Out of curiosity, I've decided to reverse image search my artwork to see if anybody had re-posted it somewhere else. Sure enough, I found my artwork on an app called R34. I even tried reverse image search on a few of my works that don't appear on here from furaffinity.net and I found either no matches or something that is related to my searched image in question. I was wondering; does e621 automatically post to the a fore mentioned app or do I need to be concerned? If e621 does not automatically upload to these or other like apps, what can I do to stop it and reverse whatever damages that have been done? Thank you in advance for your suggestions and co-operation.

R34 has a bot that grabs posts from here. They have their own DNP list that you can get added to.

IDK if any other site does this but it is possible

People (and bots) repost from e6 a lot, but there's nothing that can really be done to stop that from e6's side because the bots wouldn't really care about any of our requests to stop it. E621 itself doesn't repost anything to other boorus.

gattonero2001 said:
R34 has a bot that grabs posts from here. They have their own DNP list that you can get added to.

IDK if any other site does this but it is possible

Thank you, Gattonero2001. I tried looking up what DNP stand for and I got various answers. What does DNP stand for in this context? Is it a good thing? If not, how do I turn it off or get off that list?

tarrgon said:
People (and bots) repost from e6 a lot, but there's nothing that can really be done to stop that from e6's side because the bots wouldn't really care about any of our requests to stop it. E621 itself doesn't repost anything to other boorus.

Is there anything I can do to stop it or even prevent it from happening in the near future?

crajfushiryu85 said:
Thank you, Gattonero2001. I tried looking up what DNP stand for and I got various answers. What does DNP stand for in this context? Is it a good thing? If not, how do I turn it off or get off that list?

DNP means "Do Not Post". When an artist requests to keep their art out of the site, their name is added to the list and posts with that name are deleted.

We have a list like this too: https://e621.net/static/avoid_posting

gattonero2001 said:
DNP means "Do Not Post". When an artist requests to keep their art out of the site, their name is added to the list and posts with that name are deleted.

We have a list like this too: https://e621.net/static/avoid_posting

Thanks again for your reply, Gattonero2001. However, I am still more confused than before. Maybe I should have asked this before; is e621 related to the Rule 34 app? What is the Rule 34 app used for? Is it a good thing? If not, how does the DNP list work? ...And will it take off any of my posts that I have posted here?

crajfushiryu85 said:
What does DNP stand for in this context?

DNP stands for Do Not Post. Related is C-DNP for Conditional Do Not Post.

Except in extremely rare situations, an artist must ask to be put on the DNP list by filling out a Takedown and explicitly stating they want on it. If they're okay with their pictures being posted in certain cases but not others (such as only SFW, only commissioners can post, or only posts from a particular site), they can ask for a C-DNP instead. If, at some point they change their mind, they can send in another Takedown and remove or alter their DNP/C-DNP status. Only artists can ask for DNP status.

In case you're curious, here is the Takedown form and here is the DNP list.

Is it a good thing?

It depends on how you look at it, but overall it's considered a good idea because it shows artists that e621 gives a fig about them and their IPs, unlike virtually every other booru. Yeah, R34 likely got theirs by scraping e621, and they put in less care about what they post than e621 does. Others care even less, if they care at all.

If not, how do I turn it off or get off that list?

Unless you asked to be put on the DNP list, you don't have to worry about it.

Is there anything I can do to stop it or even prevent it from happening in the near future?

Yes, though it's not exactly the most ideal answer. Simply not post to e621 (with which asking for DNP can help). Of course, the obvious downside is that there's less art posted here.

crajfushiryu85 said:
Thanks again for your reply, Gattonero2001. However, I am still more confused than before. Maybe I should have asked this before; is e621 related to the Rule 34 app? What is the Rule 34 app used for? Is it a good thing? If not, how does the DNP list work? ...And will it take off any of my posts that I have posted here?

R34 is a completed separate website. They just have a bot that scrapes images from e6.

You need to ask the r34 website for dnp status/ a DMCA

crajfushiryu85 said:
Maybe I should have asked this before; is e621 related to the Rule 34 app?

No. E621 doesn't repost anything uploaded to it. Rule34 has to actively scrape e621 to get their stuff, but there's little e621 can do about it without negatively affecting normal Users as well.

What is the Rule 34 app used for? Is it a good thing?

It's basically another booru site like e621 except it's less curated and less picky about what gets posted there.

If not, how does the DNP list work? ...And will it take off any of my posts that I have posted here?

For the first question, see my post above. For the second, it's the Takedown that removes posts already here, and you have to specify that you want them taken down. Assuming you want it, you have to specifically ask for DNP when you make the Takedown.

clawstripe said:
No. E621 doesn't repost anything uploaded to it. Rule34 has to actively scrape e621 to get their stuff, but there's little e621 can do about it without negatively affecting normal Users as well.

It's basically another booru site like e621 except it's less curated and less picky about what gets posted there.

For the first question, see my post above. For the second, it's the Takedown that removes posts already here, and you have to specify that you want them taken down. Assuming you want it, you have to specifically ask for DNP when you make the Takedown.

I am kind of fearful of having my work taken down over this. Should I maybe post poisoned art or watermarked works from now on? Am I able to replace my previous posts with poisoned or watermarked artwork?

manitka said:
R34 is a completed separate website. They just have a bot that scrapes images from e6.

You need to ask the r34 website for dnp status/ a DMCA

I've tried contacting the site, but it opened up an emailing app that I don't want to use and they don't have a "contact us" option on their app. Should I poison or watermark my artwork from now on? Can I replace my previous posts with poisoned or watermarked works?

It is not likely that Rule34 would willingly delete a "clean" copy of your art in favor of a watermarked copy. From what I can tell, they almost never delete inferior/old versions scraped from our archive.

The contact addresses on their site are just mailto: links, so you can copy the provided email address and compose an email using your preferred program/site.

crajfushiryu85 said:
I've tried contacting the site, but it opened up an emailing app that I don't want to use and they don't have a "contact us" option on their app. Should I poison or watermark my artwork from now on? Can I replace my previous posts with poisoned or watermarked works?

crajfushiryu85 said:
I am kind of fearful of having my work taken down over this. Should I maybe post poisoned art or watermarked works from now on? Am I able to replace my previous posts with poisoned or watermarked artwork?

you can poison/watermark your stuff and then reupload or replace your art, but i don't think that would acomplish anything here. your art will still end up on rule34.xxx regardless just in shittier condition & your old non-poisoned art will still be available there

e-mailing the site is, from what i recall, the way you're supposed to contact them and file a takedown

crajfushiryu85 said:
I am kind of fearful of having my work taken down over this.

Only three people can takedown your art on e621. You (as the artist), someone who's commissioned you (but only art they've commissioned), and a character owner (but only art with their character in it). You have little to fear.

Should I maybe post poisoned art or watermarked works from now on? Am I able to replace my previous posts with poisoned or watermarked artwork?

Please don't post poisoned art. Poisoning art doesn't work and ruins the quality, sometimes to the point of nauseating viewers and getting otherwise acceptable art rejected. Trying to replace a previous upload with poisoned art will get the replacement rejected for being of inferior quality.

Depending on how you do it, watermarked art can be acceptable. The less obnoxious and intrusive, the better. Replacing a previous upload with a watermarked version is much more likely to succeed.

crajfushiryu85 said:
I've tried contacting the site, but it opened up an emailing app that I don't want to use and they don't have a "contact us" option on their app.

There's reasons why e621 is considered the best out there. Ease of takedowns for artists is one of them.

crajfushiryu85 said:
I've tried contacting the site, but it opened up an emailing app that I don't want to use

just right click the email link and copy the email address.

crajfushiryu85 said:
Out of curiosity, I've decided to reverse image search my artwork to see if anybody had re-posted it somewhere else. Sure enough, I found my artwork on an app called R34. I even tried reverse image search on a few of my works that don't appear on here from furaffinity.net and I found either no matches or something that is related to my searched image in question. I was wondering; does e621 automatically post to the a fore mentioned app or do I need to be concerned? If e621 does not automatically upload to these or other like apps, what can I do to stop it and reverse whatever damages that have been done? Thank you in advance for your suggestions and co-operation.

The only sites https://e621.net/ is ever affiliated with are https://e926.net/ (just the "bleached" version of e621) and https://e6ai.net/ (the AI dumpster).
Any other sites with unusual names are almost always run by a third-party and are leeching publicly-accessible content from e621 using automated bots.

If you mean https://r34.app/, it seems to just be an advertisement-riddled "search engine" for porn. Again, not affiliated at all with e621.
Attempting to contact them to take down your artwork would do nothing since they directly embed image links from e621 and do not store any of the data on their site.
There is nothing you can do here since they are essentially just mirroring whatever is posted here on e6 that is publicly available.

If you mean sites like https://rule34.xxx/ or https://tbib.org/ that have very similar layouts as e621, they are called "imageboards" and are typically run by actual users.
These sites are the leeches that use bots to repost any content that are found here on e621 and they do store the data locally on their sites.
In this case, you can request for them to take down your artworks, through here and here respectively.

crajfushiryu85 said:
Is there anything I can do to stop it or even prevent it from happening in the near future?

Completely preventing your artworks from being reposted anywhere is another challenge entirely.
There is no easy way to stop something from being spread online once it has been posted online publicly for all to see.

Usually, imageboards will have a DoNotPost (DNP) List which artists can ask to be voluntarily blacklisted from the site, meaning no content produced by them will be allowed to be posted there (e.g., e621 has one here).
However, not all imageboards will have a DNP list and artworks may be reposted there again in the future (by bots).
Thus, it could become a constant uphill battle to submit takedowns periodically to have your artworks removed from their site.

Rule34.xxx complies with takedowns, I had work removed with no hassle and none has been scraped ever since then. Just need to send a polite email [email protected] with links to the pieces you want removed. They will then ask you to confirm your identity by either sending a screenshot of you logged into one of your social media accounts or by making a post about it to your social media account and sending a link.

wandering_spaniel said:
Rule34.xxx complies with takedowns, I had work removed with no hassle and none has been scraped ever since then. Just need to send a polite email [email protected] with links to the pieces you want removed. They will then ask you to confirm your identity by either sending a screenshot of you logged into one of your social media accounts or by making a post about it to your social media account and sending a link.

Huh, just realised both rule34.xxx and tbib.org have the same DMCA email address. Is this a case of "same platform, different boards"?

I think it's important to put a signature or watermark on your art- ideally somewhere it'd be inconvenient to crop it out. Get on dnp lists for websites you don't want your stuff on, but realize that the sort of websites you won't want to be on are also likely to have terrible moderation and/or are mostly automated bot posts.