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No, that's correct. It'd also help protect authors who may not know that what they're doing is illegal. If they stopped charging ahead suddenly, they'd probably never have to worry about a dmca coming their way, and just get to keep whatever ill gotten gains they've already made. I'll also...

While I appreciate the help, you can just ignore them. They're suffering from some kind of psychosis about royal road. Their profile is full of them ranting about it every day. I'll usually banter with them once or twice then just stop bothering. I made the mistake of making a comment how...

I'll also iterate a more urgent point on the matter. Other people who frequent the forum will know how often people ask questions of why their work was limited for violating a rule. Most authors simply don't even know they're breaking the law and puting themselves at legal risk. The other...

Two reasons. First, it's not generally legal. It could also be taken to court. (Yes, artist alley at most anime conventions are breaching copyright law). Second, it's easier to argue the work is transformative when it isn't in the same genre of art. A painting about a story? Clearly some...

Keep them up, but don't allow monetization. That's the concern. I don't like fanfiction. I don't think they should be taken down, but they certainly aren't legally allowed to be fully monetized (not even in the gray area). Sometimes they're actually real tributes, and are good. I've read a few...

We can agree to disagree on whether tips are allowed, if your only work is fanfiction, the law is pretty clear that you're being paid for that work, even if the payment is optional. I'm not trying to be heated either, nor am I trying to "kill the site". I'm mostly just concerned that companies...

I'll add in that *EVEN* webnovel doesn't allow any sort of monetization linking for fanfictions. Just because they violate their own rules doesn't mean they haven't set the rule. They don't allow it. So, by your statement, even websites that allow worse criminal behavior won't touch it. If...

Illegality is a word meaning breaking any law, not just criminal law. It is illegal to break copyright law. You are in violation of a law, thus it is illegal. The penalties are civil, not criminal, but the word is correct. Other fanfic websites (including AO3) don't allow linking...

This is my intended solution. Keep your accounts separate. This is common business sense. Hypothetically, lets say I operated two businesses, a mechanic's shop a carpet cleaning service and I have them under one legal entity. If I'm doing things in the mechanics shop that I shouldn't, but...

Transformative works that are considered fanfiction are generally not allowed to be monetized. Only sufficiently transformative works are allowed, and few works meet that high barrier, usually that the work has "social value". Further, it's on a case by case basis. Most authors do not allow...

I am not, nor have I ever been, a representive of Royalroad, nor have I ever set foot in Israel. I was born in Iowa and live in Missouri. I publish here and on RR, and I don't use RR forums. I have vested interest in both and prefer SH's community and would like for it to remain free of...

Tony was already @'d and it's not an emergency. It's just now at attention. No need to @ him again.

@beast_regards for what it's worth, I just went and checked RR policies, and they do prevent linking of any monetization when you're tagged with fanfiction.

Art using copyrighted or trademarked characters is also illegal. Nintendo notoriously issued DMCAs on Pointcrow's channel for featuring modded content of BoTW. Most company's just turn a blind eye to it because it's advertising and not worth their money to pursue, but it doesn't make it less...

Here is a (non-exhaustive) list of popular authors stances on fanfiction that could be provided: https://fanlore.org/wiki/Professional_Author_Fanfic_Policies

*Usually* the only person in trouble is the author. Frequently, if they were making a substantial sum, they end up having to pay that as damages to the original IP owner (which they may have already spent that money). However, with Sailus doing the legwork, it's now public knowledge on the...

After @SailusGebel brought it to the attention of the community that a MAJORITY of fanfictions in trending are illegally monetizing their stories, I think it's worth considering whether or not stories that are breaking copyright laws should be classified as prohibited content. We already have a...

My advice is set hard limits on it. Too many authors, as they gain skill from experience, feel a need to go 'fix' their previous work, and end up in a constant loop of revisions. In another 100 chapters, you'll be much better than you are now, and you'll look back at the first 30 chapters and...

This is all well and good, but I'd be down with a new rule for fanfics not being on trending. I can hear the screeching at the "unfairness" now. Or let fanfics be on trending, but remove monetized fanfics from the site. Either case is fine by me.

As a side note for anyone with a bunch of free time on their hands and a vendetta against fanfics, most companies have forward facing emails for legal claims. If someone is monetizing a fanfiction, simply link the monetization in an email to them and they can file a DMCA. Rather than flood...