Forgive me for reposting this blog, but as I have personally gone through reporting content on wattpad twice now, I figure shedding a bit more light on the process of doing these things elsewhere would be handy.

First things first: if you do not own the copyright to the work (see: you are not the original author) do not report a story as being plagiarized off of Asianfanfics. Here on AFF, the moderators leave things up to the community at large (finding plagiarism, violations of the TOS, finding explicit content, etc). If enough evidence is provided to the moderators, if the time and date stamps for the original story are earlier than the reported story, if screenshots and links are given, odds are that story is going to be removed.

On other sites, that's not quite the case. They operate as one would in the "real world:" you own the rights, you can file. You don't own the rights, you can't file. You can alert the original creator that his copyright has been infringed, but you cannot file the claim yourself. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm currently unaware of any countries where this is not fact.

Please note that archive and writing sites all take plagiarism and copyright violation accusations very, very seriously; a plagiarism accusation proven true can have an account removed. I cannot stress enough how important evidence is. Unless you have sufficient evidence that what you are reporting is indeed yours, do not abuse their report links.

We all take the subject seriously, but these are much bigger sites with bigger staffs having to look over a ton of reports each day, and they will not waste time chasing a "maybe" or "possibly." Screenshots, links, physical proof that your copyright was violated...provide them, guys! The more evidence you can provide, the more solid your case becomes, and the more likely they will take down the content.

With all that being said, the following links are how/where to report content across several sites; if you know of a popular writing site I have not listed, and you have the URL to where Internet users can report content, please send me a message, and I'll promptly update this blog!

REPORT CONTENT ON:
Wattpad
Tumblr
AO3
Livejournal

Blogger/Blogspot: done through Google Legal Help (also applies to YouTube)

deviantART requires you to have an account (which is free of charge) in order to file a DMCA complaint with the site using their form; otherwise you can mail the complaint as a PDF with the subject [Plagiarism] to [email protected].

fanfiction.net: send a email with the subject [copyright violation] to [email protected]; the process of filing a report can be found here.

On a side note that relates to the overall message of this blog: do not put people on blast, not here on AFF at least (be it on your own head if you do it somewhere else lol). It will be seen as hatemongering and can turn into something very nasty, and the moderators can step in at that point and deal with any violations or rude users. The minute you put someone's username or link to their profile, anyone who reads your posts (friends, readers, whoever) can now harass them, possibly even bully them, when you have good intentions in mind and only want your story taken down. I know how disappointing and discouraging seeing something of yours copied is; it's happened to me a handful of times, and you do get so very angry and want something done then and there, but don't let things get out of control. It's hard to backpedal at that point, and you're somewhat accountable if you can't get a hold on stuff. Use the report content button in that case; believe me, they all get seen and handled.

Do the right thing, report copyright violations, but don't be a jerkwad about it all. No one likes a jerkwad.