Velixar Actually this is a contract dispute. WW vs Qidian. Based on legal arguments, we don't know the real contract.

Each of the two thinks they are correct based on the same contract.

      Skully_ This is why CKTalon is a good role model during Patreon Translation era. While we don't know how he shared to original author, but he shared something to the chinese author.

      WW is also pioneering licensed translations. I believe original author would get something from Amazon sales. I don't know about the patreon income. Some people argued authors didn't get that share.

          Skully_ exactly! Someone stated that amd the author on wattpad said I credited it in tags but it does not seems like she asked before uploading

            trashuwu you tell him/her the novel published in wattpad under different name. If he/she don't give permission to published outside webnovel, let him/her make DMCA report in wattpad

                SweetsTomato Actually Webnovel and Qidian as the publisher could DMCA. Perhaps that is a form of hidden advertising by Webnovel to promote the genre. Not everyone could read here.

                If Webnovel is serious, they should have a team of legal department specially DMCA the hosting website, hosting providers, google, etc.

                    MasterRabbink Yeah, at one point, they filed one against the entire WW website, including all the novels they don’t own lol. Imagine trying to get the entire YouTube site taken down for some videos on the site that you owned.

                        Skully_ Never said anything about any fan translators being completely without guilt. But what Qidian did and continues to do is absolutely wrong. They can’t even follow their own promises to customers for more than a few months.

                            SweetsTomato They couldn't do anything for uncontracted. Contracted = giving an ownership to Webnovel. Without an ownership or 'exclusive' distribution deal they can't DMCA. An author must DCMA it himself/herself.

                            Only the owner or somone with legal representative to represent copyright holder could report the DMCA.

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