@OP - did you buy your account? When? Who did you buy it from?
Now I'm wondering this as well, because the copy/pasting obviously stopped being a habit for him years ago.
I would be in favor of opposing leniency until he provides as much of this information as he can, and admitting his account was bought.
Looking at his post history, I would have guessed his first post was
here, which was posted on September 21, 2015, 02:20:15 AM, and his password changed
here, approximately a day later.
I do hope OP doesn't get a permaban, because he's a decent member, regardless of that copy/paste. He isn't a serial plagiarizer, a shitposter, or a scammer. This is another one of the instances where I think someone should be given a second chance. But yikes, this is crazy to see.
This is another instance of aTriz, gator and many others abusing you and other people who are lenient with worthless PayPal related positive trust. I guess I can repeat this quite the number of times, but it does not seem like these people are willing to listen as it causes cognitive dissonance.
aTriz didn't have any DT ratings (from who are on DT today) until he went into business with you. He was then shielded by you once he was seen to be very shady.