Upon the request of authors, we have changed the way copyright notices are included with stories / poems.
Originally, we had copyright notices as links at the end of stories. However, content thieves and their automatic story stealing evil software (a.s.s.e.s), were simply omitting them. Others didn't see / were not clicking the links, and claim ignorance after being found guilty of plagiarism.
For these reasons, some authors here added their own copyright notices to the story body itself. That alone is fine. Where the trouble arises, is if they submit a story, adding a notice, PLUS checking the box on the submit page:
"Include a link to your copyright information, added on your membership profile?"
(which should actually now be changed to something like, "Include your copyright information (added via your membership profile settings)?" - the word "link" is now defunct)
I understand this may be a minor nuisance, particularly to people who have many stories up, but there are a few ways round it being a huge pain.
If you've "doubled up" and added a copyright notice to all your submissions, and checked the box to include a copyright notice, then you can simply erase what's in your settings here: https://www.lushstories.com/membership/update-details.aspx?s=copyright That should work.
If you have entered copyright notices on some stories, and not others, then I'm afraid you will need to edit each one individually. There's no other way.
I apologise for the inconvenience.
Nicola
Matriarch
