Webnovel.Forum

CKtalon sweet cause i really like webnovel i think they should take a proactive approach and clean things up before it gets to that point.

Azrael4355 Webnovel is just following industry practices. If Amazon is not dying because of such practices, there's no reason to be worried.

Writing stories is not easy

kasmin21 true but that's not an excuse to steal someone else's work and pass it off as yours and make a profit out of it, now is it

AndrewReise Actually, finding out if someone is infringing your copyright isn't that hard. Just google some recognizable parts (it's best to use parts without names since those could have been altered) every few weeks. You'll see then. It doesn't even take five minutes to do that, so I'd definitely say it's worth that time

BurningSky In most cases those plagiarizing don't make that much of an effort. The "nice" thing for them is that just copying and getting rewarded is enough. So why would they bother? Often it's even enough to just google the name of your story and something turns up

By the way in this story's synopsis: https://www.webnovel.com/book/10547940206059905/Dex%2FClair's-Adventure-Book-1-and-Book-2-Combined the one uploading it even states himself that it isn't his story. I'm not on RRL, so I can't message the original author, but maybe somebody else would be so kind as to inform him.

Invited two friends but got none of the rewards.

Other_god Did they accept the invite? If they did try pressing inbox then proceed to the notification button. After that, you'll see if there are rewards. If you see the rewards then just press the claim button.

If in any case, you did not see any rewards then I guess webnovel has a problem.

CKtalon What are the repercussions for accounts caught committing Copyright infringement because at the moment there is a single account with 6 original novels who I personally know are stolen and it seems it hasn't stopped them from attempting to steal more stories. It seems that in the case of multiple stories found on another site all by different author's should kind of be a red flag, I mean one or two author's I can understand but past that it's a trend of repeated infringement.

Seems novels are getting stolen from royalroadl.com. The authors are also getting mad.

My story has also been stolen, i would like to have the DMCA form for Webnovel to report a stolen story.

Biako go to the said stolen story, just below the add to library button, there is a report story button/link. a popup will appear and show you where to email first for a DMCA claim. email there then wait.

SnowDemoness those who were mad at Qidian are still just mad.

If you are talking about Forgotten Conqueror and Snake Report, they were taken down off of Webnovel, hence this announcement of the DMCA policy (as a clarification for what System Webnovel has in place). It is asking the community to help inform the original author (the real copyright holders) to file their claims, like Forgotten Conqueror and Snake Report.

The 6 new novels found to have been swiped or copied from RRL have been informed via their DM already. It will be up to the author to file the claim, no reader can file it on their behalf (see announcement).

Hope that helps.

Biako This is required for a DMCA, so make sure to include it:

Full Name
Street Address
City
State
Zip
Phone Number
Company Name
Your Email
Location of copyrighted work
Link of the infringing novel on Webnovel
Additional proof to verify ownership (eg. screenshot of backend platform, copyright ownership documents)
Other Information

"The information in this notice is accurate."

"I have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law (e.g., as a fair use)."

"I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the information contained in this notification is correct and accurate and that I am the owner or agent of the owner of the rights described above."

DIGITAL SIGNATURE (FULL NAME)

Azrael4355
For those kind novel you can put the blame on Webnovel account who says fanfics are allowed on the other thread 2 months ago.

Here the proof, look at my question at post 7 and their answer at post 18.
https://forum.webnovel.com/d/5357-english-original-novels-writing-platform-is-almost-completed

yansusustories I messaged them and they said they've emailed Webnovel.

Dethati This is regarding the 6 RRL novels right. I already asked RRL discord mod Wing to get in touch with the 6 authors. FYI