As
promised earlier, here is John Charles' statement about Lianne
Spiderbaby's feature article in the about-to-be-released VIDEO WATCHDOG
174:
Once evidence of Lianne
Spiderbaby’s plagiarism was posted online, I decided to examine the “Emmanuelle
et Emanuelle” piece we have upcoming in VIDEO WATCHDOG 174 to see whether
there were any instances of impropriety. I did this by entering 50% or more of
each paragraph into Google and examining the results. What I got were random
word matches that did not seem to constitute plagiarism and thus I told my
editor, Tim Lucas, that the article seemed to pass muster.
This result was backed up in
my mind when Tim reached out to Lianne about the controversy and asked about
the work she had submitted to us. She replied,
"The Emmanuelle piece and the
Skin piece I wrote for you is entirely my work. It's my writing.”
However, in light of further revelations, I decided to look at the
article again using a different, more intensive method of searching that ultimately
contradicted her claim of the work being entirely original.
Here are some examples that
surfaced within the EMANUELLE IN AMERICA section. The passages in question have
been taken from a review of the film on the Monsters at Play site by Lawrence
P. Raffel that can be found here.
LS:
"Emanuelle remains at a distance when she watches a woman getting off to a grotesque 8mm snuff film"
Monsters
at Play review: "Emanuelle stumbles upon the fact that some of these
richie folk are actually getting off on
watching grotesque 8mm snuff films!"
LS:
Emanuelle is willing to go the extra
mile(s) to get a new and fresh scoop
Monsters
at Play review:a nosy reporter fashion photographer who's always willing to go the extra mile for a fresh
scoop
LS:
powerful businessman named Eric Van Darren (Lars Bloch). Van Darren is a real winner; he keeps women of every astrological sign
in his mansion
Monsters
at Play review: wealthy businessman Eric Van Darren. Van Darren's harem is
comprised of one woman for each astrological sign
LS: In
the midst of a Caligula-like orgy
Monsters
at Play review: in the midst of a Caligula-like orgy
LS:
an island where unattractive women
can go to purchase sex from gorgeous young men
Monsters
at Play review: some bizarre island where unattractive rich women
can buy the services of nubile young men!
This was the extent of my examination as it was enough to indicate that the article was not wholly original, as promised.
In addition to what Tim and I have posted, this
unfortunate occurrence will be discussed further in VIDEO WATCHDOG 175 for the
benefit of our print readers.
John Charles
Associate Editor
VIDEO WATCHDOG
