Documented plagiarism and copyright infringement on connectom.substack.com by Thibaut (@Kpaxs)

The following is an edited section of the Notification of Claimed Infringement Notice that I, James Shelley, sent to Substack in April 2021, as per the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

It has been brought to my attention that Thibaut (connectom.substack.com) is consistently and repeatedly plagiarizing my writing. On my count, he has plagiarized my work at least 25 times on Substack. This includes material I originally published in the Caesura Letters (a subscription newsletter I published between 2012 and 2015) and writing that I have posted on my personal blog. I have outlined each infringement below. Where applicable, the PDF versions of the Caesura Letters back issues (which are still available for purchase) are attached for verification.

1. https://connectom.substack.com/p/stockdale-paradox 

Plagiarizes Stockdale Paradox, Caesura Letters - Volume III, see pp. 100-101, in file CLV003-201306.pdf (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-iii/paperback/product-125wkvw4.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

2. https://connectom.substack.com/p/always-and-never 

Plagiarizes Always and Never, Caesura Letters - Volume I, see pp. 56-57, in file CLV001-201212.pdf (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-i/paperback/product-125qk48j.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

3. https://connectom.substack.com/p/choice-theory 

Plagiarizes Choice Theory, Caesura Letters - Volume II, pp. 71-73, in file CLV002-201303.pdf (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-ii/paperback/product-1wvyye4m.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

4. https://connectom.substack.com/p/cause-effect 

Plagiarizes Cause-Effect, Caesura Letters - Volume I, pp. 64-66, in file CLV001-201212.pdf (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-i/paperback/product-125qk48j.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

5. https://connectom.substack.com/p/embrace-not-knowing-everything 

Plagiarizes Conviction, Caesura Letters - Volume VII, pp. 7-9, in file CLV007-201406.pdf (https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-vii/paperback/product-125d57ym.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

6. https://connectom.substack.com/p/tragic-sense-of-life 

Plagiarizes Entropy, Caesura Letters - Volume VII, pp. 42-44, in file CLV007-201406.pdf (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-vii/paperback/product-125d57ym.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

7. https://connectom.substack.com/p/tranquility-through-chaos 

Plagiarizes Tranquility, Caesura Letters - Volume I, p. 9, in file CLV001-201212.pdf (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-i/paperback/product-125qk48j.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

8. https://connectom.substack.com/p/life-inertia 

Plagiarizes Inertia, Caesura Letters - Volume I, pp. 80-81, in file CLV001-201212.pdf (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-i/paperback/product-125qk48j.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

9. https://connectom.substack.com/p/in-this-together-really 

Plagiarizes We are not all in this together (personal blog post) https://jamesshelley.com/blog/we-are-not-all-in-this-together.html 

10. https://connectom.substack.com/p/living-with-uncertainty

Plagiarizes Uncertainty, as mantra (personal blog post) https://jamesshelley.com/blog/uncertainty-as-mantra.html 

11. https://connectom.substack.com/p/rational-thinking-unity-and-parallax

Plagiarizes Parallax, Caesura Letters - Volume I, pp. 38–39, in file CLV001-201212.pdf (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-i/paperback/product-125qk48j.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

12. https://connectom.substack.com/p/what-is-life 

Plagiarizes Metabolism, Caesura Letters - Volume VII, pp. 44-45, in file CLV007-201406.pdf (https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-vii/paperback/product-125d57ym.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

13. https://connectom.substack.com/p/everyone-minus-one 

Plagiarizes Everyone Minus One, Caesura Letters - Volume VI, pp. 41-43, in file CLV006-201403.pdf (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-vi/paperback/product-1e8j2jv8.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

14. https://connectom.substack.com/p/microphysics-of-power 

Plagiarizes Microphysics of Power, Caesura Letters - Volume III, pp. 75-76, in file CLV003-201306.pdf (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-iii/paperback/product-125wkvw4.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

15. https://connectom.substack.com/p/meaning-rick-and-morty-and-the-hitchhikers

Plagiarizes Meaning, Caesura Letters - Volume I, pp. 50-52, in file CLV001-201212.pdf (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-i/paperback/product-125qk48j.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

16. https://connectom.substack.com/p/busy-is-the-new-stupid

Plagiarizes Why are we busy? (personal blog post) https://jamesshelley.com/blog/why-are-we-busy.html

17. https://connectom.substack.com/p/information-gaps

Plagiarizes Information Gaps, Caesura Letters - Volume X, pp.36-38, in file CLV010-201503.pdf (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-x/paperback/product-1k9ewd59.html?page=1&pageSize=4

18. https://connectom.substack.com/p/information-overload-and-great-abbreviatiors 

Plagiarizes Great Abbreviators, Caesura Letters - Volume VI, pp. 120-121, in file CLV006-201403.pdf (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-vi/paperback/product-1e8j2jv8.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

19. https://connectom.substack.com/p/the-overview-effect

Plagiarizes Some High Mountain (personal blog post) https://jamesshelley.com/blog/some-high-mountain.html

20. https://connectom.substack.com/p/revolution-of-well-being

Plagiarizes Revolution of Well-Being, Caesura Letters - Volume IX, pp. 11-12, in file CLV011-201506.pdf (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-ix/paperback/product-1jngmkp2.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

21. https://connectom.substack.com/p/what-is-love

Plagiarizes Love, Caesura Letters - Volume II, pp. 59-61 (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-ii/paperback/product-1wvyye4m.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

22. https://connectom.substack.com/p/the-story-of-the-storytellers

Plagiarizes The Story of the Storytellers, Caesura Letters - Volume X, pp. 53-55 (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-x/paperback/product-1k9ewd59.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

23. https://connectom.substack.com/p/myth-of-progress 

Plagiarizes Myth of Progress, Caesura Letters - Volume X, pp. 51-52, in file CLV010-201503.pdf (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-x/paperback/product-1k9ewd59.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

24. https://connectom.substack.com/p/possible-selves

Plagiarizes Possible Selves, Caesura Letters - Volume IX, pp. 17-18, in file CLV009-201412.pdf (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-ix/paperback/product-1jngmkp2.html?page=1&pageSize=4)

25. https://connectom.substack.com/p/the-art-of-dying

Plagiarizes paragraphs from Apoptosis, Caesura Letters - Volume VII, p. 28, in file CLV007-201406.pdf (as per https://www.lulu.com/en/ca/shop/james-shelley/caesura-letters-volume-vii/paperback/product-125d57ym.html?page=1&pageSize=4)