Plagiarizing - Tumblr Posts
Bored this fine evening? Consider:
Searching through works titled or marked as "collections" of X fandom/pairing on AO3 and reporting re-uploaded, stolen fanfiction and fanart.
Searching titles such as 'looking for fanfiction' and 'help needed' on AO3 and reporting non-fannish uploads that violate the TOS.
Reverse-searching the fanart used on Wattpad book covers to find the origin of stolen fanart and alert the original artists to the misuse.
Leaving comments on works containing the above to explain what the author has done wrong and why its unethical/against the rules.
I can promise you; its worthwhile and cathartic. To date I've helped somewhere in the region of over 200 people get their stolen and misused content removed. I have never had a single creator ungrateful or disinterested in protecting their content.
um, silly qiestion but is there any other way to reverse search images other than using google lens?
You can use websites like TinEye or DNSChecker, which will scour the internet for any instance of an image being uploaded and provide them in chronological order.
However, with these kinds of websites, please read the usage terms carefully. Some websites that offer services like this are very predatory and will hide in their usage terms that by 'uploading' an image to their site you are granting them permission to use it in varying ways.
Its also not as streamlined or time efficient, but often I've managed to find images by searching relevant key terms of descriptors into Google Images. E.g; "Henry Cavill Pink Fanart."
E.g; do you report it or alert the original creator?
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 ‼️
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)