Erm, help?

[loaded_march]

I've been recently contacted and informed that someone is writing a Merlin fanfic that is structurally similar to the Loaded March series and that there are some parts that were lifted directly from Loaded March itself.

The fanfic is posted as a series, though only a few chapters of the first part are available.  I skimmed through it, but as far as I can tell, the story itself is completely unlike Loaded March to begin with, the writing style is vastly different to mine, and I can't pick out anything specific that might have been lifted from Loaded March itself.

To be honest, I haven't looked at Loaded March since it was posted, so I'm not even sure if something would stand out to me right now.  I'm wondering if anyone knows of any plagiarism software that could do the checking for me?  Also, what would you do if you were in my shoes?

Comments

[loaded-march.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[jennydcf.livejournal.com]

Here's what AO3 wrote to me:

"We investigated the work and found that it did indeed plagiarise ‘Throne of Glass’. Before we could contact the user they deleted the work from the Archive. We hope this alleviates your concerns. If you have any further questions or if the work is re-uploaded don’t hesitate to reply to this email."

Frankly, it doesn't really alleviate my concerns. The author hasn't been told that she violated the TOS, let alone faced any kind of sanction for doing so. Her deleting the story indicates that she knew that she was in trouble, but not that she was sorry or that she wouldn't do it again. And there is some evidence that she has done it before and it's been pointed out to her before. I will be replying.

[loaded-march.livejournal.com]

Doesn't alleviate mine either, and the timeline of all this happening is a bit suspicious, but I will post more on this shortly. Thank you so much for doing all that you did!