So basically the door is open for all the reposters. Thank you Tumblr ! I tried to report someone who reposted a gif that I edited weeks ago, but when I was searching for the option “report misattribution”, well, the option doesn’t exist anymore. All I see is a DMCA Copyright Infringement file, that is for owners of the original content, not for editors, like many users of Tumblr. I would say 99% of the users are editors, not “owners”. So that leaves us without any protection or help from this website. I’ve had many positive experiences with the Tumblr staff, their quick response and the removal of the reposts that I reported. All good, until now.
The message I got back from trust and safety wasn’t much better (and I got this today after sending it near a month ago):
We now process misattribution reports through our copyright process. If
you are the copyright holder for the content that you are reporting, or
their authorized representative, please complete the following DMCA
notification form, located at https://www.tumblr.com/dmca
I’m pretty sure they’re washing their hands of this.
unravelynn