#dmca takedown request

[johnnymartyr]

Taking Down a Scraper Site for 35mmc and How You Can Fight Image Theft

by Johnny Martyr After many years of readership, I finally made my inaugural post on the internet’s largest film photography blog site, 35mmc. While in communication with owner Hamish Gill, he lamented about having found a what is known as a scraper site that was carbon-copying nearly 100% of the content from 35mmmc. All author links were being stripped from articles with their words and photos…

[sofiaruelle]

idk if there's anything you can do about it but someone is using your chappell hot to go art on teepublic & I thought you would want to know if u don't already :(

Nice. love this for me./s

uhhh anyways thank you for bringing this to my attention @hyuckieberry! I’m gonna try to figure out TeePublic’s DMCA takedown request. which is very frustrating since i am from the Philippines. and DMCA is very much bound to just the USA.

for now, if anyone sees this, PLEASE HELP ME REPORT the account.

If anyone is interested in buying the tshirt/design, please consider supporting me, its up on my Redbubble. the only place where i have uploaded the design.

Honestly, simply reblogging and liking this or the original post i made will help immensely.

[tacky-tramp]

An open letter to the Organization for Transformative Works' legal team:

Dear @transformativeworks Legal,

I am requesting that you take action on Speechify/WordStream's wholesale theft of non-commercial fanworks for commercial purposes.

As you are probably aware, Speechify, an app that uses AI voices to turn user-supplied text into audiobooks, has created a spinoff app called WordStream. WordStream has scraped many, many works of fanfiction from AO3, and has published AI-generated audiobooks of these fics. They charge users for access to these audiobooks, under a subscription model. Not only has this company, run by Cliff Weitzman, violated AO3 users' copyrights, it has done so for profit.

I understand that only authors themselves can file DMCA takedown notices when their fics are stolen. However, there are steps the OTW can take on this matter:

1. Notify all AO3 users via email that their work may have been stolen, and give them next steps. This is what companies are required to do in the event of a data breach, and that's effectively what this is.

2. Publish a blog post about WordStream's theft, and promote it on social media.

3. Send a letter to Speechify, educating them about fanfiction and copyright. Explain that fanfiction is *not* in the public domain, and therefore the users whose work they've stolen have legal recourse against them. Demand they take down all fanfiction they have stolen.

4. Reach out through your networks in tech and publishing to raise awareness of this and marshall support for a campaign to pressure Speechify to remove all fanfiction they posted without author permission.

I am a former OTW volunteer, and I would be happy to assist with any of this!

Thanks,

tacky_tramp

[erika-xero]

!ATTENTION FELLOW CRITICAL ROLE FANS!

This person is selling tons of stolen artworks on their Redbubble, including my Mollymauk piece which was featured in one of the Critical Role episodes.

I singhandedly had to file DMCA takedown requests for 83!!!! OF THE LISTING FEATURING THE SINGLE ONE OF MY ARTWORKS

Please, spread awareness among fellow artists, tag the ones who's art you recognized! Let's bury this acc under a huge pile of DMCA takedown requests!

[deposedefenddeny]

An entity claiming to be United Healthcare is sending bogus copyright claims to internet platforms to get Luigi Mangione fan art taken off the internet, according to the print-on-demand merch retailer TeePublic. An independent journalist was hit with a copyright takedown demand over an image of Luigi Mangione and his family she posted on Bluesky, and other DMCA takedown requests posted to an open database and viewed by 404 Media show copyright claims trying to get “Deny, Defend, Depose” and Luigi Mangione-related merch taken off the internet, though it is unclear who is filing them.

404 Media on Dec 19, 11:24 a.m. ET

[josephthesnailshow]

No, I actually mean it. Do NOT use my work like this ever, especially with a political and violent message like that. Burnt Luigi was created to be just as a fun creepypasta/ARG character.

I don't use Facebook, nor do I want to use it; please ask the original posters to take this down. I have no tolerance for my work to be used like this.

Please don't use my work like this….

[ceilidho]

just curious - how do c.ai bots work? does someone feed your fic into the AI and it "creates" a character?

I don't support it (if a fic author says no it means no!) I'm just confused abt what it does/ how it plagiarizes

I’m not 100% sure how it works since I don’t use it but this is one of the bots using my work

And my fic:

So I’m not sure what else the bot creator has to fill out or add other than the initial prompt (which is what the above is) but I’m ASSUMING they took more than just that initial blurb since you presumably can interact more with the bot.

And c.ai is making it unbelievably difficult for me to get it taken down without providing my home address and phone number for a DMCA takedown report, which I would never do. And they’re likely doing it because they know their platform is 90% stolen content so they make it extremely difficult in order to ensure people can’t just request that stolen content be removed.

[blackkatmagic]

hello! i was just informed that a fanfic of mine was scraped off of AO3 and I'm currently going through the process of getting it removed from the audiobook/reading site it was posted on. I've been looking through this site for other authors, and unfortunately found like 10 from you.

here's the reddit post that talks about it, and includes the site that's posted the fics: https://www.reddit.com/r/AO3/comments/1hkrb47/netflix_of_audiobooks_scrapes_thousands_of/

I'm really sorry this happened, and may this site get dumped on with a ton of DMCA claims.

Hilariously, they yanked every single one of my fics they'd stolen in the 20 minutes between me starting the DMCA takedown request and me hitting submit. Fucking cowards.

[walkawaytall]

How to Request a DMCA Takedown re: Word-Stream.com

(I, WalkAwayTall, am merely a messenger; this info was copied directly from this post on r/AO3 and posted here with permission from its author, @fuegopi. Use it as you see fit.)

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The relevant statute, FYI is 17 U.S.C. § 512 (c)(3)(A), available at https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/512

OPTION 1: MAKE A REPORT TO CLOUDFLARE

https://abuse.cloudflare.com/

Step 1: Select “Copyright Infringement & DMCA Violations”

Step 2: Fill Out the Form

(some notes below)

Your Full Name: I understand many fanfic authors prefer anonymity. However, your report/complaint may be taken more seriously if you use both your name and your pseud. For example, I would write, [MY NAME] (“FuegoPI” on AO3).

Holder’s Full Name: Again, that is you, the author.

Contact Information Fields: The DMCA only requires that, you provide “Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party” — An email address should be sufficient.

Infringing URLS: List the URL of every work you have made that is available on the offending website.

Describe the Original Work: I would list the names of your stories, the word counts, and give AO3 links.

For example: A Fanfic Story (200k Words), originally posted and available at [LINK].

You MUST check the box that says 512(f) acknowledgment, “Good faith belief, Authority to act” and you MUST provide a digital signature or your report will not be accepted.

OPTION 2: MAKE A REPORT TO GODADDY

OPTION 1: Fill out the form at https://supportcenter.godaddy.com/AbuseReport (you may not wish to do this because of the information requested; if so, I recommend sending a letter).

Step 1: Select “Make a Claim”

Step 2: Select Claim Type, “Copyright Infringement”

Step 3: Are you the Copyright Owner or an authorized representative? Select “yes.”

Step 4: Please enter the domain name associated with the website you are complaining about – Fill in “https://word-stream.com/”

Step 5: https://supportcenter.godaddy.com/ipclaims/copyright/infringement If you want to fill this out.

OPTION 2: The form is probably not for everyone, because it requires address information that the DMCA does not strictly require. As a result, I made a template letter for y’all. I recommend attaching to an email.

copyrightclaims@godaddy.com

[ai-art-thieves]

Fun fact: If you or anyone you know may be affected by art theft of any kind, including the manipulation of an image via AI, edits via photoshop, cropped out or replaced signature, or other such uses of your art that you do not approve or want (as the creator), please submit (or have the artist submit) a DMCA take down request to tumblr and they will 100% remove it. :)

Do not submit takedown requests on behalf of other people or lie and claim you're the creator if you're not, obviously.

All you need is:

A link to the re-uploaded stolen art on tumblr.

A link to your source image/original post of it. No matter where it was posted (reddit, tumblr, shitter/x, ect), as long as it was before the date of the re-uploader and you can 100% for sure say you are indeed the creator of it, it is your right to have it removed.

www.tumblr.com/dmca

You do not need a lawyer or an attorney or anything for any of this, your personal information will not be shared with anyone outside of their team that handles it.

Stand up for yourself, don't let your art be stolen and used without your permission!

⬆️

[olderthannetfic]

This morning, I used tumblr's "insert gif" function in the new post editor, and now I'm irritated.

I've made and posted gifs on tumblr for over a decade, and it's always been something where I knew people are going to save them, repost them, try to steal them, and so on. I figured this out pretty early and I always add watermarks. No sweat.

Recently, I was adding some gifs to a post, and I saw one of my own gifs in the selection list. I added it to my post to see it, because it was one of my favourites. Then I noticed the username in the credit, "GIF by username", was some random person that was obviously not me. This gif was created by me, it even had my watermark in the bottom corner. I checked some other gifs and found more like this, all with different usernames.

After some googlefu, I discovered that if someone saves and reposts a gif, tumblr will somehow detect them as being the creator, instead of the person who originally posted it.

I vaguely remembered a form to report problems like this. But there's no form to request re-attribution at all. Tumblr only provides a DMCA takedown request page, which requires you to be the original owner of the copyrighted source material. In other words, you actually need to own the companies whose content you used, and you also have to put in your phone number and personal info.

Welp.

So now, there are dozens of my gifs in the gif search, with burned-in watermarks of my own username on them, but with some random schmuck's name listed in the "GIF by (name)" once someone adds it into their post. And there's no way to re-attribute it. It's not a big deal because they're just gifs, and I did add watermarks precisely because I knew they would get spread around without proper credit (whether unintentionally or not). But having a systemic, automated attribution problem is a new low for tumblr.

Really, the bar is now in hell.

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[furyreblogs]

Art Theft/Repost Warning

A user reposted artwork of Fenris from Dragon Age onto Tumblr, which they had pulled from Pinterest. And is now threatening retaliatory reposts for everyone who calls them out for reposting work that doesn't belong to them. This post can be found here. I did my best to locate and credit the original artists in my reblogged post.

After several other users commented about the reposting without permission or credits, the reposter is now threatening to upload more artwork each time someone comments about the unacceptable behavior.

You can see this post threatening retaliation for those who comment to credit the artist here. Artists, particularly those who have drawn Fenris from Dragon Age II, should monitor this user in case their work is posted and report them for Copyright Infringement—Submit a DMCA takedown request. They're also actively trying to hide and remove replies on their posts.

If you recognize an artist that has been stolen from, please inform the artist directly so that they can submit a report.

[monetizeme]

An entity claiming to be United Healthcare is sending bogus copyright claims to internet platforms to get Luigi Mangione fan art taken off the internet, according to the print-on-demand merch retailer TeePublic. An independent journalist was hit with a copyright takedown demand over an image of Luigi Mangione and his family she posted on Bluesky, and other DMCA takedown requests posted to an open database and viewed by 404 Media show copyright claims trying to get “Deny, Defend, Depose” and Luigi Mangione-related merch taken off the internet, though it is unclear who is filing them.

[watair-gt]

In light of what is going on, I wonder if an artist can request their art be scrubbed from sites such as tumblr via DMCA https://www.dmca.com/FAQ/What-is-a-DMCA-Takedown

As long as you are the owner you can request take downs.

Just a thought 🤔

[synf3ll]

i'm tired of seeing that yaelokre bullshit.

it's stupid to try to control what people write about your OCs. it's understandable to REQUEST that people don't draw NSFW of them, but demanding people report everyone who posts it is ridiculous.

if that dumbass wants to control content about their characters online, they should man up and go submit DMCA complaints and takedowns themself.

if you don't want people thinking "impure" thoughts about your art, then don't post it. you can complain all you want, but controlling people is taking it way too far.

[phoenixyfriend]

IDK if I've mentioned this but in addition to that year-long plagiarism fiasco, I also recently had to submit a DMCA takedown request to youtube because a content farm had an AI read out an 80k fic of mine with zero permission.

Thankfully, the DMCA request worked, though I'm not sure if it was because I hold the rights (I mean, it's fic) or because it was fanfiction and not covered under Naruto's transformative work copyright wiggle room since afaik they were in fact monetizing it.