on a night out, when we got pushed to the avenue of the rising sun and Noa fell in love while Steffi was swept off her feet, we came to a decision...:) (just kidding)
Closing the site was never really an option for us as we love Neverland and all of the fics we host here far too much, but keeping it like this, where any random internet surfer can copy and paste our beloved stories and sell it as his/her/their own is not a good solution as well. As already mentioned we want to protect our writers from plagiarism, and there are three options that we discussed:
- Lock the site and give only the honest readers an access to it, BUT... who is an honest reader, who is not? And if someone wants to join us, how can we test her honesty? That's not possible and we'd never permit a person the access who'd ask friendly if she can join us. Also some internet surfers who pop by on our site won't read the stories and we think that would be a pity.
- Put a copy-stop in every fiction, BUT... many of you didn't like this suggestion as they put their names in the stories, copy and paste them and make a pdf-file or whatever out of it to read it on their e-reader etc.
- Put in every story a "do-not-steal-respect-the-author's-property"-note BUT... it doesn't stop a person from stealing the fiction who really intends to do it, but we think that it maybe gives the person second thoughts, if she gets reminded that the story is property of the author and may not published elsewhere without the author's permission etc.
We decided for option 3, although we won't put that note in every story we host here as we have more than 400, but we'll do it from now on.
All of you who send us fics must be aware of the risk, that her fic can be taken from someone and be published elsewhere. But what can be done, by all of us, is that we keep our eyes open, communicate with the webbies/staff of other Westlife-fanfic-websites and look for fics from time to time, for example on google (copy and paste one or two lines and let google do the search).
We'd copy this note on top / below the fictions (see Steffi's latest fic):
All Rights Reserved. This story may not be reproduced, scanned or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission from the author. All storylines are the property of the author and your support and respect is appreciated.
The characteristic features of the portrayed persons in this story are fictitious. The author is not related to Westlife, their families nor record company.
The characteristic features of the portrayed persons in this story are fictitious. The author is not related to Westlife, their families nor record company.
Please, let us know what you think about that!
cheers,
Noa&Steffi
9 comments:
I don't care which we do, just glad to see this place is back *Grin*
I'm really happy that the site come back
i read some where that you can do something in the blog setting wouldn't allow the reader to click on mouse and do copy , still not sure where but i'll search again
welcome back guys
They already mentioned doin that but some like to copy and read again without having to fill in the prompts
OMG I was so glad that you have open the site again!!!I´m just a reader and simply ADORE all the stories published here...It´s a sad thing that some people are trying to steal the stories...
Thank you soo much!!! PS: sorry formy english, I´m brazilian...^^
Well i just found out there is another option we can actually take some legal actions such as accuse the person. to the site and they can have a solution, this is stealing and it is a crime tho.
BUT I'M REAAAAAAAAALLY HAPPY TO HAVE THE SITE BACK!
Option 3 is the best possible solution. It will remind every person to not steal. And with any creative piece whether a story, picture etc unless copyrighted legally anyone who shares their work publicly is at risk of getting it stolen. Legal action would be nice but it will cost some serious cash. In any case I'm happy the site is back! :)
Good idea girls! So happy you are keeping the site, and the readers are happy, and I strongly wish this fiction stealing troubles wont happen again, not to our site, not to yours or any other westlife fanfic sites!
Keep up the good work! :) xx
Yay! So happy you are back online :) x
Great to have this amazing site online back again. There's a program or way to stop people from "right click" to download the script or whichever right? Something like a protected password. For example, in Microsoft word, there's a column of protect document. The interactive story is where "us" and "westlifer", once the story is in, just put a stop of right clicking factor n etc. Hope it helps and maybe am talking nosense. Am not an IT expert, but hope you understand what am saying. Keep up the great work Noa & steffi. You guys rockz..
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