The internet has no guarantees of copyright protection, and we at Project Apex can only do so much to protect your work. Before posting you should understand that putting your work online is a risk, period. That being said, all sections of the forum relating to your personal work are members only, for posting and for viewing. Only those willing to join will get to interact in the writing sections, and hopefully keeping tabs that way helps to curb infringement of one another. If you're the type to steal the work of others, and you're reading this, you aren't welcome at Project Apex. This is a place to share, to grow, and to help one another toward our mutual goals of becoming successful writers. Project Mayhem administrators are not responsible for your work, and if a copyright violation is to occur, we will do what we can to let you know which users have viewed your work or commented etc. if that information is available. But this is a courtesy from those of us who find stealing of creative materials a vile and disgusting act, not a promise. Protect yourself, and know what you're getting into.