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Thieves, again.

Journal Entry: Sat Jul 18, 2009, 10:34 AM

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Well, I was searching around on the internet, and I found an unpleasant surprise: some idiot had been copying and pasting my old stories onto a forum and pretending that he was the author. Nice. It happened years ago so there isn't really any point in me going after him now. He probably doesn't even visit those forums anymore. However, this has made my paranoia skyrocket, and I'm really questioning whether or not I want to post any more of my current story until it is published.

Sure, since I've been posting on DA I'm getting copyright timestamps on the things, so it is already copyrighted to me technically speaking. I also have friends who can testify in court about this (got signatures from them to prove it, lol). However, these arent exactly full-proof, and I'm worried that some ahole might take my ideas or even the entire first few chapters and claim that HE's the owner. It wouldn't be the first time it has happened, or the second, though I guess it takes an ahole of an even greater level to try and publish someone else's work. The thing is though, it happens!

I've been doing research, and the only fullproof thing is to go to the US copyright office, but that costs like $40 a shot and all I have are rough drafts. There are also sites that do the same thing, but I'm not sure that I can trust them.

Blllaaahhh. Hopefully I'm just being paranoid, but it is better to be safe than sorry. Don't worry, I am going to leave what I've already posted up.... that's an old and messed up version of my first chapter and gives no clue as to what is going to happen anyway. It is worthless to any wannabe thieves. As for posting anymore....I don't know. You people will definitely get a chance to see the story one way or another, because I intend to finish it. If I end up deciding to not publish it or if I can't publish it, I'll just drop the entire thing online and you'll get to read it for free(I probably wouldn't put as much effort into it though, lol). If I do publish it, I'll probably drop another teaser chapter or two because at that point I would definitely have a very official and full-proof copyright, haha. (unless the company I'm working with is against that for some reason)

Progress update: Yea, I'm still working on it. I've been fleshing out my plot ideas and working on fixing some of my writing problems. I have about 2 more chapters done in a rough draft form.



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  • Interests: dragons, transformation, computers, video games
  • Favourite movie: Final Fantasy: Advent Children
  • Favourite artist: Neondragon, PearlPhoenix
  • Wallpaper of choice: anything with a dragon
  • Skin of choice: Dragon scales
  • Favourite game: Zelda
  • Favourite gaming platform: Nintendo DS, Wii
  • Favourite cartoon character: Ichigo from Bleach
  • Tools of the Trade: Pencils, tablet, photoshop elements, and.....Fire!

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~joshlama Oct 4, 2009, 3:09:34 AM
With the look at the last 6 months of comments, I think it's time to create a image saying "the costume shop has moved" or something like that.

I'm trying to do something like this for you, but I'm no artist.

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Treat a man as he appears to be, and you make him worse.
But treat a man as if he were what he potentially could be, and you make him what he should be.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 - 1832)
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Mood: Wow! ~miste-t Sep 15, 2009, 5:15:35 PM
i would HATE if some one took my story stuff. i hope it all goes smooth legaly for you

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lol pantz, lol shirt, lol shoes, im good
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*Transryu Sep 18, 2009, 2:43:16 PM
No no, I let someone take over my setting because I didn't want to work on it anymore XD (though I have had problems with thieves in the past).

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Light a person a fire, and he'll be warm for a night. Light a person on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life! :flame:
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~Rmbln Sep 14, 2009, 12:27:27 AM
who took over the Dragon costume tf stories?
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*Transryu Sep 18, 2009, 2:42:36 PM
The link's in my journal ;)

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Light a person a fire, and he'll be warm for a night. Light a person on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life! :flame:
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