8RadicalDragon8

In case anyone is wondering why Until the End of Time is gone:
          	
          	I unpublished it.
          	I've had enough of wattpad. 

8RadicalDragon8

@Alastors_simppp I'm aware it's still on novelhd. From the research I did when I first found out, it was a known issue that had been going on since summer of 2021. Wattpad has been "working on" it since. I'm not sure what's really being done about it.
          	  
          	  Even if I had the money to send a DMCA and/or had the money to get a lawyer, I still couldn't use either to really do anything about it.
          	  
          	  Per my understanding, fanfiction can't easily be defended because if I try and claim my Undertale fanfiction as my own, then it's like saying Undertale is also my creation — it isn't. I'd be making a false claim if I did and that will land me in a whole bunch of trouble.
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2Allnightersforanime

Why isnt wattpad doing anything against it?!
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8RadicalDragon8

In case anyone is wondering why Until the End of Time is gone:
          
          I unpublished it.
          I've had enough of wattpad. 

8RadicalDragon8

@Alastors_simppp I'm aware it's still on novelhd. From the research I did when I first found out, it was a known issue that had been going on since summer of 2021. Wattpad has been "working on" it since. I'm not sure what's really being done about it.
            
            Even if I had the money to send a DMCA and/or had the money to get a lawyer, I still couldn't use either to really do anything about it.
            
            Per my understanding, fanfiction can't easily be defended because if I try and claim my Undertale fanfiction as my own, then it's like saying Undertale is also my creation — it isn't. I'd be making a false claim if I did and that will land me in a whole bunch of trouble.
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2Allnightersforanime

Why isnt wattpad doing anything against it?!
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8RadicalDragon8

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Novelhd.com UPDATES
          READ TO THE END.
          
          I've found out:
          
          – It's mostly wattpad that's affected
          – Sending a DMCA *might* work, might not
          – DMCAs might cost money??? I don't have the money to funnel into a $30 monthly fee to *keep* my work off mirror sites, nor do I have a lawyer to help me prove it's my work being stolen
          – This has been going on since roughly summer time last year (2021) and wattpad allegedly knows about it and is working on it.
          – It seems like it keeps changing domains and/or changing hosts so taking the site down for good is proving to be especially difficult. I don't understand how domains or hosts work anyway.
          – Novelhd.com copies username, books, descriptions, cover art WORD for WORD. They also seem to have the ability to alter text/content in the chapters. One user said they tried to write that Novelhd.com stole the book *in wattpad* and when the mirror site updated the book with the newest chapter it said *wattpad* stole it.
          – HOWEVER, this is only one story I've heard. I've heard that it does not or can not change images uploaded into the individual chapters, and as far as I can see, none of the comments from wattpad make it on to the site. 
          
          I have little hope that anything will be done about this mirror site or any of the stolen books, but I'll hold on until the end of the month to see what happens.
          
          IF my book is still there, I will completely take down all of my books on wattpad and move to another site because I'm tired of this shit happening every three minutes. Maybe I'll go back to Quotev, or maybe I'll try AO3.
          
          IF I have to abandon ship and relocate to either of the site mentioned above, then I will post it here (conversations tab) with links so that if you still want to read my books, you can.

8RadicalDragon8

https://novelhd.com/ 
          !!! THIS WEBSITE IS STEALING BOOKS OFF WATTPAD !!!
          
          Search for your URL and if you can figure out how to report it, get it taken down, etc., please do so and please tell me how I can get my books back.
          
          They stole my books.

8RadicalDragon8

https://novelhd.com/truyen/109522187/
            I have no account, but that is the exact username taken from my Wattpad
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8RadicalDragon8

Most came here for that Grillby fanfic of mine, but I'm thinking of rewriting my Hetalia scenario book.
          
          Anyone interested? 

8RadicalDragon8

@ohwowimacar unfortunately, I'm not going to be writing anything else on wattpad bc of the ongoing book thief issue. 
            
            I am still rewriting my Hetalia scenarios book, but on different platforms: tumblr and Quotev. Tumblr has all the new, rewritten stuff, but there's only 3 chapters. Quotev has all the old, cringy chapters plus the three rewritten ones.
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ohwowimacar

i’m interested :))
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8RadicalDragon8

I always forget this account exists until I get 20+ notifications in a row lol
          
          Not complaining, just amused. 
          
          I just started college so that is eating up a lot of my time and energy, but hopefully I'll get around to writing stories if I'm not already tired of writing essays lmao

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I'm burning the midnight oil to get these two chapters done omfg
          
          I took off the hiatus and then got distracted by mental health, work, and getting prepared for school.
          
          I still have to finish prepping for school and there's work in the morning but fuck it, I want these chapters published asap because I'm tired of seeing it in my drafts.

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Soooo.....
          
          Rather than finishing any of my other neglected stories, I've started another one.
          
          Sorry everyone. I'm really trying, but the rare few ideas I get don't fit the stories I currently have published, hence the long hiatus on "Until the End of Time."