Hello, I'm having an issue here on Wattpad and it seems that every time I try to report it, I don't get an answer. I was really hoping someone could help me out with this?
I have a story called War of Hearts that was plagiarized by a user called celestialwriter_54 last year. Her story was called Veni Vidi Amavi. In particular, she was taking my main character, Parker, and multiple direct original storylines and dialogue. Anyway, I reported the story and it was taken down. But then a few months later the user re-uploaded it. So the Wattpad Staff deleted and banned that user. Now the user has come back under a new username, dreamerandwriter14, (she is on Tik Tok as well advertising her story under her old username on Wattpad) with that same story under a new name, Illumoria. But everything remains the same in the story itself. So I reported the story again and it was taken down. But then the user filed a counter-notice against me. I'm not sure how her claim was valid this time since the staff didn't allow it the past time she tried to re-upload it. Regardless of that though, the story was re-instated because I didn't file a court order. I do understand that part is legal. It's not the part that I'm contesting at all. What I want to know is since I'd already mentioned that the user has been deleted and banned previously, then why is she allowed to stay this time? I thought that was against the rules of Wattpad to leave a user on here that had been banned?
I'm honestly not trying to bother anyone, I just want to know why things are being handled the way they are. I tried to ask Themis, the staff member who handled the report about it, but she ignored me. I don't know who else to ask at this point. Can you please explain this to me? As I said, I understand about the legal aspect of the counter-notice but this is a previously banned user and I didn't think that was right that she be allowed to stay.
Thanks so much for your time! Means a lot!
Sincerely,
QueenMimi96
