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  1. z3helll

    z3helll Well-Known Member

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    Madness. I truly pity those who signed this...
     
    z3helll, May 23, 2017
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    If translators should print out the version, sign it and sent it back, I wonder if any have had the idea to change the content of the contract, sign it and sent it back...
     
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    31russ readitt.com

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    I maybe very wrong in my judgment, but I think it's all your fault )))) "they came on your ship, when you went to reach them for licenses ".

    Now they gonna ruin your city and others and spread like a plague.
     
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  4. Xun

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    It has NEVER been Yen Press. YP did a hostile takeover, but they were professional about it.

    Qidian has been, through and through, a lying fuck that doesn't admit that they've lied to us, and are trying to fuck everybody over while trying to make themselves the sole winner of the market.
     
    Xun, May 23, 2017
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    Nyanko Psychotic Cat Princess

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    So? Those terms are very similar to the terms of any employment contract... the work you do is not your own and you will be fired if you badmouth them. My current position has even harsher terms
     
    Nyanko, May 23, 2017
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    Limetrix Follower of the dao of laziness

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    What the hell is that about any previous translated works will belong to China reading?
    This contract is shooting yourself in the foot lol. Whoever signed it feels bad for them man
     
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    Liyus Laksha's Desu~ Cat

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    i already downloaded and saved all in my external HD, and made photo too......as momento of the downfall of qidian.....
     
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    If worse comes to worse though, we can just all go back to novels the way they were before (and still are).
     
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    Yes, same here.

    However, that's just the companies covering their asses.

    With Qidian, you never actually know, since they've blatantly lied and have never admitted it. You can expect them to pull a more shady shit on their translators, not giving a fuck about them.
     
    Xun, May 23, 2017
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    Should throw Sekai Project in there and thats a tough fucking call.
     
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    It's amazing they can actually have a thick enough face to pretend to be the good guys while their contract are completely tyrannical and blatantly suppressing people's basic rights
     
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    even after you quit/get fired? you are still contractually obligated to not shit on em?
     
    Random, May 23, 2017
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    the problem though is if DMCA happens most translators lost motivation for it because they cannot publicly have their translations on the websites like we currently do. that is why a ton of JP light novels just fade out of existence.
     
    NovaCi, May 23, 2017
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    basically fuck ethics kill conscious and marry money, the qidian model
     
    pepeoo, May 23, 2017
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    So boys and girls always read terms of agreement for anti slavery
    Here free popcorn :cool:
     
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    Not fired if you badmouth them. PERPETUAL non-disparagement clause for contract workers. Meaning they technically can be sued if they ever say anything bad about Qidian, even YEARS after no longer working for them.

    Also, look into what normal author/publisher/translator contracts are like!
     
    rwxwuxiaworld, May 23, 2017
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    Chinese people makes kids work in factories why would quidian not enslave translators?
     
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    also before anyone talks of suing, you need to understand that you can only really challenge a contract in the Juristiction it is based in. If that Juristiction is the US then good on you. If its China then no hope have ye
     
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    But doesn't the contract says all lawsuits would be judged in china/hk court?
     
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    Not only that, they do it in the shittiest of conditions. Qidian enslaving their translators is them being "nice"
     
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