A Thief on Wattpad

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Vijaya, Dec 23, 2019.

  1. Omnicast

    Omnicast Well-Known Member

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    Send everything to hell... by not posting new chapters. :blobowoevil_horns:
     
  2. girisuherman

    girisuherman ∆ Hiki Bear ∆

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    Made fake chapter and hidden real one link on middle most of them just Copy and paste never read it
     
  3. aceclover95

    aceclover95 『Starry Night Translator』『Ruler of Sloth』

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    Hmm I also had similar case to this one. But fortunately, many of my readers went to the wattpad page and asked her to take the story down. After a bit of arrogancy from her she finally took the story down.

    For the other aggregator sites, I hid watermarks within the chapter. Usually they also got copy-pasted into their sites.
     
  4. lnv

    lnv ✪ Well-Known Hypocrite

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    We read just fine, the problem is that these things happen all the time at wattpad. It's like complaining that there is crime in a 3rd world country. Yes it sucks, yes its frustrating but that is simply reality.
     
  5. Evil_Ginger

    Evil_Ginger 『Lawful Neutral』『Cheese Master』『安德鲁』

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    Maybe you should let them translate it from now on and see how long it takes ;)
     
  6. Vijaya

    Vijaya Well-Known Member

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    I have a mind to post mtl-ed one, after she re-posted I will post the real one

    Now I already installed anti-right-click and disable copy-paste function on my website
    Let see whether that add-ons is working or not
     
  7. jihadjoe

    jihadjoe Well-Known Member

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    Since watermarks and hidden content don't work coz it's obviously a human doing it, why not just publish on wattpad yourself? The thief is proof that there's a broader audience available to you there, and you're not getting it coz you're not on the platform.
     
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  8. Vijaya

    Vijaya Well-Known Member

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    I already post it on my Wattpad
    Surprisingly, she re-posted it right after I published on my website, Wattpad and Tumblr
     
  9. Cosmic_

    Cosmic_ [Novel Addict] [Lazy Writer] [Meh Editor]

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    "ONLY FOR OFFLINE PURPOSES"

    What the heck is that suppose to mean?

    What "offline purposes" requires someone to put it online and go through the trouble of maintaining a wattpad and adding each chapter shortly after the translators release it along with removing the anti-theft text? Just save the page or convert the page to an epub/pdf, etc. Or save it to your google docs and have it available offline. This is such a wierd excuse/cover for theft.

    There's really not much you can do about thieves. There's just so many out there. Best thing to do is just set up anti-copy-and-paste measures and try to get creative with anti-theft messages.
     
  10. Waterlily

    Waterlily Active Member

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    Doesn’t she say that it’s for offline purposes only? Should point to her being an active reader, so if you post the real one after, she’ll most likely see it and just replace the old one since she “wants to read for offline”


     
  11. Gitami

    Gitami Well-Known Member

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    Report her to wattpad, most likely won't be much but make her go through the trouble, also demand ad revenue from her page.

    Have you seen the Google lyric lawsuit where a lyric website has done some genius method of copyrighting their transcription proving that Google and their pip squeak lyric partner stole the transcription?
     
  12. Mnotia

    Mnotia The Trash Man

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    Aye, calm your shit my guy.

    We dont do that witch hunting shit here unless its real witches.

    Heres what you should do:
    1. PM her until she responds
    2. report her account for copyright infringement
    3. have a mod/admin lock this thread cause all youre getting from this is a hairless head
    4. NEVER EVER POST SOMEONES AGGRAGATOR SITE IN NUF
    5. Goto sleep cause this is dumb

    Also, in your next chapter just bait the person into reading a personalized note from you stating that youd like them to take down the stolen novels. Id rather see you doing something more productive in this situation than running to NUF and expecting some senior cultivator to help you.
     
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  13. Lazriser

    Lazriser Well-Known Member

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    Hold up!
     
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  14. Vijaya

    Vijaya Well-Known Member

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    I already send messages to her
    My purpose here is to ask whether someone know her other contact information or social media
    Not asking for the seniors to help me

    Witch?
    You know I'm from Indonesia
    To tell the truth, in Indonesia black magic is still exists, if I'm cruel enough maybe I will ask them to cast spell on her
     
  15. Ai chan

    Ai chan Queen of Yuri, Devourer of Traps, Thrusted Witch

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    Black magic doesn't work over the net. You need something that the person is attached to. Her wattpad account does not qualify. That's why trolls can continue to be a pain in the ass. If this is face to face, there would've been many people who'd have been coughing blood mixed with glass already.

    As for wattpad, they normally don't care. You need to use DDoS to make them listen. Unfortunately, DDoS is less effective these days and wattpad is likely already prepared for everything other than full-course war.
     
  16. Amaruna Myu

    Amaruna Myu ugly squid dokja (●´∀`●)

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    I'll check if your add-on works~
    if your site is called white cat which has 50 ads per chapter?
    *cough*
    for offline purposes only is just a really normal excuse for those types of people because wattpad is one app where it saves the trouble of manually download novel chapters and they will already be available for your use.

    these kinds of people probably want to inflate their own egos with praises from other people that are directed towards the wrong person
     
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  17. Wujigege

    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

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    Welcome to the reality of fan translators.
    Instead of sympathizing with you, people mock.

    Stay strong.
    Out of mind, out of site sight.

    Cheers!
     
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  18. asriu

    asriu fu~ fu~ fu~

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    keep bugging then ask your reader who also on wattpat to bombard da thief and report da thief
    the more the merrier
     
  19. pandaqueen

    pandaqueen Immature Dork

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    Well have you asked them nicely (before started scolding them) to take it down? Maybe just leave more message and comment on the latest chapters she upload... not sure what else could be done, sorry
     
  20. Vijaya

    Vijaya Well-Known Member

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    lol I know the ads is annoying
    but I doubting whether someone willing to spend their money on me
    so I use ads

    my friend keep forcing me to use paypal donation or ko-fi
    so now I use ko-fi, again, I still doubting whether someone willing to spend their money for me
    I also try to put fewer ads as possible