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xg4bx · 10-05-2011, 08:37 AM

If you are a speculative fiction author, then you’re probably already aware of Boyer. If not, you should spend a few hours reading B-Thoughtful’s informative Blog and of course, the always-reliable Rusty Nail. Over the last few years, Boyer has openly and ruthlessly plagiarized over 60 authors, including big names like Dean Koontz, Richard Matheson, and Ben Templesmith. Perhaps more heinously, he has stolen from new authors who are just beginning to dip their toes into writing and publishing. A complete list of all of Boyer’s victims can be found here, in the sidebar.

Nothing seems to stop him. Not letters from lawyers or cease and desist notices from attorneys. Boyer complies with the notices, removes the stolen material, and then simply reprints it under another title using a new pseudonym. Perhaps most frustrating of all — by all accounts, Boyer lives below the poverty level, and as a result, a lawsuit against him would be pointless, not to mention extremely costly. Would you pay $10,000 in legal fees to sue somebody who plagiarized your work, only to find that when it came time to reward damages, all that person could pay would be pocket change and an old llama porn videocassette? And thus, there are a lot of frustrated writers who have been victimized by this bag of ****, and none of them see any end in sight.

Enter Ferrell Rick Moore, one of Boyer’s earliest victims. Rick has found a way to finally make Boyer pay, with criminal charges and the very real possibility of prison time. Rick has opened a Consumer Fraud case with the Indiana Attorney General’s Office (Boyer lives in Vincennes, Indiana). And that is where you come in, dear readers. Follow these instructions carefully, and please note that you DO NOT have to live in Indiana to participate:

http://www.briankeene.com/?p=9232

warning:salty language on blog

here is a blog that was started to document the plagarism-

http://b-thoughtful2.blogspot.com/20...-by-livia.html

i just thought this campaign would be of interest considering the nature of this board.

10-05-2011, 08:37 AM	#1
xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	Campaign to nail a plagarist If you are a speculative fiction author, then you’re probably already aware of Boyer. If not, you should spend a few hours reading B-Thoughtful’s informative Blog and of course, the always-reliable Rusty Nail. Over the last few years, Boyer has openly and ruthlessly plagiarized over 60 authors, including big names like Dean Koontz, Richard Matheson, and Ben Templesmith. Perhaps more heinously, he has stolen from new authors who are just beginning to dip their toes into writing and publishing. A complete list of all of Boyer’s victims can be found here, in the sidebar. Nothing seems to stop him. Not letters from lawyers or cease and desist notices from attorneys. Boyer complies with the notices, removes the stolen material, and then simply reprints it under another title using a new pseudonym. Perhaps most frustrating of all — by all accounts, Boyer lives below the poverty level, and as a result, a lawsuit against him would be pointless, not to mention extremely costly. Would you pay $10,000 in legal fees to sue somebody who plagiarized your work, only to find that when it came time to reward damages, all that person could pay would be pocket change and an old llama porn videocassette? And thus, there are a lot of frustrated writers who have been victimized by this bag of ***, and none of them see any end in sight. Enter Ferrell Rick Moore, one of Boyer’s earliest victims. Rick has found a way to finally make Boyer pay, with criminal charges and the very real possibility of prison time. Rick has opened a Consumer Fraud case with the Indiana Attorney General’s Office (Boyer lives in Vincennes, Indiana). And that is where you come in, dear readers. Follow these instructions carefully, and please note that you DO NOT have to live in Indiana to participate: http://www.briankeene.com/?p=9232 warning:salty language on blog here is a blog that was started to document the plagarism- http://b-thoughtful2.blogspot.com/20...-by-livia.html i just thought this campaign would be of interest considering the nature of this board. Last edited by xg4bx; 10-05-2011 at 08:41 AM.*