I posted a link in my book but said they can not copy it (nor am I). They even asked if I had activated a function that blocks copying.
How do I find out whether or not it is activated?
I can't copy
Webnovel recently updated to not allow people to copy. I believe that is the case.
I like to mark the parts that i read with the mouse now it doesnt work -.-
The update is to prevent plagiarism from other people who are shamelessly copying the translated work from the translators here and posting it elsewhere as their own work.
For instance, just last week, I was reading a chapter on boxnovel, and not only was it copy/pasted, the idiot included the advertising request at the end where Webnovel is looking for editors for this and other novels.....
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Gregory_Halye It only takes an app to be able to copy again or you can even copy from the page source if you don't want to use an app. You could also just download the page and open it. Pointless waste of time and inconvenience to the readers who aren't trying to pirate, the real pirates are just laughing their ass off...
I never said it was the best idea or way to fix their issue, just that this is what they are trying to do to control the issue.
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Gregory_Halye There is no protection or solution that can stop the issue of pirating from their end, period. So all they can ever come up with will just be an inconvenience for the legitimate readers like us. The rule of thumb is that if you can see it on your screen, you can copy it. They should be focusing more productive improvements to the site instead of a wasting my, other readers and their own time. I am no programmer, computer engineer or web designer, but even i can tell this is pointless. So what does that say for the ones who are employed by Webnovel to implement these redundant solutions? Is it too much to say they are absolute morons? I think not. I mean really, it is their job after all and they can't even see how pointless this was? If even i, an avarage computer user, can see how pointless this all is, how could they not? They seriously can't be that stupid right? So i suspect that the real moron must be their boss who doesn't understand how anything technical works yet demands solutions to impossible problems. There is always that one clueless antique at the top...
N0xiety Unfortunately it's not just them. I've seen this on other sites too. Fanfiction.net is doing it now too.
Like I said, I never said it was the best idea. I don't even think it was a good idea. It is stupid in the extreme to believe that they can use methods like this to try to control digital ownership management rights on a publicly free publishing platform to begin with, but the major source of the problem at its roots is that anybody thinks they have the right to charge a single penny for it from the start. They do not own the original works. They are just providing a platform for translating the works.
Users here and elsewhere can join for free and enjoy free access. This access is paid for through us users needing to participate in rating the works, voting on them, and watching advertisements. Anything further is just being greedy.
People plagiarizing the translation works is an issue, but as you pointed out already, this is not a problem that can be solved. The site owners pulling this crap are too blinded by greed to even understand this point.
My point is that while I agree with you, the site owners are doing it for a reason; even if the reason is pretty stupid. ;)
Webnovel needs to allow authors the ability to lock and unlock chapters due to all the weblinks posted in stories being unable to copied and explored.
This will allow translators to lock new chapters whilst allowing others to read and search weblinks.
Bueno lo siento mucho los dejo me jodieron no hablo ingles usaba el copy pegar y traducia al español usando google traductor ya que inventaron esta locura no me queda mas remedio que dejarlos y buscarme otra pagina si se le ocurre ustedes mismos traducir al español como muho gusto buelvo a estar con ustedes chao y buena suerte