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In March 2005 came the discovery of the
greatest theft of online and print material by a single publication. The online
and print material: DVD and video review sites and publications; the
plagiarizing publication: THE DARK SIDE, edited by Allan Bryce. Before long, over a
hundred reviews were confirmed as stolen, usually verbatim, in continual acts of
plagiarism dating back to 1997. Another publication edited by Bryce, DVD
WORLD, has revealed 92 reviews stolen from online sources. Thus far, we
have only examined a portion of these two publications. Further examinations are guaranteed
to reveal more acts of plagiarism.
This site will chronicle, document and
expose the most egregious act of plagiarism to have ever occurred in one
publication. It will also take a look at not only the publishing history of THE
DARK SIDE, but other Allan Bryce-edited publications, to include DVD WORLD and
books such as AMICUS, THE STUDIO THAT DRIPPED BLOOD. This story is astounding in
scope and the amount of time the plagiarism has been going on.
The Dark Side, edited by Allan Bryce: The current count:
128 reviews confirmed as
stolen;
45 others await confirmation from original writers/websites.
DVD World, edited by Allan Bryce: 94 reviews/articles confirmed as stolen; 38 await confirmation.
The Australian version of DVD World, edited by Allan Bryce: 13 reviews confirmed as
stolen;
7 await confirmation.
What we, the aggrieved parties, want:
1) The real name of the person or persons who stole
this material for THE DARK SIDE and DVD WORLD.
2) The publication in the DARK SIDE and DVD WORLD of the full list of stolen
material, with proper credit given to the original authors of that material and
the websites or print publications from which the material was taken.
3) Respectful monetary recompense for the authors and websites whose material was stolen.
We would also like to request that writers not contribute
work to THE DARK SIDE, that advertisers withhold financially supporting the publication
with ads, and that the public not buy this magazine until the matter is resolved. Despite what you may hear from the
editor, Allan Bryce, the matter is not resolved. Far from it.
| Contents |
The Latest News |
| The Honors List - What
was Stolen
Sample Pages (This will astound you)
Explanations from Allan Bryce
Frequently Asked Questions
Editorials The New
Controversy:
Britain's Websites Censored Over Commentary about The Dark Side and its
Writers
(forthcoming) |
ALERT - December 8, 2007: Google's cache still has the
page that caused Calum Waddell to run to the solicitors.
December 3, 2007: In a surprising turn of events, the Dark
Side debacle has been revived courtesy Calum Waddell, a frequent
contributor to the magazine and an admitted "loyal supporter" of The Dark
Side's editor/publisher, Allan Bryce. We're going to devote an
entire page to this new controversy, which involves not only the popular
Sex Gore Mutants site (which was served with notification from its server
that the server would terminate hosting based on the complaints of Calum
Waddell's solicitors), but also Anchor Bay's UK website and forum, which
found cause, very suddenly, to delete a long-standing thread on The Dark
Side. Stay tuned.
March
27, 2006: Members of the British site, SEX
GORE MUTANTS, voted IS IT UNCUT? as the best genre magazine of 2005.
In the last three years THE DARK SIDE won this award easily with
hundreds of votes, but, after last year's revelations of massive
plagiarism, the magazine was able to only garner a pathetic three votes.
SEX GORE MUTANTS headmaster, Alan Simpson, notes: "In the six years
the SGM Awards have been running we have never seen such a swing in
readers votes."
January
21, 2006: The Dark Side Scandal gets nominated as "Count Alucard's
Controversy of the Year" in the annual Rondo awards.
January
9, 2006: The latest issue of DVD WORLD contains more unauthorized
material taken from the internet! Click on Honors
List to see the updated listing of all text taken from the internet
for the pages of THE DARK SIDE and DVD WORLD.
The
2005/2006 Winter Issue of the Dutch SCHOKKEND NIEUWS carries an
editorial by Bart van der Put directly addressing The Dark Side scandal.
Thank you, Bart and Schokkend Nieuws! We hope to provide a translation
soon. (The translation is now here.)
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If you have more information about what's been going on at THE DARK
SIDE and other Bryce-related publications, please feel free to contact me
at eurosin@aol.com. Though we very
much want voices to speak out publicly on this matter, requests for
confidentiality are understood and immediately honored.
If you wish to publicly comment on this plagiarism, the Latarnia
Forums have a thread devoted to the subject here.
-- Mirek Lipinski
A special thanks to all who have
helped in this investigation. Without your assistance, the scope of
this exposure
could not have been possible. |
