Post by Vi-Poi on Nov 13, 2017 0:20:07 GMT
Hello everyone,
We're in the process of issuing a DMCA takedown notice through Proboards to "DB Dreams", a website which has badly plagiarized several aspects of our copyrighted content.
Today, Rev tried to reason with the administrator but there was an unwillingness to compromise on any of the material, and familiarly to our past experience with content thieves, the administrator was adamantly opposed to changing the stolen work and showed zero remorse. The website in question is ran by a few former members of Souls. Their addresses will receive permanent bans for this violation of our content, which will also carry through to Turbo.
It's sad whenever we have to do this. The Dragon Ball forum roleplay community is small enough that we should all be helpful and contributory to one another. Competition, especially the kind that is made through the dishonest thieving of original content, does not serve anyone. If someone wants to use our material, they can just ask the admins. Ask rev. Open up a dialogue. Don't just assume because it's on the internet that you have a right to take it.
We're protective of our content because we created it. We spent a huge amount of time developing this stuff. It's meant for our players, and it's certainly not meant for general public use. If someone wants to use content from Souls for their own site, there are ways in which we're willing to share. We want DB RP to grow and flourish, not just our own. But the sharing has to be done in a forthright, upright manner that is respectful to the content creators, in the same manner an artist expects attribution for their work.
It's a shame it went this way, but we wanted to let you all know.
Sincerely,
Vi
We're in the process of issuing a DMCA takedown notice through Proboards to "DB Dreams", a website which has badly plagiarized several aspects of our copyrighted content.
Today, Rev tried to reason with the administrator but there was an unwillingness to compromise on any of the material, and familiarly to our past experience with content thieves, the administrator was adamantly opposed to changing the stolen work and showed zero remorse. The website in question is ran by a few former members of Souls. Their addresses will receive permanent bans for this violation of our content, which will also carry through to Turbo.
It's sad whenever we have to do this. The Dragon Ball forum roleplay community is small enough that we should all be helpful and contributory to one another. Competition, especially the kind that is made through the dishonest thieving of original content, does not serve anyone. If someone wants to use our material, they can just ask the admins. Ask rev. Open up a dialogue. Don't just assume because it's on the internet that you have a right to take it.
We're protective of our content because we created it. We spent a huge amount of time developing this stuff. It's meant for our players, and it's certainly not meant for general public use. If someone wants to use content from Souls for their own site, there are ways in which we're willing to share. We want DB RP to grow and flourish, not just our own. But the sharing has to be done in a forthright, upright manner that is respectful to the content creators, in the same manner an artist expects attribution for their work.
It's a shame it went this way, but we wanted to let you all know.
Sincerely,
Vi
