#stolen work

[angelofsmalldeath-codeine]

Good Saturday, y’all.

Topic of today’s rant: PEOPLE PRINTING AND SELLING FANFIC & GENERAL FANDOM ETIQUETTE

Profiting from fanfic will ruin it for everyone.

I want all of you who gift us your stories to be safe from lawsuits and beware that your content might be stolen.

Not to be on a soapbox and preaching to the choir but here are.

There are many authors pulling their work off AO3 because people acting on bad faith are printing and binding fics to sell on etsy thus infringing copyright laws. Fanfic has always been a grey area and we are allowed to exist in this grey area because we are not profiting from it. The minute money is exchanged, every party involved is breaking the law.

Why am I complaining about this yet again? Because we might be deprived from enjoying fanfic with the freedom we currently have because the fanfic authors will fear getting sued. If third parties are stealing our work and selling it, publishers and studios won’t care to know who sold it. It is your handle (thus IP address) on the sold fanfic. Because, get this, they are doing downloads straight from ao3 with your usernames.

Manacled is being pulled from ao3 because the author will publish it as a book. People are putting the book at risk by selling printed versions of it on Etsy.

I believe many of us who fall on the 20 years of reading fanfic side rather than on the 20 year olds reading fanfic will remember the Anne Rice days. These are not fully over because her son is carrying on the legacy of suing everyone who writes fanfic of her work. And if I may say, she didn’t invent vampires and should’ve taken many seats. I digress.

I am not sure of the levels of awareness within this community and to what extent it can affect all of us. TikTok is a massive contributor to this problem (as it is to many other problems. Again, I digress) since booktok and the binding folks discovered ao3.

You might think, I only post on tumblr so my content is safe. Well, they are finding their way here too. They cringe because tumblr is for old people but they still make their way here with their bad manners and pillaging behaviour.

I want all of you who gift your stories to be safe, lawsuit free, not lose your content and not be afraid of sharing.

I wish I had a definitive solution to this problem but I can only think of small actions:

report the etsy accounts selling fanfic/fanfic commissions,

report the TikTok accounts selling binding for fanfic work,

go back to the days of putting disclaimers on your notes that you don’t own the characters and you are not profiting from the story.

Tagging some authors* here for visibility so you can cascade to more people. Absolutely no pressure tag.

@theywhowriteandknowthings @tightjeansjavi @diversemediums @goodwithcheese @nerdieforpedro @fhatbhabie @undercoverpena @thelightsandtheroses @ezrasbirdie @notjustjavierpena @javierpena-inatacvest @freshlyrage @5oh5 @wardenparker @endlessthxxghts @creedslove @sp00kymulderr @secretelephanttattoo @gnpwdrnwhiskey @whatsnewalycat @pedrostylez @thetriumphantpanda @toointojoelmiller @dancingtotuyo @agentjackdaniels @ladamedusoif @lotrefcp @wildemaven @musings-of-a-rose @justagalwhowrites @morallyinept @pedropascalsx @criticallyacclaimedstranger @pennyserenade @kteague @astoryisaloveaffair @moralesispunk @linzels-blog @metalnecklace

*I can remove the tag if you are not comfortable with being associated with this post.

#fanfic authors #fanfic writers deserve everything in the world #support fanfic writers #fanfic writers #dont steal fanfic #tiktok ruins everything #this is for you new fandom babies btw #fandom #fandom etiquette #stolen work #stolen fanfic #stop profiting from fanfic because it will ruin it for everyone

[myfictionaldreams]

!STOLEN CONTENT!

Once again, I find myself losing my patience with the internet. Thank you to the amazing anon for notifying me that someone on Wattpad has posted my content as their own.

The User: JustHeatherr

Please report this person for stealing not only my own but others' work as well. It's disgusting and shameful, and downright fucking lazy to copy and paste work that others have spent hours and hours on and pretend it's their work.

My work that is stolen: JamesPotter - Dry humping. You can find the original here

I've linked the other stories stolen from other creators; please click on each fic and share the love to the original authors and stories!:

House Pride // T. Nott by @distantdarlings found here - reposted as Theodore nott - the gets jealous

a favour - theo Nott x reader by @dramaticals found here -- reposted as Theodore Nott - getting over your ex

And I don't wanna forget how your voice sounds - ex!theo Nott by @morwap found here -- reposted as Theodore Nott - Make up sex

Costume? that's barely clothes x theo not by @mrsriddlenott found here -- reposted as theodore Nott - that's barely clothes

'just once (part 2) tom riddle x reader by @cardansriddle found here-- reposted as tom riddle - just once

'call me by your name' tom riddle by @pasukiyo found here -- reposted as Tom Riddle - call be my name

The Game' - mattheo riddle by @smuttyworks found here -- reposted as mattheo riddle - the game

'the anything but party' m.r x reader by @suugarbabe found here -- reposted as 'anything but a party - mattheo riddle

'we are done' mattheo riddle by @slytherinslut0 found here -- reposted as mattheo riddle we are done

'through rain or shine' lorenzo berkshire by @slytherinslut0 found here -- reposted as lorenzo berkshire through the rain

Lorenzo Berkshire - Boobsessed, posted to Tumblr and found here

Once again, thank you to the anon who notified me. Please continue to spread love and reblog/like people's content! We all do this for fun, but when others think they can steal our content, it takes away any joy and makes me reluctant to post again. Anyway, love y'all.

#* #stolen work #stolent content #wattpad #please help! #please reblog and spread the word #and please spread love to the OG writers!!!

[corffee]

I wanted to take some time sharing my awful experience this this person in particular. The original post has an error that does not let me repost, like or even see the original poster’s account, that’s why I have screenshots.

So I never thought I’d be reminded of this asshole this year yet here I am. My work has also been used and uncredited by this guy last year. I commented on the first video where my art was used and uncredited asking to please not use my and others work unless it is credited or asked with permission. He replied with “my g”…..(istg).

So a month later he used the same work again with no credit nor permission. I commented asking if he was seriously using my work again without permission. The video that my work was in was filled to the brim with nsfw art and comics. It was gross and uncomfortable to see my comic being compared to that. My comic was just for laughs and for my Sonadow followers. And this jerk had to make it weird and extremely sexual. He replied trying to act innocent and saying that my work wasn’t in the video. He completely lied to me even though my work was right in front of me in the video. I even received a death threat from another commenter saying they have an organization that will k*ll me and take all my belongings cause they “don’t care.” How sweet-

After that, I stopped wasting my time with him and just continued on with my life. And of course he came back and made AN ENTIRE VIDEO about how my art “sucks ass” and that it’s stupid to give artists credit and ask permission. He uses the “copyright law” excuse to continue using art in his videos. He struggles throughout the video to give excuses and make points as to why it’s “stupid.” Honestly, the whole video is childish since most of the time he’s just swearing and saying f you to anyone that disagrees with him. He even says “Corffee? More like Crappy.” Oh I’m shaking in my boots right now.

Anyway, I hope people are informed enough about this child and help support artists who are affected by art theft and people like him. Peace.

#tw death threats #suicide mention #artist support #psa #important #art theft #stolen work #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #sonadow #sonic

[moonjxsung]

I take a short break to rekindle my mental health and I come back to somebody stealing my 30k fic and claiming it as their own, going so far as to place their own copyright on it and change the title and everything. I just can’t seem to get a break these days

Anyways, unfortunately there will be no further publishing of work on here until wattpad takes action against that account. These stories take me hours to write and I’m not publishing anything else if it’s at risk of being copy pasted and praised on a whole different platform by a complete stranger. Unfortunate too, considering I have half a new fic already sitting in my drive I stayed up until 3am working on.

Please help your authors when our work gets plagiarized and reposted. I’m not making money off of this, it’s a hobby that takes me a good chunk of my life and it hurts to see people disrespect that so openly. I ask for nothing on here- neither financial gain, nor praise. Just respect. I’ve always said if my full length fics are copy pasted I won’t hesitate to deactivate and I truly, honestly mean that.

Please report it here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/357109291-our-way

#please help #stray kids #skz #skz smut #stray kids hard hours #skz scenarios #lee know smut #lee know fanfic #lee know fic #lee know scenarios #lee know stray kids #Lee know #report #stolen work #wattpad #go report pls

[ito-itonomen]

My work got stolen and plagerized on ao3 again.

The culprit turned out to be a creep who tried to write me down as a co-author on his fic despite me having never met or spoken to him before.

After the first incident, I just rejected the co-author link and went on with my life.

Then he gifted me a work. I just deleted the email because I didn't want to encourage anything.

Turns out this was a mistake because last night I received a warning from a commenter that someone had posted a fic that was a straight copy and paste of my fic, What Big Claws, as well as the work of others.

The 'author' in question goes by the handle Nick_Uzamaki and the Fic is The Eda Daughter, which, sounds about as Ai generated as you would expect from a cheap copy of someone else's work.

I've left him a comment telling him off, but I thought I would let others know because this person has reportedly not only stolen my work but the work of others as well.

Provided below is a link to the fic in question, feel free to look up the rest of this poster's work to see if you or anyone you know has also had their work copied without permission.

#the owl house #plagerism #stolen work #community PSA

[naeverse]

I have some news to share...😕

Hello, everyone. I have some news to tell you all, and it took me by surprise when I discovered it. Firstly, I just want to say thank you to a wonderful person on this app for telling me (don't know if you would like a shout out or not, DM me if you do, but you know who you are), but without you, I would have never known, so thank you so much!! ❤❤

But onto the news, like I stated previously, a wonderful person sent me a post that someone had published a story here on Tumblr that was literally copied and pasted from my own story, "Lapdog," with a simple change of the characters, and some dialogue that contained Spanish was reverted to English. I never gave this person authorization to use my work, and they literally took complete ownership of it, even stating: "It took me 5 hours to make." When, in reality, "Lapdog" took me 2 days and even more to edit and write. 🤧😅

I was greatly upset when I saw this; honestly, I was shocked for a good while before getting advice from my sis, @powerful-niya, on how to handle this situation. I had completely forgotten that plagiarism and the stealing of one's work could even happen, so when this occurred, it really took me by surprise. 😔

What further hurt me was the sight of this person fully claiming my work as theirs. They received many asks and comments about how good "their" story was and when a part 2 would be posted, and they responded saying: "Hii!! So a ton of people have been asking me about a part 2, and I mentioned that I would think about making the part two." And this one really got to me: "So some wise words would be to stick around for a bit, to see if it gets uploaded or not, but don't take this as a definite yes, because I'm still not sure."

It literally sounded like they were waiting on my second part of Lapdog to be uploaded to simply steal that one as well. I held very conflicting emotions: hurt, anger, sadness, and possibly even a little fear. However, with the help of some great besties here on Tumblr and from home, I was able to get through it. Here's a shoutout to those wonderful individuals, and I'm so thankful for you, girlies. I really appreciate the support! ❤😊

@serpentineaerodynamics, @grumpypixistix, @powerful-niya, @luvrxbunny, @amariiyagurl

(Also, thank you once again to the person who initially told me about this; I'm extremely grateful!) ❤

Lastly, I didn't make this post to spread hate to this person; that's the last thing I want. I uploaded this to spread awareness of my situation and how wrong it is to steal someone's work, who've poured every ounce of themselves into it, to simply get attention. 😕

Despite having little to no time to write, I still try to do a small amount on the weekends or in my free time (which is rare), but I try even still because I really enjoy writing, particularly writing about Miguel. So, that's why this incident greatly hurt me.

It's why I'm also thankful that I was able to take care of it, as the post has been removed; but I just wanted to notify my followers and anyone from their page who was deceived about what happened and why "their" story was removed from their blog.

Thank you, and I hope you all have a wonderful rest of your day/night. Do not spread hate and steal others' work; it'll only bring harm to yourself in the end. Love you all and stay safe! ❤🤓👋🏽

#stolen work #spreading awareness #lapdog #🙃naeverse posts🙃 #love my besties ❤🤧 #and sister lol ❤ #miguel o'hara #across the spiderverse #spider man 2099 #miguel ohara #the blue panther #miguel smut #miguel spiderman #miguel spiderverse #miguel x fem!reader #miguel

[pasukiyo]

Currently shaking in anger as I type this out lmao

THIS “AUTHOR” ON WATTPAD (USERNAME: JUSTHEATHERR) HAS PLAGIARIZED NOT ONLY MINE, BUT OTHER CREATORS ON TUMBLR’S WORKS.

I have stated on my blog MULTIPLE TIMES that I do not tolerate plagiarism or reposting of my works of ANY KIND. To not only repost my work without permission but to make it seem as if it were your own, as if you yourself wrote and reply to comments as if you yourself wrote this story and had implemented a reference to Aaron Warner yourself. (Which, just FYI, my fic never had an Aaron Warner reference in it to begin with LMFAO)

Please, if you see this post, please go report this “author” on Wattpad and call them out in their comments. I’m not going to stand for my work and other writers’ works getting plagiarized. We all put too much effort into our fics for them to be thrown around other websites and to be discredited.

Here is the link to my original work, which I posted in April of 2023 :) Call Me By MY Name — Tom Riddle

#harry potter #wizarding world #harry potter fandom #plagiarism #plagiarizing #Tom riddle #tom riddle x you #tom riddle x y/n #tom riddle x reader #tom riddle smut #tom riddle fic #wattpad #stolen work #stolen content

[daddyslilchickenfingers2]

Please grow the fuck up and write your own shit instead of stealing from everyone else with more talent than you

Sincerely, all Sturniolo smut writers 🤍

#sturniolo triplets #sturniolo #sturniolo fanfic #sturniolo triplet smut #sturniolo x reader #sturniolo smut #sturniolo triplets smut #matt sturniolo #chris sturniolo #smut #stolen work #sturniolos #matt sturniolo x reader #matthew sturniolo #nick sturniolo #chris sturniolo fanfic #chris sturniolo imagine #chris sturniolo smut #christopher sturniolo #christopher sturniolo smut #matt sturniolo imagine #matt sturniolo smut #matt sturniolo x you #nicolas sturniolo #sturniolo triplets imagine #the sturniolo triplets #get them banned #copyright #copyrighting #wattpad

[asterias-record-shop]

hi. I’m sorry for being so inactive right now because I started school full time, but I need everyone’s help. Thank you so much @maeveey for letting me know, but someone is literally stealing my stories and putting them on Wattpad. I write my stories on Google Docs to always have a record of what I’ve written and edited, and I always put my watermarks. I need people to report this writer on Wattpad ASAP.

This bitch didn’t even have the fucking audacity to change the names. All she changed was the fucking names of the characters and shit. I’m so fucking pissed off right now, I share my shit because it makes me fucking happy and make others happy, but for people to fucking steal it?

Literally the exact same fucking shit that I write.

Please please PLEASE if you have Wattpad, report their account. I have no intentions to stop sharing my work unless this keeps happening becsuse it makes me feel good to know people enjoy it.

REPORT THIS COPYRIGHTING BITCH

Update, they’ve taken down the chapters, but I don’t think that’s enough. They have literally stolen works that I’ve put so much into (I’m not sure if they’ve stolen other people’s works either) but I’m beyond livid. I’m still so pissed off and this is not enough. I personally don’t use Wattpad anymore, but I posted some stuff from one of my old accounts. Please please PLEASE go report them, and I’m sorry *not* for seeming petty, but you can’t just steal someone’s work and not expect to be backlashed. Please, just report and say that the work is stolen- don’t be mean (petty, yes, but mean- no)

using my taglists to get more traction:

𓆩[@ennycutie]𓆪   𓆩[@yoongiwife23]𓆪𓆩[@urlocalbum12-blog]𓆪 𓆩[@theonetheonly-mee]𓆪 𓆩[@lem0ns77]𓆪 𓆩[@cecepop15]𓆪 𓆩[@memeorydotcom]𓆪   𓆩[@your-favorite-god]𓆪   𓆩[@xyzstar]𓆪  𓆩[@just-my-shit]𓆪   𓆩[@your-mom21]𓆪   𓆩[@c78r]𓆪   𓆩[@dizscreams]𓆪   𓆩[@asrt5]𓆪   𓆩[@xoxomoonlightbabe]𓆪   𓆩[@wenvierismycomfort]𓆪   𓆩[@copypastedaphne]𓆪   𓆩[@f-aggotry]𓆪   𓆩[@ineedmentalhelp123]𓆪   𓆩[@aerangi]𓆪

#asterias-record-shop #with love asteria ♡ #report #report this bitch #stolen work #they stole #from tumblr #FROM ME #don’t fuck with me #and don’t steal my work #ethan landry x reader #ethan landry #ethan landry smut #ethan landry x fem!reader #ethan landry x you #ethan landry x y/n #scream #scream fanfic #scream six #scream vi #scream movies #ethan landry scream #ethan landry imagine #ethan landry fluff #ethan landry x fem!reader smut

[lesbian-deadpool]

The fact that I have to do this is honestly extraordinary... And yet, somehow, not surprising.

In the recent months I discovered that I had one of my fics stolen, by a person kind enough to send me a message letting me know.

This person who had indeed stolen my work was already on my radar, as I myself had spotted another person's work that they had stollen.

Their blog used to be @gayestfeels26 but they now go by @simp4wanda26.

The first time they had stolen my work, I politely sent them a message asking them to take my work (and all other work that did not belong to them) down, seeing as this could greatly affect someone's love and want to write, instead of taking it public like I have been forced to do now.

They gave an... In my opinion, ridiculous excuse as to why they did what they did. They apologized, and never replied back.

Which was fine by me.

My work (and the other person's work I had spotted) was off of their blog, and I thought that was the end of it.

Until, that is, a few days ago.

When I received yet another message from someone telling me this person had stolen another work of mine.

Now, this work was stolen prior to me messaging them the first time, I just didn't spot it when I checked their blog for any more of my stolen work.

After some minimal plot that I'm assuming they wrote themselves, it cut straight to the smut I had written over on my NSFW blog, only with the names and other features changed on the character.

But now, for the receipts:

(WARNING: NSFW)

First off, proof of names and dates:

(And not only is this insulting to me, it's also insulting to the person who requested this, only to be given work by stolen someone else)

'She really should know better' than to steal other's work and claim them as their own:

Even the spelling mistake I made is there, only further proving that they copy and pasted my work:

And lastly:

But, if you need more proof... here are the fics:

The Original The Stolen

The only reason I am even making this post is because when I tried to message them about stealing my work once again, they turned off the ability to send them messages... and my stolen work is still up.

As can be seen here:

(Text scratched out for privacy reasons)

So this is my... call-out post for lack of any better words, for them to take down not only my stolen work, but everyone else's that might have been stolen.

I'm expecting that they will also change their name again, and try to pretend that none of this has ever happened, which is honestly fine by me, as long as they take the work down, and do not do it again... but my hope is not that high...

#stolen work #call out post #ig?? #ldspeaks #natasha romanoff x reader #natasha romanoff imagine #natasha romanoff #marvel #MCU

[yandere-writer-momo]

Me when I find out an account is stealing my work and other fanfic writers’ to make into characterai bots:

#writing theft #stolen work #ai needs to go

[myfictionaldreams]

MORE STOLEN WORK!!!!!!!

HERE WE FUCKING GO AGAIN. This time, the author @laturrita_andy on Wattpad has decided to steal mine and others' work and translate WITHOUT PERMISSION or even bother giving credit to the original authors, specifically in their HARRY POTTER ONE-SHOTS.

I have found one chapter of mine that is stolen, but it seems they uploaded over 100+ pieces of Harry Potter content just last night, from what I can see in their comment section last night. If they've stolen one of mine, it is likely they have also stolen others' work.

So this is a PSA; IF YOU WRITE HARRY POTTER CONTENT ON TUMBLR, PLEASE CHECK OUT THIS STORY FOR STOLEN CONTENT.

I do not speak Spanish therefore unable to check every single chapter to find the original authors, but PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, if anyone could help me find the original authors and report this individual!

Further PSA; I DO NOT GIVE PERMISSION FOR MY WORK TO BE PUBLISHED OR TRANSLATED ANYWHERE. It is my work; I do it for the love and fun I find in writing, so to have it stolen and for others to receive credit for it is so soul-destroying that it makes me not want to write again.

Anyway, PLEASE check out these THEIVES stories, and if you recognise them, please either report them and /or notify the original authors. And thank you so so much for the anon who informed me of this!

#harry potter #harry potter stolen work #stolen work #wattpad #stolen content on wattpad #harry potter fic #stolen harry potter fics #PLEASE REBLOG #PLEASE HELP ME #this is getting ridiculous! #*

[moonjxsung]

“Visions of You in Solitude” has been copied WORD FOR WORD on wattpad, with zero credit given to me and even copyrighted by the “translator”.

I am once again asking you to report my almost 30,000 word fic I put my entire soul into writing. I DO NOT ALLOW TRANSLATIONS ONTO OTHER PLATFORMS.

Report it here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/359669368-𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑦-𝐾𝑖𝑑𝑠-𝑆𝑚𝑢𝑡

And while you’re at it, please go spam the SHIT out of this person’s “conversations” board and call them out for stealing the work of several authors on here.

Thank you @straykeedz for bringing this to my attention.

SUPPORT YOUR FELLOW AUTHORS AND HELP US GET THIS TAKEN DOWN.

#stray kids #skz #skz smut #stray kids hard hours #skz scenarios #stray kids x reader #hwang hyunjin smut #hwang hyunjin x reader #hyunjin smut #skz hyunjin smut #hyunjin skz #help #go report pls #please report #report #plagiarism #stolen work #stolen art

[atomicami]

i just found an abby fic on my explore page that had the same concept and the even some of the same exact phrases that i wrote in quick fix… i feel like i shouldn’t be upset about this but i literally feel sick to my stomach rn

#cami talks #abby anderson #stolen work

[in-som-niyah]

hey guys

i’m really sorry to make this post but 2 of my fics got stolen

i handled the situation privately with the person who did it and they’re off all platforms now (i made sure) so they’re not a threat

but i’m not really motivated to write anymore since it happened and idk if i will be again

and i’m not getting a lot of engagement or like reblogs or comments so most of the time i feel like i’m talking to myself anyway which is already bad, but to have my work stolen on top of that is horrible

i’ll be active as normal but all my WIPs are being placed on hold

i’m really sorry if i hyped up an idea and didn’t go with it i’m just not in the right mind right now

kisses,

niyah🫶🏾

#niyah speaks yappanese #in som niyah #stealing #stolen work #jason todd x reader

[ciaoteamo]

idk if i told you all before, but someone with the @ MegaLarge112 stole a work of mine a deleted the comment i left, politely asking for credit to be given for mine and others work they’ve used.

I didn’t even ask them to take it down, just tag me next time ☹️

And thank you very much to my supporters who came forward to let me know! Love you lots🤍🧸

#ciaoteamo #stolen work #wattpad