Time to have a chat about WRITERS on tumblr.
It has been brought to my attention that a lot of tumblr authors works (mine included) has been taken, translated and posted somewhere else - with or without credit to the og author.
Now lets get this straight; that is a CRIME. Just because we did not publish it like a book/novel or don't get money for it doesn't mean we dont have authors rights from it because we do.
START RESPECTING TUMBLR WRITERS. if you are not a writer yourself you don't understand how much blood and sweat goes into writting ; sometimes it comes easy and sometimes we are unable to write for days, even weeks.
We decided to share a piece of our mind with you and we DO NOT APPRECIATE you stealing it and reposting it on other social media. We do it out of hobby and not as a job(we get no money our of it, just satisfaction when you like our work) , and in my opinion that deserves even more respect.
You are always ALLOWED and WELCOMED to like, reblog, comment and even share our work with your friends; but under no circumstances are you allowed to steal it.
If you do not understand the seriousness of this let me set an example: Harry Potter books - lets pretend they are not translated to your language (which ever that may be) and you take it upon yourself to translate it and post it somewhere. You would be in court within few weeks or even days, with a high fine to pay. And you also wouldn't do it because you respect the author. We demand and deserve the same treatment.
So just because our work on Tumblr isn't that harshly protected, doesn't mean you could use it to your own advantage.
Writing is hard. Give writers credit.
If you still don't get my point, imagine this: you wrote an essay with which you were so proud of you decided to share it with others, yet you come back later and see people using it without crediting you, and some even pretending they have written it. I can assure you, you would not like the feeling.
