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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.