Have You Been The Victim Of Plagiarism / Fanfic Theft?
well, i have! and if i wasn’t mad and DUMB AS ROCKS i would have remembered that hey, i actually know some semi useful information about this!
so help line/reporting is notoriously awful when attempting to get reported work taken down. filing an official dmca notice is a pain in the ass, and requires you to cough up personal information, which most of us in fanfic land don’t really want to do
BUT the digital millennium copyright act does actually help us out. do you want to know why?
great! i’m going to tell you!
all websites with user generated content are required to have a dmca designated agent in order to avoid being liable for infringing material on their websites. all dmca designated agents are required to be registered with the u.s copyright office, and! it’s public facing information.
meaning, they have a database with all agents listed. most agents aren’t specific people, but that doesn’t matter, because most big corporations allocate a whole email and phone line just to the dmca designated agent.
so, for example, here’s tumblr’s:
Service Provider: Tumblr, Inc.
35 East 21st St., Ground Floor
New York, NY 10010
Designated Agent: Fredelina Hope Garcia
Tumblr, Inc.
35 East 21st St., Ground Floor
Attn: Legal Department
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 2127965360
Email: [email protected]
Status: Active
Effective: March 13, 2017 to Present
Idk how much these people will care about us little fanfic authors, but it’s a direct line to someone who’s job it is to care about plagiarism, which is a little bit more useful than generic help lines/reports.
what if someone stole your work and posted it someplace OTHER than tumblr, you ask?
well, it’s all right here!
url just in case link breaks: https://dmca.copyright.gov/osp/
just plop the name in of the offending site, and you should get an address, number, and email that’s all for reporting that people are stealing your stuff.
now, remember, only the owner of the work can report infringement.
DO NOT REPORT INFRINGEMENT ON SOMEONE ELSE’S BEHALF
it just makes things messier. send the email or make the phone call yourself, if you are the owner of the content. otherwise, just let the owner of the content know that this resource is there for them.
protect your work! get enough sleep! overthrow the patriarchy!
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