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One time some plagiarized my best project - I told them that if they did not remove their copy or change it enough, I would flag it. That apparently scared him/her - the reply was along the lines of "Aaaaaah, I don't know how to remove projects!". Anyway... they can either make it a legal remix or remove the project - otherwise you flag it and the Scratch Team can solve the problem. No matter which one happens, you win. 

Hmm... there's this thread using up a nice name. 

I have just looked at other project of the user....

They are also plagiarized! 

Let's just tell plagiarizers that if they don't change the projects enough or remove them, they'll get flagged. The result - either real remixes, or the copies gone! 

Greatdane wrote:

Jonathanpb wrote:

Let's just tell plagiarizers that if they don't change the projects enough or remove them, they'll get flagged. The result - either real remixes, or the copies gone! 

We've all tried that already, and its not working.

Did you flag the project?

Or did they change it into a real remix?

You can flag it by now... they had the chance to fix it...

I've tried flagging it twice already, nothing happened. I tried that a week ago.
Should I use the "Contact Us" link?

cheddargirl wrote:

Greatdane wrote:

I've tried flagging it twice already, nothing happened. I tried that a week ago.
Should I use the "Contact Us" link?

It could have been accidentally overlooked, the report still pending, or maybe the message wasn't so clear to the Scratch Team. You can try using the Contact Us link to discuss the situation. 

Finally I get the answer.

In the beginning I said if I should flag or use "Contact us".

Thanks.

markyparky56 wrote:

What project is/was it? Im just curious to see what they changed/didn't change.

Ooh, I can't give you that, that's really mean to the creator. They are noticed for their bad things.

Let's just say the project is a remix of a "popular" project of mine?

I'm pretty sure you can figure it out.    It's the only one with well over 1000 views.

It has 1 remix.

This happened to me too. Someone coppied my project "3D (original) GameBoy". The only difference was that he/she typed "3D GAME BOY" on the screen. He/she didn't give me any credit at all and claimed it as his/her own. Is it still considered plagarism if he/she only changed it by something this small?

Locomule wrote:

Just an idea... if someone copies your project, forget about it. To one degree or another we are all copying someone's ideas anyway.

There's a big difference between uploading a carbon copy of someone else's project and claiming it as your own, and having a project that incorporates elements that other projects have. How would you feel if someone got a lot of views, positive comments, etc on an exact copy of your project? I would feel ripped off.

Locomule wrote:

Just an idea... if someone copies your project, forget about it. To one degree or another we are all copying someone's ideas anyway.

The problem is, if I let him/her get away with it, then that person might do it again, and copy off of other scratchers. You need to teach scratchers that plagarism is definitely not right. In fact, if my project were copyrighted (which of course it's not), coppying it would be illeagal.