I am very sorry to report that an idiot is once again stealing my work. This Superboy in MHA story is being posted, word for word, on webnovel! If anyone out there is a member of that, please go on there and report them for theft! It's been up for 2 weeks and they are making money off my work!
If you can't report them, please review it and comment that it's stolen. You can do that on every chapter as well (he's posted 6 so far and the rest are on his Patreon).
Until it's removed or the thief is banned, I won't be writing any more chapters for this.
I was actually tempted to delete it; but, if I do that, then only his copy would exist and I would be unable to prove mine is the original.
https://www.webnovel.com/book/my-hero-academia-strength_21091121006413305
Author to report: https://www.webnovel.com/profile/4318502250?appId=10
They are also selling my work on Patreon! Any members there, please go there and report him for theft as well and comment on the chapters to give everyone a link to the REAL content as proof!
Thank you all so much!
I've decided to resume writing this story, as it's potential is too good to ignore any longer.
Thank you all for your patience and loyalty! If it wasn't for you, the thief wouldn't have been dealt with at all!
I appreciate it and I appreciate you. 👍
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Thats f*cked
What's ****ed is that even submitting a DCMA request goes unanswered, because it causes them to actually pay attention to the thieves working for them. It also loses them money if they have to take it down.
I had one at Amazon for a month last year when another of my stories was stolen (also word for word) and they didn't do anything until the story was swamped with reviews and links to the original content, proving my DCMA request (which they ignored). I also didn't get a dime of any of the money it made, since they ignored my original DCMA request.
Unfortunately, not all sites honor DCMAs anyway. The Russian site where they are stealing several of my stories, completely ignores the DCMA requests and all of the negative reviews.
@Bokuboy I reckon u could post a legit copy yourself, and try and bring internal attention to it. Or for stuff like amazon, put the stories up for like 30 cents while linking sh as a free alternative. Beat them to the scam, if u know what i mean
Its alot of rather unnecessary work, but its less than forcing a site to do its job after the fact
@Bazka That could work... if you were allowed to choose the price of your books when submitting them.
Also, already established authors on their sites get preferred treatment and new members need a 'rep' before they are taken seriously.
It's just a nightmare to deal with, honestly.
@Bokuboy The digital publishing industry is big enough for scammers to target, yet niche enough to not have the issue fixed anytime soon...