Trolling around story sites

Looking to prey on

Independent writers.

Seeing well-crafted stories posted by

The original author.

Picking one with a high

Number of votes,

It gets snatched and

Posted in the thief’s

Username, passing it off

As his or her own.

The thief loves those sites.

“They’ll never notice,”

Says the thief.

The authors noticed,

Did their research on

Plagiarism,

Found their stories,

Caused a ruckus over

The stories, threatening

Legal action.

Site administrators don’t do their job

Of getting rid of the stolen stories,

Never issuing an apology to the

Original writers.

Phony site links, don’t work

Most of the time.

Why are they there again?

Oh, yeah.

To hide out in a thief’s paradise.

Original authors put copyright info

On all of their works, register them

On copyright sites.

They have the proof of where

They first post their stories,

Links and all.

They have the proof of where

Their stories are posted

Without their permission.

Poachers apologize (some),

Site administrators apologize (some),

Original writers take their

Works to paying sites,

Leaving some on the sties

Where they are members.

Time has passed,

Stories have been sold,

The victims have won

Against those living

In a paradise world

Of stealing, populated

By thieves.