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If it’s original, you can register the copyright (in the US). A registered copyright means that if somebody infringed, and you sue them in court, they’re liable for statutory damages (unless you can prove it’s even more) – that’s the $150k/infringement that the RIAA/MPAA like to quote. But, to sue, you’re talking about getting a real lawyer (disclaimer: I am not a lawyer nor do I pretend to be on TV nor did I spend last night at a Holiday Inn Express.) That’s where the DMCA is suppose to be helpful, stopping the infringement as it’s happening. Because, technically on the computer level, you can’t truly stop it from happening, not w/o withholding your story from publication. Of course, sites like AFF and others may take measures to make it more difficult, but you can’t eliminate the risk, because at some point, the reader has to be able to read it.

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Well, if it doesn’t fit, rewrite the rest of the story until it does! (Actually, truth be told, I am – new mechanic to point out some idiosyncrasy/hypocrisy to the world I’m creating.)

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CloverReef, the cabin boy, was cursed by the Mighty Dragon Wench to be in a perpetual state of MPreg, experiencing the contractions of labor on a daily basis.* * disclaimer: all similarities to real people is purely coincidental.

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You’re cool. I took this past week off from work, and it’s been nice having you on the forums. Feel free to stop by the Chatbox, the more the merrier.

msm – I truly apologize If I came across as berating as I was intending to be helpful/informative. I’m a bit socially inept and text’s not great at conveying social cues.

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A lot of sites have terms forbidding minor1/minor2 … whether it’s enforced, that’s a different issue. The nice thing here is I’ve gotten answers when I’ve asked the mods questions, humanly fast, and it’s generally positive when it’s a reasonable thing. (Like an overlap when two separate stories share a common bit of plot because the stories are tied together.) I’ve heard horror stories about another site (that won’t be mentioned here) with seemingly schizophrenic moderator actions.

When in doubt, send an email to the mods, let them know what’s up or ask a question, and they’ll pin it to their internal board if necessary. Like I said, it’s common, they even have a story tag for the opposite (AFFO for AFF only).

And I ran into a bit of a snag for the later chapters that requires me give some attention to the entire story of Dale’s Game. As a result, I’m now going back, revising/editing all chapters, starting on chapter 1. The main goal is to add a particular mechanic that I need for later chapters. While I’m doing that, I’m adding details, doing minor fixes, etc. This should, hopefully, be a rather fast thing, and done within several weeks, but then, the best laid plans of mice and men…. - DP

I’ll write bodily functions, as needed – sometimes it’s just to give the character that extra bit of embarrassment that they really need to have at the worst possible moment

Hmm… “emotionally damaged boys” … me thinks you’ll enjoy my stories.

It’s not porn… it’s adult themed erotica. Huge difference! </sarcasm> Posting your stories to other websites is fine, other authors do that. What they don’t like here are plagerists, spammers, under aged wizards, and things mentioned in the ToS. Look at the warning tags, the only subject topics actually forbidden are real-people-under-18 and where the original author has explicitly stated “no fanfiction allowed”. That, alone, causes some self-appointed morality warriors to have problems, therefore, the staff/moderators here have to be very diligent in enforcing those ToS. ( DG/BW/etc can give you tales of what they’ve had to put up with.) Every fanfic/story website I’ve examined, when I look at their ToS, are generally more restrictive than AFF when it comes to content. DG/BW, correct me if I’m wrong, I think you can put links in your profile to the other websites, which can help them sort out what’s legitimate if they ever get a complaint about a possible dupe.