Copyright Infringement

Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright Issues View the full Wetpaint Terms of Use
*Q. Someone copied my content and put it on another Wetpaint site. What can I do?*
A. The first thing you should try to do is to contact the creator or administrator of the site that published the copied content and work with them to resolve the issue. Sending a friendly and non-threatening message can work wonders since many times people are unaware that content online is protected by copyright. However, if the person that copied is unable or unwilling to work with you, you may wish to submit a formal copyright infringement complaint to Wetpaint.
*Q. How can I file a Copyright Infringement notice?*
A. Follow the instructions under section 3 of the Wetpaint Terms of Service Agreement. In order for Wetpaint to process a copyright infringement complaint we need to have all of the information indicated in section 3 of the Wetpaint Terms of Use Agreement. It is important that you be as specific as possible when reporting copyright infringement.
*Q. Can I contribute copyrighted content to a Wetpaint site?*
A. Yes, if you are the one who owns the copyright, or you have the copyright owner's permission. It is your responsibility to make sure that everything you post is your own original work or that you have permission from the copyright owner to use their content.
Q. Who owns the copyright to content published on Wetpaint sites?
A. If it's your work, you do. If you post your own original work to a Wetpaint site, you are still the copyright owner of your individual submission.
*Q. What are others allowed to do with the content I post on a Wetpaint site?*
A. When you post your content on a Wetpaint site, you give Wetpaint the right to add it to the site and retransmit it to the public, or use it for other purposes. Additionally, your content will be made available to others to redistribute for non-commercial purposes. They can do this by way of a Creative Commons license, which is automatically granted.
*Q. Which Creative Commons license is used, and what does it allow?*
A. Your content will be made available to other users under the Creative Commons' Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. This license lets people republish content from Wetpaint sites, as long as they are not using it to make money for themselves, as long as they attribute the content (e.g. with a link), and as long as they make the content available to other users on the same basis.
*Q. Can I choose between different types of Creative Commons licenses?*
A. So far, no. Any site you create with Wetpaint carries the Creative Commons' Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License.
*Q. Can I use the Gnu FDL for my content?*
A. So far, no.
Q. Is there anything else I should know about copyrights, trademarks, licenses, and other terms of use?
A. As a matter of fact, our lawyers would love it if you would read the full terms of use on the site you are asking about, or read our example terms of use from this site. Enjoy!

Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright Issues

View the full Wetpaint Terms of Use

Q. Someone copied my content and put it on another Wetpaint site. What can I do?

A. The first thing you should try to do is to contact the creator or administrator of the site that published the copied content and work with them to resolve the issue. Sending a friendly and non-threatening message can work wonders since many times people are unaware that content online is protected by copyright. However, if the person that copied is unable or unwilling to work with you, you may wish to submit a formal copyright infringement complaint to Wetpaint.

Q. How can I file a Copyright Infringement notice?

A. Follow the instructions under section 3 of the Wetpaint Terms of Service Agreement. In order for Wetpaint to process a copyright infringement complaint we need to have all of the information indicated in section 3 of the Wetpaint Terms of Use Agreement. It is important that you be as specific as possible when reporting copyright infringement.

Q. Can I contribute copyrighted content to a Wetpaint site?

A. Yes, if you are the one who owns the copyright, or you have the copyright owner's permission. It is your responsibility to make sure that everything you post is your own original work or that you have permission from the copyright owner to use their content.

Q. Who owns the copyright to content published on Wetpaint sites?

A. If it's your work, you do. If you post your own original work to a Wetpaint site, you are still the copyright owner of your individual submission.

Q. What are others allowed to do with the content I post on a Wetpaint site?

A. When you post your content on a Wetpaint site, you give Wetpaint the right to add it to the site and retransmit it to the public, or use it for other purposes. Additionally, your content will be made available to others to redistribute for non-commercial purposes. They can do this by way of a Creative Commons license, which is automatically granted.

Q. Which Creative Commons license is used, and what does it allow?

A. Your content will be made available to other users under the Creative Commons' Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. This license lets people republish content from Wetpaint sites, as long as they are not using it to make money for themselves, as long as they attribute the content (e.g. with a link), and as long as they make the content available to other users on the same basis.

Q. Can I choose between different types of Creative Commons licenses?

A. So far, no. Any site you create with Wetpaint carries the Creative Commons' Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License.

Q. Can I use the Gnu FDL for my content?

A. So far, no.

Q. Is there anything else I should know about copyrights, trademarks, licenses, and other terms of use?

A. As a matter of fact, our lawyers would love it if you would read the full terms of use on the site you are asking about, or read our example terms of use from this site. Enjoy!

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IlluisonalLekotta

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Dec 3 2011, 3:39 PM EST by CryingDove

Thread started: Dec 3 2011, 11:59 AM EST Watch

Hello I am the leader of P.C. I want to report a site that has clearly copied at least evreything and every word of my site http://perfectedcrusation.wetpaint.com/
The site with the content is http://joinsrp.wetpaint.com/
I have asked for it to be removed, i also have asked that i will help with the layout if they wish for it otherwise i would in fact report. Im quite annoyed that this has happened. Please can you get it sorted out As soon as possible.
Also They have said they have had this layout before P.C. But i know that is not true. They have copied EVERY word EVERY Picture. And still claim it is their own. P.C has had this layout longer than a day unlike them. They have Edited their site TODAY or YESTERDAY.
Many thanks

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Riddle.Me.This

More stolen content.

Oct 11 2011, 10:56 PM EDT by CryingDove

Thread started: Oct 11 2011, 10:08 PM EDT Watch

Greetings once again wetpaint central. It is I Vitality, now known as Remedy of creator of the real Nefarious Obliteration. You have helped us from another person stealing our work before, much appreciated. But now, I have joined another wetpaint site and have edited photos in which had to be purchased and took two weeks in the process in the making. The wetpaint user of .:Cazna:. and her site: http://vanishedvalleyesreborn.wetpaint.com, has refuesed to take down my banner I have created to make my own site with in which she had aslo taken the name from me plus my layouts, edited photos and names and also has been impersonating other people (I know you cannot help with impersonators, just setting examples) This is becuase conflict in real life, we know one another and now hate eachothers guts. Repeating to go up to her in school to tell her to take it off, she wont. I also told her if she doesnt I will report to wetpaint central. She has banned my user and made the site private and still will not take the stolen content off. I hope you can do something about this. Thank you.

~ Remedy, Creator and leader of an role playing site, Nefarious Obliteration.

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Anonymous

Stolen Content

Sep 26 2011, 9:47 PM EDT by CryingDove

Thread started: Sep 26 2011, 8:50 PM EDT Watch

Greetings Wetpaint Central. I am Layla, creator and leader of Unholy Desolation. Someone decided they could steal all of the content on my site even though at the bottom was clams to it being copyrighted. It is all my work except the music on the site. It has angered me that this site stole my own work that I spent hours making. I also have people to back me up on the issue if it is needed. Multiple people have left non-threatening threads on the site and nothing. It makes me extremely angry that someone has stolen my work, I came to you. Can you please help me? Here is their site http://joinsevenscreams.wetpaint.com/ and this is my site. http://joinunholydesolation.wetpaint.com

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