65 on April 22, 2008, 10:29:00 PM ---Thanks for the input! So in your opinion, it would be plagiarism? As I mentioned, I'm aware that one cannot copyright ideas, but does this apply to specific incidents as well?
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It doesn't sound like plagiarism to me, unless you lift a whole passage from another book about a woman with a Sam Spade fixation.
LizW65:
I've just been looking over copyright and plagiarism law, and from what I can tell, what I've done is and isn't plagiarism. In other words, there's a huge grey area. As far as I can tell, if I credit Mr Blye in some way, I'm OK (the whole thing being hypothetical at this point, as I'm only on Chapter 5 of a projected 21 chapters of my Magnum Opus.) Thanks for all the discussion this has generated!
comprex:
Mr. Blye and others. Remember, if you rip off more than 20 sources it's "research".
Maybe this could get you started:
http://sherlock-holmes.classic-literature.co.uk/the-adventure-of-the-copper-beeches/
Yeratel:
It seems to me that a detective in a trenchcoat has been around long enough to become a stereotype. It didn't originate with Mr. Bly, either. Put your own original spin on it, and just consider it an homage to the history of the Hard Boiled Dick.
meg_evonne:
*applauding Yeratel*
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