Quote by daddysweetheart
WHAT????
it says THAT???????????????
what the hell??
I have no clue what's going on.
umm.......I'm so confused.
Quote by Mysteria27
I think you have a fan. It say's that. Go Look. www.mystories4u.com
Quote by Poppet
I'm with you on this. Yes, it irks me that my stories and audios have been stolen.
I used to care a whole lot more, but you know what? Each time we go after one site, another one will pop up and do the same thing. It is a never ending cycle. When you post ANYTHING online, you're risking the chance of it being stolen. Be it photos, stories, art work, music, whatever the case may be. That is just, sadly, how the internet works. Sure, you can chase them down, but as I said, more sites will pop up and keep it going. If you want to spend your days chasing them down, more power to you. But, me? I really can't be arsed.
Best of luck to those who do, though.
Quote by Mazza
I was having a PM conversation with a friend about this and I thought I would share my feelings on the subject...
The way I see it, when I write a story and publish it in the public domain, then it's no longer mine - it becomes public property in some way - people will read it and do what they do. If there's an audio version, they can save that to listen to over and over.
I find writing cathartic, for me, it's more about getting the stuff out - once I've done that, it's served its useful purpose, it's easy to forget about it and while I like the feedback and so forth that I get here on Lush, in the grand scheme of things, if other people pinch it and read it elsewhere what does it matter? Okay, I may not get the personal credit I deserve, but at least they read what I wrote and hopefully enjoyed it?
The other thing is that, in the past, I would follow up on these websites, ask them to remove my work and sometimes they did, sometimes they didn't but no matter how often I would do this, more sites would pop up and do the same - it was like rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic, kind of pointless and the results aren't really worthwhile enough to merit either my time or my emotional investment...
I guess this must be how musicians and bands feel when people download their music without paying? Or when people share stuff on FB without crediting the original poster or person who made/wrote it...
As for stopping writing and contributing? Well, I don't get paid for it, it's not like they're stealing from my purse. I just do it because I want to, it's a hobby. I'll keep writing here because it does me good and also because people seem to enjoy what I post - if they enjoy it somewhere else without my say so, well, that does suck a bit, but at least they're still reading it... The only person I'd be punishing by not writing would be myself.
Anyway, those are my thoughts.
Quote by HeraTeleia
Okay, so I just left off a phone call with my attorney (his specialty is criminal law, but he's a close friend, so he's handled other matters for me and I keep him on retainer) and here is what he had to say, more or less: It's like trying to put out a million tiny fires. Unless and until someone publishes your work under his or her own name in any profitable format, preferably in a physical entity format (a book, as opposed to an ebook) there's really no legal recourse except the DMCA. I'm kind of at the "fuck it" point now; he's going to talk to a friend who is a copyright attorney, but until I hear back from my own attorney, I'm not going to do anything.dBHqLYozoHs286lh
Quote by Mysteria27
Now it says this when you pull up the website.....
HeraTeleia' am ready to meet you in court, you want ma address? lol
Apparently they find this a joke.....
I'm happy the website is down. Now to work on Fantas.com. I see a few of my stories there but not as many as Mystories4u.com
meh, they can find it a joke or send messages all they want, what does it hurt me? not at all. takes their time to read here and respond. Ill not even look. Haters gonna hater. cheaters gonna cheat. And low lifes will be low lifes. Ill not descend to their level and will continue to enjoy my life and time doing the things I enjoy (and a few things I'm not as fond of, like dishes, and homework) Quote by Dirty_D
Quote by Dirty_D
What a great way to say everything I wanted to
Quote by Mysteria27
Now it says this when you pull up the website.....
HeraTeleia' am ready to meet you in court, you want ma address? lol
Apparently they find this a joke.....
I'm happy the website is down. Now to work on Fantas.com. I see a few of my stories there but not as many as Mystories4u.com
Quote by Mazza
(my words weren't "kind" BTW - they were pissed)
Quote by clum
I know seeing my stories posted elsewhere without my permission and without being credited should get me all up in arms, but it just doesn't.
About half of my stories have been stolen at one point or another, but I just find it so hard to care. And I know it's me that's the unusual one here—you guys are all absolutely right to be pissed off and to go hunting down these assholes.
*shrugs*
Best of luck to you all.
Quote by MasterJonathan
I am with clum on this one. I am sorry for all of you who have had stories stolen and I understand your frustration - you have every right in the world to be pissed. However I have learned (the hard way) to pick my battles and this is just not one of them.
First off, I am not in the habit of getting into fights I can't possibly win. Even if we bombard these sites and get them closed down, another will pop up like tissues in a Kleenex box as soon as we do. This is like our troublemakers on Lush - they disappear in one place only to pop up somewhere else under a new name. In addition, since some of these sites are in foreign countries, there isn't a whole lot that can be done to pressure them into compliance anyway.
Next, I have not been shy in telling you all that I write my stories for me first of all. My writing is therapeutic for me - it helps me express the dreams, fantasies and feelings that otherwise would drive me out of my flipping mind. So writing, whether accepted or not, whether stolen or not, helps me. The fact that others like my stories is icing on the cake. And the fact that someone would go to the trouble of stealing my story is in a twisted way a compliment!
Is it right - no. Should these people be punished for their crime - sure. But if everyone was called on every thing they did wrong in this world, the Internet would be a far different and far lonelier place!
Quote by nicola
For you guys: https://www.lushstories.com/forum/yaf_postst39208_Plagiarism-Advice-Stealing-and-Publishing-your-Work.aspx
Sorry I don't have time to do more. I used to, until it thoroughly depressed me as to how rife it is, and impossible to contain.
Quote by VanGogh
I honestly thought with one of Lush's roll-outs where you couldn't copy a story, that we were not going to be hit by vultures.
