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jeeeezz... people out there having no decency or regard for the effort that goes into writing. imagine. every single writer here deserves better
Report. Report. Report
Plagiarism Alert!
My story Somnolent was stolen and posted on Wattpad. I’ve seen it happen to so many Tumblr authors and always felt so damn angry but right now I just feel disappointed. Haven’t there been so many authors giving so many warnings against this? Does there always have to be a big ass disclaimer about copyright in everybody’s masterlist or at the end of a fic in the biggest font possible for it to penetrate through there thick skulls not to plagiarise something? I thought it was a given.
Now I don’t use Wattpad anymore, so I can’t even get on there to file a report without making a new account and it’s giving me a headache.
The account is @/Roiainfires on Wattpad with the story title Somnolent|JJK x Reader. I’m making a new account to report them. Please help me bring it to their attention that stealing is not okay and they should take down all the stories they have copy pasted from tumblr. They have also stolen work from other authors like @ironicarmy, @spookitokki and other works I can’t recognize. I’m tagging some other authors because it might be that they’ve stolen your story in their 27 chapter plagiarised book on Wattpad.
@johobi @xherxx @jeonscript @littlemisskookie @httpjeon @njssi @winetae @dovechim @junqkook @jeongi @gimmesumsuga @hobiwonder @jincherie @kinktae @bang-tan-bitches @readyplayerhobi @jamaisjoons @honeymoonjin @gguksgalaxy @fortunexkookie @stutterfly @jingabitch @minflix @floralseokjin @lustjoon @lamourche @hobidreams
Thank You to @holyfluffly for bringing this to my attention.
Omg....I was not aware that Chatbot could do that!
But seriously it's so unfortunate that people have started using such tools leading to lack of interest and discouragement from actually amazing fanfic authors. It's okay if your fruit of labour takes time, because the end product makes up for it.
So kindly support your fanfic authors and send love to them and their works!
kind of wanna reinforce this here. because i’ve seen ai writing become so popular on tik tok.
ai writing is not okay.
it’s literally theft. just like how ai art steals, ai writing steals. it’s using authors’ very real work to generate whatever you type in. and this also needs to be said as well.
writing is a form of art. fanfiction is a form of literature.
seeing this all over my fyp is REALLY discouraging. fanfic itself is already a labor of love and we love it when you interact. but please do not use ai writing for your fanfic needs when this writing literally steals from fanfic authors.
genuinely don’t know if this post will go around because my interactions outside of hcs are shit, but i hope it does.
Fanfiction Authors: HEADS UP
(Non-authors, please RB to signal boost to your author friends!)
An astute reader informed me this morning that one of my fics (Children of the Future Age) had been pirated and was being sold as a novel on Amazon:
(And they weren't even creative with their cover design. If you're going to pirate something that I spent a full year of my life writing, at least give me a pretty screenshot to brag about later. Seriously.)
I promptly filed a DMCA complaint to have it removed, but I checked out the company that put it up -- Plush Books -- and it looks like A LOT of their books are pirated fic. They are by no means the only ones doing this, either -- the fact that """publishers""" can download stories from AO3 in ebook format and then reupload them to Amazon in just a few clicks makes fic piracy a common problem. There are a whole host of reasons why letting this continue is bad -- including actual legal risk to fanfiction archives -- but basically:
IF YOU ARE A FANFIC AUTHOR WITH LONG AND/OR POPULAR WORKS, PLEASE CHECK AMAZON TO SEE IF YOUR STORIES HAVE BEEN PIRATED.
You can search for your fics by title, or by text from the description (which is often just copied wholesale from AO3 as well). If you find that someone has stolen your work and is selling it as their own, you can lodge a DMCA complaint (Amazon.com/USA site; other countries have different systems). If you haven't done this before, it's easy! Here's a tutorial:
HOW TO FILE A COPYRIGHT COMPLAINT FOR STOLEN WORK ON AMAZON.COM:
First, go to this form. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account.
Select the radio buttons/dropdown options (shown below) to indicate that you are the legal Rights Owner, you have a copyright concern, and it is about a pirated product.
Enter the name of your story in the Name of Brand field.
In the Link to the Copyrighted Work box, enter a link to the story on AO3 or whatever site your work is posted on.
In the Additional Information box, explain that you are the author of the work and it is being sold without your permission. That's all you really need. If you want, you can include additional information that might be helpful in establishing the validity of your claim, but you don't have to go into great detail. You can simply write something like this:
I am the author of this work, which is being sold by [publisher] without my permission. I originally published this story in [date/year] on [name of site], and have provided a link to the original above. On request, I can provide documentation proving that I am the owner of the account that originally posted this story.
In the ASIN/ISBN-10 field, copy and paste the ID number from the pirated copy's URL. You'll find this ten-digit number in the Amazon URL after the word "product," as in the screenshot below. (If the URL extends beyond this number, you can ignore everything from the question mark on.) Once this number has been added, Amazon will pull the product information automatically and add it to the complaint form, so you can check the listing title and make sure it's correct.
Finally, add your contact information to the relevant fields, check the "I have read and accept the statements" box, and then click Submit. You should receive an email confirmation that Amazon has received the form.
Please share this information with your writer friends, keep an eye out for/report pirated works, and help us keep fanfiction free and legally protected!
NOTE: All of the above also applies to Amazon products featuring stolen artwork, etc., so fan artists should check too!
I feel like those of us who are longtime Video Essay Enjoyers™ have been aware something was suss about James Summerton (I remember when Lawrence called out Somerton for stealing their Hannibal essay years ago) for a while. But I think it's cynical to reduce Hbomberguy's vid to just a "dunk" when it's more of an odyssey railing against how influencer and content culture devalues the work of culture critics, academics, and activists. As Harris said, it's not a problem exclusive to Somerton, but a corrosive attitude baked into late capitalist "content" culture. The video is a clear exploration of the consequences of all media and art being flattened into "content" creates a system where the labor of marginalised creatives and storytellers are exploited and stolen by people with more privileges and resources. As someone who has witnessed rich tiktokers quote articles and posts I've written verbatim without credit to make money from their 1000s of followers, this video hit super hard for me. From James Somerton claiming the works of dead gay activists, to Charli D'Amelio building a career from stealing dances created by Black tiktokers - plagiarism is often inseparable from discrimination and exploitation of labor rights. Harris' video is about how the nature of influencer content culture has further exacerbated the exploitative systems that already existed, wrapped up as YouTuber drama analysis. But I hope people don't miss the forest for the trees and remember you should always be citing your sources, fact checking, and be very wary of people who don't. And for the love of God, please stop getting your information exclusively from video essays, tiktoks and podcasts.
This is just fucking gross.
I would prefer to message you one on one @ayadrafts but you have me blocked, so I am posting this publicly to ask that you take this fic down. This is a verbatim ripoff of my fic “Phone a Friend”.
I don’t know how to explain how unbelievably shitty that is of you to do to me. Seeing my work blatantly copied without any credit or acknowledgment is not only disrespectful but downright infuriating. And then you block me to cover your tracks? I pour my heart and soul into every fic that I create, as does every writer. And I think you know that.
Maybe I inspired you, I don’t know. Whatever the case, this is outright theft. You’re demonstrating a complete disregard for intellectual property and artistic integrity. It's unacceptable.
Plagiarism, what you did, undermines the hard work and dedication that goes into crafting a piece of work. It’s brainstorming, outlining, writing, editing, making moodboards, bouncing ideas off friends, that all goes into how I create a fic from scratch, something that you’re attempting to benefit from. Your decision to plagiarize my work not only disrespects me as a writer but also diminishes the value of your own work, if you even write anything of your own.
Please take this down. You hurt me and I don’t deserve this.
ty so much for tagging me. i saw that two of my other drabbles were taken :(
PLAGIARISM ISSUE.
as you all know, there’s been a rise in plagiarism cases. though it pisses me off to add onto it, i want this to be brought up because this isn’t fair to the original authors. THIS BOOK has 129 chapters, it was posted four months ago. here are some of the works that they have plagiarized:
@chocolvte - confession, yeonjun .. picnic date, itzy (they didn’t bother to change the format)
@sevlgi - mirror, nayeon .. my sunday, jisoo .. want me?, ryujin .. wait forever, miyeon
@jjkgyu - when he sees you cry, bts .. affection, nct 127
@latetaektalk - in love with you, baekhyun (they even copied the author’s note)
@sevenforeverbulletproof - most beautiful piece of art, taehyung
@gukyi - white chocolate fudge, jin (this was published four YEARS ago, how can you say it belongs to you when your book was published four MONTHS ago)
@panda-writes-kpop - monster in me, gahyeon
@byunmyeon - philophobia & metanoia, lee suho
@anashins - but you’re here now, taeyong
@eunkooked - best friends to lovers, yeji
@binunus - injury, cha eunwoo
@devoidwrites - truly madly deeply, yeonjun
@cryxtal-moon - box of memories, jin
@sunzwoo - over the moon, sunwoo
@tteokggukk - welcome to my youtube channel & amortentia & coffee rings, taehyung
@guqwrvte - admiration, taehyung
@ddeonuism - dude, they’re just not into you, jungwon
@blu-joons - i love you, beomgyu
@svchengss - love published, jaehyun
@yinandyangyang - as the wind blows, hyunjin
@princessjungeun - dance with me, somi .. caramel latte, chungha
@flwrkisses - slow dancing in the dark, taehyun
@parkjess - along the river, sanha
i wasn’t able to list all of them so if you open the book and recognize any of the works, please mention the original author.
how many times must i say this? DON’T touch what doesn’t belong to you. these writers don’t share their works with the world, just to have it snatched away from them without even being given credit.
tagging some moots: @stealanity @hvae @hwasrie @tohokuu @songmingisthighs @yunkiwii @atozfic @woahhwa @rensiu @mavericsohn @viastro
Also keep in mind that copyright claims can only be made by the person being stolen from, so if you see a fic you know is stolen, and you can track the original author down, take a second to message them so they can take action.
Team work makes the dream work, people.
⚠️ ATTENTION WRITERS ⚠️
This person has been copying fanfiction and reposting it as their own. I was just alerted to the fact that they have reposted one of my fics from January. I have made a DMCA report.
Here are my receipts:
(their post on the left, my original post on the right.)
You can also easily find my original post in my master list to see that the date is not photoshopped.
If you are a fanfic writer, I urge you to search their page and find out if your work has been stolen. They have fics from multiple fandoms.
Even if you don’t post fics on here- they clearly got my fic from my AO3 since it includes the AO3 tags and summary. You can report it as copyright violation, as the DMCA protects intellectual property.
‼️ PLEASE REBLOG ‼️
This is so fucked up! You deserve better than this pos stealing your work word for word!
I would prefer to message you one on one @ayadrafts but you have me blocked, so I am posting this publicly to ask that you take this fic down. This is a verbatim ripoff of my fic “Phone a Friend”.
I don’t know how to explain how unbelievably shitty that is of you to do to me. Seeing my work blatantly copied without any credit or acknowledgment is not only disrespectful but downright infuriating. And then you block me to cover your tracks? I pour my heart and soul into every fic that I create, as does every writer. And I think you know that.
Maybe I inspired you, I don’t know. Whatever the case, this is outright theft. You’re demonstrating a complete disregard for intellectual property and artistic integrity. It's unacceptable.
Plagiarism, what you did, undermines the hard work and dedication that goes into crafting a piece of work. It’s brainstorming, outlining, writing, editing, making moodboards, bouncing ideas off friends, that all goes into how I create a fic from scratch, something that you’re attempting to benefit from. Your decision to plagiarize my work not only disrespects me as a writer but also diminishes the value of your own work, if you even write anything of your own.
Please take this down. You hurt me and I don’t deserve this.
PLAGIARISM NOTICE!!
PLEASE SPREAD REPORT AND BLOCK.
yesterday my mutual haze ( @pockettwinzz ) made a post about a tumblr account @/slutfornikii plagiarizing one of her works. i looked through the latter's account to see if anything else had been plagiarized and then made the decision to confront her in dms telling her that her posts were a copy of my friend and that it would be best for her to take them down and apologize, but her responses were baffling.
HAZE's WORK BESIDES @/slutfornikii 's post.
i quickly realized there was no use talking to someone who was not willing to admit to their mistakes. it also gave me the impression that this person is not mature enough to be a twenty year old adult as she claims.
moreover, her grammar skills from her texts clearly show that she does not have the level of writing skills (in english) to be able to write what she claims is her own and not copied. (the text screenshots are at the end)
today i looked through her account again to see if she had taken things down but to my dismay she has further copied another one of my mutuals jiah (@okwonyo) and another author i believe for the other post she has. if anyone knows who it belongs to please inform them!!
JIAH'S WORK BESIDES @/slutfornikii 's post.
THE TEXTS.
SHE ALSO CLAIMS THIS TO BE HER PHOTO, and you can clearly find this on pinterest.. it is baffling that she's doing everything even faking an identity (?)
tagging some mutuals, @boyfhee @jungqkook @pprodsuga @jaylaxies @sserasin @fakeuwus @hooniehon @glitterjay @lilyuwon @stwrjvke @gardenwons @wonlvkay @alvojake @lheebra @eeunoia @diorsyun @intromortal @tyunni @riftanswhore @hoes4hoseok @cornenhapovs @lilmashae
eat my dick bruh, i’ll gladly take the monster label 😭😭😭 credit where??? write your own shit and hop off other authors dicks who actually write on their very own 👆👆
thank you to my fellow besties, bullying saved the day once again🙏🙏🙏
Well guys, all our “stalking and abuse” worked…
Sweetheart, we’re not “monsters”, we’re the victims of crimes you committed against us.
We didn’t bully you over your weight or English.
You didn’t have permission from anyone to post their work as your own.
You didn’t credit anyone you stole from.
The fandom isn’t toxic.
None of this work belongs to you, NONE OF IT!!
Stop acting the victim in this and take responsibility for your actions.
@chickensarentcheap, @kingsmakers, @starcrossedjedis, @asirensrage, @drbobbimorse, @xximpressions, @juliaswickcrs, @damn-daemon, @dreaming-for-an-escape, @s1ater, @ninjasawakenedmystars, @residentdormouse
— PLAGIARISM
for the past few days, i haven’t been very very active because of work but also because i’ve been dealing with a plagiarism issue. at first, i was informed that “break up with your boyfriend” was posted without my consent on wattpad but i couldn’t find the fic, and i deduced that the person deleted it after being confronted about it. however, monday morning, i woke up to the news that the fic was now posted on instagram under 3 different posts by the same person. to say that i was shocked is a literal understatement. of course, i contacted them, and after waiting a long time, they deleted everything. in the end, everything seems to have a good ending (at least for the moment).
this story ends well in my case, but sometimes it isn’t the case which i already face in the past. so please to all people tempted to ever do something like that, just don’t because one way or another, the original writer will find out about it, and it can go wrong for you. plus, for the writer, it’s very frustrating, and to some extent hard to deal with because they spent hours working on something & to see it just posted somewhere else without ever seeing their username mentioned anywhere is heartbreaking.
please to all my fellow fanfic writers be careful & stay all safe 💗 to everyone dealing with this kind of situation, i hope you find the support to help you deal with this!
also a massive thank you to the person who informed me about this situation & to my nikki @xpeachesncream for her support 💗
TW// Misogynistic Meme
As someone who's always been a huge fan of Todd In The Shadows, I'm 100% on this.
To put in summary, James is basically this, but UNIRONICALLY:
something that i didn't think needed to be said but should be said in light of the hbomberguy video:
just because somerton didn't outright say "i hate women" DOES NOT MAKE HIM NOT A MISOGYNIST. it is the internal beliefs that make it that way !! it is still generalizing and saying not nice things about women !!!
this goes for other things too, not just somerton!! it doesn't have to be outright to be wrong.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
I'll make this quick. I'm xxalwayssofia on ao3 and yk,, relationship reveal sofia? No? Maybe? Doesn't matter. Anyways, it has come to my attention that somebody was plagiarising my works, and I made an announcement about it.
Pretty please help spread it around and read it and all that,, okay thank you!
(using usual tags for max reach sorry <3)
Reposting (without credit/permission), stealing, and tracing wh content 🙃 please don’t follow or give them any sort of attention and I’d love if y’all could reblog to let others know
oh shit who stole ur stuff
it doesn’t matter anymore, i filed a copyright claim against them and they took it down quickly afterward. just keep an eye on wattpad “imagines” books, because that’s where i’ve noticed most of the plagiarism is going on. big love y’all!
Aber wenn du zu deinem Vergnügen erst die Erlaubnis anderer Leute brauchst, dann bist du wirklich ein armer Tropf.
Hermann Hesse, Der Steppenwolf (1927) Doesn't this sound hauntingly familiar? Madonna quoted this line in "Justify My Love" (1990) when she sang: "Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another"
Lulu’s Secret Desires by Veronika (Nika) Jensen www.facebook.com/lulus.secret.desires
Reblogging vs Reposting
If you're trying to get someone recognition, then reblog the post or comment on it. You can also share the link so it goes back to the original poster. Likes only bookmark work for yourselves.
Do not repost the work.
Reposting is when you save images or copy work/words & paste them into a new post. This is also known as plagiarism and can be considered a felony. Reposting does nothing for the original poster. Instead, it gives you the credit.
Plagiarizing isn't okay. It doesn't matter if you changed some of the words or not. The story could be 5 words, 20 words, 300 words, or over 1.3k words. You could repost 1 image, 3 images, or a whole blog of images. It doesn't matter. It is still plagiarism.
If you aren't sure about your writing skills, then watch videos. Just write your thoughts and go back to edit them. Do something that isn't plagiarism, please.
Some creators don't mind you using their images as long as you give them credit but do not repost them.
DO:
Reblog
Comment
Share The Link
DON'T:
Don't Repost
Don't Copy Work/Words
Don't Save Images and Post them Without Proper Credit
Don't Put Work Into AI (Artificial Intelligence)