Over 330 prominent Chinese web novel authors, including Tianxiabachang and Mao Ni, signed a ‘Never Plagiarize’ initiative pledging to combat AI-assisted rewriting and content scraping in the online literature industry.

Social Context

The pledge responds to the 2023 Measures for Managing Generative AI Services, which require copyright compliance for AI training data. China’s Copyright Law amendment drafts now explicitly address AI-generated derivative works, reinforcing original creator rights in the world’s largest digital literature market.

Safety Tip

Authors should watermark manuscripts with blockchain timestamps and register key chapters with the China Copyright Protection Center before platform publication.