[ALERT – READ BEFORE UPLOADING SOMETHING] – A CAUTIONARY TALE ABOUT WEIBO STEALING & REPOSTING YAOI OTAKU CONTENTS/【警告 - 上传前请务必阅读】——关于微博盗取与转发Yaoi Otaku论坛的警示故事

[DoX89]

Hello everyone, I’m writing this caution thread to share about the stealing & reposting issues related to the Weibo (an exclusive Chinese social media platform). 

Firstly, I would like to emphasize that the main purpose of this thread is not a call for uploaders (incl. ex-uploaders, current uploaders, newbie and potential uploaders) to stop posting anything on the forum, but for being aware of these incidents and well-preparing your shared materials in the future. That caution targets to all kind of audiences, especially current uploaders and potential uploaders.

Secondly, you guys might well know Weibo is not an open and friendly app for all to use (especially for foreigners) and that’s the reason why we might have suspicions for a long time, but couldn’t catch solid evidences sooner. Recently, we could register for the Weibo international version and found a way to download some shared materials on Weibo to make an investigation and verification between our shared files on Yaoi Otaku and the same ones shared by a person on Weibo. The conclusion is we found out many of our files shared on YO have been stolen and reposted there. You guys can access these links as our solid evidences for further notices and verification:

-          Case Report 01 (Both English & Chinese versions)  -

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-          Case Report 02 (Both English & Chinese versions) -

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-          Case Report 03 (Both English & Chinese versions) -

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-          And other suspicious posting on Weibo profile (Eng version) -

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Link to Weibo’s main account: 

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Link to Weibo’s sub-account: 

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Thirdly, some of us were wondering ourselves “why did they steal someone else’s files ?” “why they need to do such shameless actions?”. We can understand that if someone wants to gain “reputations”, “fondness”, “influence” or “money”, “donations” from their fans. But isn’t it better if they can build & achieve these things by their true own purchases? Taking advantage of the others’ kindness for your self-interest is an inexcusable action. And if these stealing matters still happen on Yaoi Otaku,  for sure no one is willing to share things publicly as an obvious consequence. To anyone who is part of these kind of thieves, please ask your conscience again and consider stopping your improper behaviors!

In general, some of us think that every member on Yaoi Otaku should be aware of these incidents; especially current uploaders - potential uploaders. If you guys want to share your own purchases, please try to research and learn how to modify your shared files in advance (i.e, adding watermarks, metadata, sound effects…). Here are some audio/video editing apps that we strongly recommend: Audacity, CapCut, InShot, Pinnacle Studio, Clipchamp, Filmora, Ocenaudio, WavePad...ect. As an experienced user in this case, I can suppose that it’s simple and not too hard to learn about this. At least, it will help you guys feel more safe, more secure and most important is you guys are able to track and trace to certain suspicious channels with certain evidences later on. Hopefully, this thread will be a helpful notice to all of you, who are real kind members, always follow the rules and who are planning to share something in public.

Finally, sincerely thank you for all great supports & contributions from

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-san,

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-san during this discovering journey. Also, we're grateful to

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-san who gave us permission to complete it & advised us a lot on this caution thread.

Thank you all Yaoi Otaku members for reading this thread and wishing you guys a nice workweek ahead!

大家好，我写这篇警示帖是为了分享有关微博平台（一个中国特有的社交媒体）盗取和转载问题的情况。

首先，我想强调的是，这篇帖子的主要目的不是要呼吁上传者（包括前上传者、现任上传者、新手和潜在上传者）停止在论坛发帖，而是希望大家能够对这类事件提高警觉，并在未来分享数据时做好防备。这份警示是针对所有人，尤其是现任与潜在的上传者。

其次，大家可能知道微博并不是一个对所有人都开放和友好的应用程序（特别是对外国人来说），这也是我们虽然早有怀疑，但迟迟无法掌握确凿证据的原因。最近，我们经由注册微博国际版，并找到方法下载微博上分享的部分数据，以此来对比我们在Yaoi Otaku上分享的档案，发现其中很多都被某人在微博上盗用并重新发布了。以下是我们的证据链接，供大家参考与验证：

·         案例报告01（英文与中文双版本) -

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·         案例报告02（英文与中文双版本) -

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·         案例报告03（PDF文件）-

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微博主账号链接：

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微博子账号链接：

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第三，有些人可能会想：“他们为什么要偷别人的文件？”、“他们为什么要做出如此无耻的行为？”我们可以理解他们可能是想获得“名声”、“好感”、“影响力”甚至“金钱”或“粉丝打赏”。但如果他们是通过真正的购买来获取这些东西，不是更好吗？利用他人的善意来谋取私利是不可原谅的行为。如果这些盗窃行为持续出现在Yaoi Otaku论坛，显而易见的后果就是再也没有人愿意公开分享资源了。对于参与这些盗窃行为的人，请再次问问自己的良心，并考虑停止这些不当行为。

总体来说，我们认为每一位Yaoi Otaku论坛的成员都应该对这些事件提高警觉，特别是现任上传者和潜在上传者。如果你们想要分享自己购买的内容，请提前学习并尝试修改你们分享的文件（例如添加水印、元数据、声音特效等）。以下是我们强烈推荐的一些音频/影片编辑软件：Audacity、CapCut、InShot、Pinnacle Studio、Clipchamp、Filmora；音讯编辑方面还有Ocenaudio、WavePad。作为一位在这方面有经验的用户，我可以告诉你们，这其实不难学习。至少，这些措施能让你们感到更安全、更有保障，最重要的是你们可以在未来追踪并搜集可疑频道的相关证据。希望这篇帖子对所有善良、守规矩、愿意在公开平台分享内容的成员们有所帮助。

最后，感谢

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几位上传者和管理员的大力支持与帮助, 是你们给了我很多建议和鼓励来完成这篇警示帖

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。谢谢你们，祝大家一周工作顺利！

 

[KuroiTsubasa]

Infuriating. Thank you for exposing this issue.
Taking the chance to say a huge thank you from the bottom of my heart to all the uploaders. it's something that I never take for granted.

[nononenone]

Thanks to all uploaders, we really appreciate SO MUCH all you do for the yaoi community! 

[Kurosetsu]

i really want to kick their ass fr 

[Kurosetsu]

I really really want to thank you to all people who still supports this forum, i love you all
i wish u all always have a great day bcs you guys always made mine

[kissmyass]

Hello, everyone.  

I’d like to testify on behalf of DoX-san.  

I used to follow her on Weibo, and at the time, I wasn’t aware of the sources of all the files she shared, so I did download some of the materials she posted.  

After following her for a while, I joined her fan group and noticed that whenever new drama CDs were released on the forum, she would immediately engage in trading with her fans in the group. That’s when I realized she was also a member of this forum.  
 

[kissmyass]

I just want to tell everyone that when releasing new CDs in the future, uploaders can add watermarks or sound effects to the audio to protect their files. Finally, thanks to DoX san for exposing her.

[standup]

This woman is really out of line, stealing other people's files to pretend to be his own.

[Enos]

Welp, apparently this is not her first time stealing other people's work. I've followed a chinese translator on Weibo who translate and shared the manga for free. Her work has been stolen by cutting off her watermark. After she making complain bout this, this fella immediately deleted the stolen stuff and start blaming back the translator causing her being cyberbullied by this fella 'fans'. What a dxxk...

[KIKYFU]

Theft is one of the most despicable aspects of human nature, especially when it's done for fame, status, admiration, or personal gain. On Weibo, I saw many instances where she stole content from various sources—drama CDs, doujinshi, manga—which earned her a large following of admirers. Gaining success by taking credit for others’ work is disgraceful. No matter how much praise she receives on the surface, at his core, she remains a contemptible thief.

 

 

[kissmyass]

I know the one you're talking about. "桃×××甜"？

[Enos]

18 minutes ago, kissmyass said:

I know the one you're talking about. "桃×××甜"？

Yess, she's always sharing her high quality translations on Weibo. Sad for her... 

[KIKYFU]

1 hour ago, Enos said:

Welp, apparently this is not her first time stealing other people's work. I've followed a chinese translator on Weibo who translate and shared the manga for free. Her work has been stolen by cutting off her watermark. After she making complain bout this, this fella immediately deleted the stolen stuff and start blaming back the translator causing her being cyberbullied by this fella 'fans'. What a dxxk...

Spoiler

姊妹, 身為過來人, 今後你的分享一定要加水印, 我們之前眼睜睜微博那傢伙盜了你的黑豹執事

Yeah, that's exactly the kind of person she is--stealing from others and then playing the victim on Weibo when she's exposed, manipulating her fans turning around and bullying other on her behalf.  

[kissmyass]

28 minutes ago, Enos said:

Yess, she's always sharing her high quality translations on Weibo. Sad for her... 

I felt equally sorry for her. And the thief still doesn't think she is at fault, and even publicly posted a message asking her fans to attack her. She is really thick-skinned.

I used translation , hoping you can understand.  

[Akooki]

[standup]

After studying Weibo, there is no such selfless sharing. There is a commission for publishing Weibo and you can make money.

[anhemiruki]

Hello everyone. 
Thanks to all the uploaders.
 This issue is very serious.
 I do not want to share my data to yaoiotaku for the benefit of criminals.
When I uploaded here, I wrote “please enjoy yourself” and “please don't upload it to others”, but it didn't work. 
So I decided not to share it here anymore.
It pains me that the uploaders are still having a hard time right now.

I also want to take this opportunity to say. 
Has everyone read the rules here properly? 
When you want to re-upload, the rule is to use the “re-upload thread”
I see people asking for re-uploads over and over again in the “upload” thread. Isn't that causing trouble for the uploader?
You can wait for re-uploads, but please consider contributing to sales by making your own purchases.

Sorry for my poor English, thanks for reading this far.

To the criminals lurking on yaoiotaku, please get your good heart back!

[PauliGnecco]

Thank you so much to all the uploaders that have been through this forum, you’ve put up with so much of this person’s bullshit and yet keep on being super kind and willing to share your stuff. Hopefully this person will stop.

[KIKYFU]

As an uploader, I urge everyone to actively leave comments so this warning post about the theft stays pinned for a long time, ensuring that no one ever forgets it.

 

[kissmyass]

I will leave a message here every day to alert everyone and not let this article be forgotten.

[MicchinDesu]

thank u so much for sharing this ish. this is a hard pill to swallow, that some of our comrades do this shitty behavior and don't stop just bec they're gaining sh8. i hope karma gets them painfully.

 

thank u again DoX89 for sharing this infuriating yet wake up call of a post!!! hoping this will make them stop 🙏🙏🙏

[flowerlily]

i wanted to say big thank you to all the uploaders! when i first discovered this site i was ecstatic and been here for long. Also the main reason i got into BLCD, and exposure to DLsite (lots of genre that has been on my list). i even purchased there for the first time and been meaning to support them from now on. Thank you for all the hardwork the uploaders did for us, i truly appreciate it <3

 

i love this community so much and thank you 💗

 

( i do not condone the re-posting & re-uploading behavior the person on weibo did, i hope you stopped doing this and appreciate others. pls just stop stealing for your own benefit! )

[Mikenkko]

ewww no... what an ugly rat 

[love217217]

Please tell me. Thank you so much

A few months ago, an uploader said he was stopping uploading
I didn't know the details then.
I'm so angry to find out

Thank you so much to everyone who always uploads ✨

[ggzk2325]

First of all, thank you to all the uploaders for sharing.

I support all the decisions of the forum, this kind of piracy is too shameful.