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For all you original artists/writers out there, how do you deal with thieves? I write original prose and post it on a private tumblr, and I'd love to get some kind of feedback one day... but the problem is that I'm worried that once stuff is out in public, it's more liable to just be copied and pasted and someone else claims it as theirs. I wrote fanfic once upon a time and I wasn't paranoid then, but I feel a lot more protective over my own stuff... I follow a bucketload of artists on tumblr and love seeing their original content and I've really liked the trend of people being conscious about art theft, but I'm not sure if such an awareness is around for writing.

Anyway tl;dr for those who post original content online, how did you get over the paranoia of other people plagiarizing you?

It's always possible to be plagiarized. I honestly wouldn't worry too much about it, though. I can't imagine theft of prose would happen as often as art theft. But who knows?

I honestly don't care unless they're monetizing off of it.

Creative content theft is bound to happen if you post your stuff on the internet. There's really no way around it. If you want to pursue, however, you contact the person who posted it first, try to work things out and then contact the website that's hosting it if that doesn't work out.

As far as I know, it's never happened to me. I'm not too worried, simply because worrying about a possibility would just stress me out. There is stop_plagiarism on LJ, and they are pretty vigilant.

Stop_plagiarism is pretty dead at the moment. The last post is from October of 2013.

welp, that's it. we're doomed.

Art_theft and artists_beware are active. Both more or less reporting.

I've been plagiarized a lot in the past, but for some reason I've never really felt protective about my stuff... I see people on Tumblr going hysteric about it, I wonder why I don't feel so strongly about it.

The most I have done has been to to write a public comment under my stolen work (after some people told me about it) and I got such an alarmingly no-grammar not-a-care-in-the-world reply that I decided on that day that I would not give a damn anymore. You just can't deal with idiots.

There are way too many places to do this anyway. I found my stuff on so many Chinese and Japanese sites I've lost count.

Fact is, when I post something the main source is obviously me. People seeing my post will know it's me, I'm just happy to know that.

I don't care in the slightest. People have "stolen" fanart I've created before and it doesn't bother me in the least. I mean, I make the stuff so that people can enjoy it so it doesn't bother me when people post it elsewhere or make icons or something. I'd be bothered if somebody took my fanfiction and published it or something but since that rarely, rarely, rarely happens, I'm not worried about that either.

You're more likely to have trouble finding readers for your original work than you are to have it stolen. But even when you post it online, you still have the copyright to your work and you can send a c&d if you see people copying it without your permission.

I wouldn't post it to tumblr, for starters. That site makes it far too easy to strip off the sources and even when it's pointed out, most of the users just don't care. They don't even view it as a problem and they certainly can't be bothered to correct it.

As for the paranoia of plagiarists, there's no 100% foolproof way except to never share anything you make with anyone. I learned to accept that early on, along with the knowledge that chances were fairly slim that anyone would steal my stuff, and that even if they did, they're the assholes, not me.

Just keep in mind that no matter where you post, all your work belongs to you and always will unless you sign a specific contract stating otherwise.

I usually only get concerned when people try to profit off my art (which unfortunately happens quite often) but most sites are willing to take down any stolen work. I don't see writing get stolen for profit very often, so you may be safe there.

For things that are reposted without a source, contact the blog owner, most people will comply.

Put your name on everything, if you aren't using your real name, keep a consistent user name. Make sure people know who you are and how to contact you, most often I don't even find theft myself but it is other users who find it for me.

It's definitely something that is annoying to deal with but I wouldn't let it stop you from posting online. Especially if you are looking for feedback, it may be worth it.

Oh sweet jeebus, my translations are taken and reposted without my permission (and usually with my name/handle removed) so often that if I gave a shit anymore I'd have given myself a heart attack by now.

Usually I just ask the person to credit me, if possible. If it's something like 4chan though, it's a lost cause.

Well
- I don't mind people drawing ideas from me (no credit needed)
- I don't mind people referencing from me (no credit needed)
- I don't mind people tracing my works but if they post it publicly I would expect credit. I won't chase after it though cause it's all learning process - unless they're insisting it's all original
- I don't mind people using my fan works for their RPs and the like. Credit is nice but not necessary.
- style theft is the stupidest argument you can't own a style.

- I do mind if someone takes an unedited or edited picture of mine and claims if as their own
- I do mind if someone takes my work and makes money off it
- I might mind if someone blatantly traces my work and claims it's original
- I will mind if the above is making money
- I really mind if someone takes art I've done for charity and makes money off it
- same goes for any professional artwork I've done

Think that's it. I'm not against learning through references or tracing or anything, but if it's too derived or included money I have opinions on it. ;p

I usually add my tumblr URL as a watermark and place it in such a way that someone can't just crop it out or quickly paint over it in photoshop. Sure, some REALLY dedicated person could use PS to get rid of it, but that'd take effort and most of the people who reblog without sources are lazy fuckers anyway.

Apart from that ... what can you do? Besides, I'd like my art to be popular enough to get reblogged AT ALL, much less with my watermark removed.

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