I want to make a complaint about top books of webnovel who are nothing but lame copies of soap operas! Thank god I did not spend money!
Copied books.
hayatahmedallah And what are those? What soap operas do they copy?
SrtaA the book young brother in law is now my husband is a copied book. How can they even promote a copied story?:(:(
Wn seems to have bogus books!
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hayatahmedallah what's the name of the original work?
SrtaA Well, it is famous hindi opera that I have been a fan of
"Kumkum- ek pyara sa bandhan"
Don't you guys check about books being copied before putting them on display? I
was shocked to read the story!
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hayatahmedallah 
But well, I guess if the novel is not narrating step by step the soap opera you mentioned, it can hardly be considered plagiarism. Contemporary romantic novels have similar plotlines everywhere.
SrtaA are you from the webnovel staff? Where exactly do the readers file a grevience? I am mighty upset about this as a readerr!
I am a fan of a few works like etenal melody, young master's demian but now reading the brother in law book has gone on my nerves
hayatahmedallah I have no idea where someone can report a book for plagiarism.
But...
The only one who will get a book to be deleted from WN due to plagiarism is the actual owner of the work which is being plagiarized. So if you know who they are, let them know you think they are being plagiarized.
SrtaA it is a soap opera not a book and also i do not know them in person. But what shocks me is how does webnovel allow copying?
SrtaA the story line, plot and characters are similar so how is that not copying? Are you saying that unless a story matches word by word is only what is covered under copying?
hayatahmedallah they will only acknowledge it if the author of the original work fills a complaint against them. Like everyone else. The author must reunite proof his work is being plagiarised.
Thats so lame. Haha. So now anyone can compose copies and earn bucks out of it, only waiting for big companies to see it after 10-15 years? Is that what webnovel is doing?
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hayatahmedallah well, it's alike just because the heroine marries the younger brother of a deceased husband? What are the other clearly copied elements? I wouldn't say as much because it was hard for me even go past the third chapter, to know (comparing with the summary of Kumkum- ek pyara sa bandhan in Wikipedia I didn't find alike). Absolutely not my cup of tea.
Did both works start alike? Is the family's dynamic identical? Is there some specific scene that is identical in both works? Those could help to identify plagiarism.
I'm not doubting what you say, first because you watched the show and read the book, and I didn't.
But it's not so easy to proof plagiarism, even in the court, and it's one of the reasons the author must file a complaint about it if they believe their copyrights are being infringed.
hayatahmedallah And hell yes, I'd be as mad as you if I found something like that.
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hayatahmedallah ideas aren't copyright violation. And never will be.
Actually copying physical/readable text from another source to claim as your own is copyright violation.
What you're probably annoyed with is seeing clichés and tropes of a theme reused to the point of saturation. This is how Webnovel catalog works. Think of it like fast food for books.
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hayatahmedallah Oh no no!!! i don't think it will be considered as copy of Kumkum. It's just cliche...like most romance novels here... has villain sister's or white lotus troop. I read few chapter of Young brother in law...it's a different packaging of concept. It was a good read. There are few dramas on similar idea but different story.
hayatahmedallah Hey! Are you an indian? If yes, then have you read " Prithvi" on Wattpad by VermillionBlue. And I'm not talking about any fanfiction of legendary Prithivraj Chauhan's love story
it's a original novel by Ranjana.
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Veronica8 Hey there, I read you write LGBTQ novel. Would you recommend me good novel on webnovel?
I think we should all be careful about accusations like this. You can't just say that she copied this and that without any proof. Plagiarism could ruin an authors career.
And to be honest, saying that she copied her novel is like saying that All CEO novels just copied from Trial Marriage or Full Marks Hidden Marriage because they have a CEO male lead.
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Does it like adaption? does all exactly the same? for example Taiwan drama Fated to love you being adapted into manhua and with so many drama remake. That also copyright.
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@hayatahmedallah I am a Webnovel staff and one of the editors who is looking after this book.
We were notified about this book a few weeks ago. We spoke to the author who told us her detailed plot outline, and the female editors determined that her plot outline is vastly different from the TV drama's plot outlines.
@TheBlips is right, accusations of plagiarism are very serious and it can end a writer's career. You should have some 100% undeniable proof that something is copied. You can email me at islindayang@yuewen.com if you are certain you have undeniable proof. Even then we are very sure this author has not plagiarised anything. The plot may have some similarities but if you're going to be pedantic about it, you can say 'Shark Tale' plagiarised 'Finding Nemo' because they both are about sea creatures. Similarities and plagiarism are two very different things.
hayatahmedallah cough 
Eternal melody's author loves the book younger brother in law is now my husband 
. In my opinion the reason why I like this book is 
because it's UNIQUE and different from the average typical cliche books...
Please be careful when you accuse somebody of copying 
.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention, as islinda had mentioned, we have looked into this and have determined that the story is different from the mentioned TV series.
We do take accusations of plagiarism seriously and we do investigate. But if we find that there are no grounds for the accusations, the person who makes said accusations will also be penalised for falsified information.
@hayatahmedallah Thank you for bringing this up. As others including my colleagues have mentioned, plagiarism is a serious offense and we have taken care to look into this. However do note that false accusations can be considered slander which is yet another offense so do take care when making such serious statements.
As we have checked with the author previously and received novel outlines of their story, we can confirm that this is not a plagiarised story so please watch what you say about others. Thank you.
I have seen many similar stories from Isekai, this is more cliché than plagiarism. Perhaps plagiarism - ideas, plot, but not the story itself as a whole, since the arches are different there.
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Woah. I've never seen so many Content Editors on one forum thread before. This must be a Webnovel Forum record.
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Little_Goddess I guess mine wasn't worth the look :sob:
Serious note, I honestly don't know. It's all perception.
There's some select books that gets feature and reader love. A vast majority are in the underground catalog of Webnovel. Especially those where the character development is emotional, mature and requires the reader to be open to vulnerabilities. Not many readers look for or can find those.
BL is the more popular of the LGBTQ niche and tends to get features on a select range from time to time. I guess you could check out the BL books here.
This is one of the best BL I, personally, can recommend here. Well written, excellent grammar and totally a hidden gem. Sweet Dreams
GL is likely the unspoken genre here and 90% of them are in underground catalog Unfortunately the only one I had been following was removed since it wasn't doing well. You're less likely to find a completed GL book here. I noticed there's another post that's gathering a list. You could probably check it out for hits> W/W post
I hope that helps.
Note to anyone else. Poster asked for rec, so I gave. Since we don't have DM, couldn't see any easier other option to answer to Poster question. Pinky promise I won't derail the thread any more.
hayatahmedallah Apparently I have watched kumkum pyara sa bandhan (over 400 + episodes years back) starring Hussain and Jhuhi. I still remember it because of Hussain. He was handsome after all!
And i can confidently say the story on Webnovel doesnot resembles even 1% of kumkum.
Allow me to compare some of the key points to refresh your memory about your FAVORITE SHOW-
- SUMIT was adult when he got married but in this book the FL is marrying a kid.
- Sumit was not in love with kumkum but in this book the kid loves her already.
- Jatin (FL's decesed husband) died of brain tumor i.e natural death. However, reasons are different here which i won't disclose.
- I can vaguely recall the show revolved around Sumit's evil girlfriend and Kumkum protecting the family. But here...
- The show never showed the bonding and love between Jatin and Kumkum but on WN.....
- It even took two leaps of 20 years.
I can continue writing this but please read the book and watch the show on hotstar (1400+ episodes) before slandering an author who is working hard for almost 2 years.
Just for the knowledge, the author has thousands of Indian readers and they haven't seen any similarities between the two. I don't know on what grounds you claimed that.
Just because the FL married her brother in law you made your own conclusions. If that's the case every CEO book is same as the FL is falling for a CEO.
Before slandering the reader is requested to clear facts. Slandering is a crime.
Slandering and Defamation is a crime. People should stop thinking they are safe just because they slander on the internet. You can easily get sued for what you said on the internet just as you can be sued by what you spoke. If the author decided to sue you, she would 100% win and the damages for defamation are high. If anyone else has more stupid allegations then be ready to face a lawsuit. hayatahmedallah
Before making all those claims without proof, please note that behind every username online are humans with feelings.
The complaint doesn't even pointed out what exactly was copied.
Anyway, let's respect other's feelings before doing things. It's funny how this wasn't noticed since the book started and just now. Duh
Let's refrain from baseless attack.
duh! The claim is probably by a person with no knowledge of books... but atleast try to respect the hard work of an author.... you are talking about one of the finest authors of webnovel that too without any evidence... do you think you can say any thing to defame the authors and webnovel... ? you better stop this stupidy before i actually sue you for the defamation of a fellow author. (Trust me, I very well have the capability to even put you behind bars. It is my profession)
hayatahmedallah
Well, so if people who actually read it and watched the show are not agreeing with your claims, you should either reunite proofs of what you are saying or at least, apologize for what you have said.
A third option is to hide, but it will undeniably show the type of person you are.
You showed 'some attitude' when you called out WN, authors and even me, for questioning you. If I was the one who were so sure of what I'm saying, I'd have some proofs gathered to begin with, but of course you haven't, since you hid when called to show them.
hayatahmedallah well I would say I had being following this novel from start and also seen the said serial Kumkum vch u r talking abt only similarities is marrying brother in law but tat does not mean u can accuse sumone for stealing the whole story it is as good as ingredient r same but dishes severed r different tat doesn't taste same does it likwise.Base of everyone novel is the story that revolves around FL n ML n u got to read abt FL becoz tats makes the novel very unique ,before accusing, if this plagrmising den all CEO novel shud hv been copied too .
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hayatahmedallah it's not copied, dear. Many books started with FL was tricked by her sister or best friend and slept with ML but those aren't called copied. Mynovel20 really worked hard to come up with this. No one wants to know who you are. If you apologize to the author in this forum you created, everything will die down peacefully. It's a humble request.
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