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I'll be moving this blog to my main blog so that I can follow people through it instead of an rp muse.
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Fanfiction Authors: HEADS UP
(Non-authors, please RB to signal boost to your author friends!)
An astute reader informed me this morning that one of my fics (Children of the Future Age) had been pirated and was being sold as a novel on Amazon:
(And they weren't even creative with their cover design. If you're going to pirate something that I spent a full year of my life writing, at least give me a pretty screenshot to brag about later. Seriously.)
I promptly filed a DMCA complaint to have it removed, but I checked out the company that put it up -- Plush Books -- and it looks like A LOT of their books are pirated fic. They are by no means the only ones doing this, either -- the fact that """publishers""" can download stories from AO3 in ebook format and then reupload them to Amazon in just a few clicks makes fic piracy a common problem. There are a whole host of reasons why letting this continue is bad -- including actual legal risk to fanfiction archives -- but basically:
IF YOU ARE A FANFIC AUTHOR WITH LONG AND/OR POPULAR WORKS, PLEASE CHECK AMAZON TO SEE IF YOUR STORIES HAVE BEEN PIRATED.
You can search for your fics by title, or by text from the description (which is often just copied wholesale from AO3 as well). If you find that someone has stolen your work and is selling it as their own, you can lodge a DMCA complaint (Amazon.com/USA site; other countries have different systems). If you haven't done this before, it's easy! Here's a tutorial:
HOW TO FILE A COPYRIGHT COMPLAINT FOR STOLEN WORK ON AMAZON.COM:
First, go to this form. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account.
Select the radio buttons/dropdown options (shown below) to indicate that you are the legal Rights Owner, you have a copyright concern, and it is about a pirated product.
Enter the name of your story in the Name of Brand field.
In the Link to the Copyrighted Work box, enter a link to the story on AO3 or whatever site your work is posted on.
In the Additional Information box, explain that you are the author of the work and it is being sold without your permission. That's all you really need. If you want, you can include additional information that might be helpful in establishing the validity of your claim, but you don't have to go into great detail. You can simply write something like this:
I am the author of this work, which is being sold by [publisher] without my permission. I originally published this story in [date/year] on [name of site], and have provided a link to the original above. On request, I can provide documentation proving that I am the owner of the account that originally posted this story.
In the ASIN/ISBN-10 field, copy and paste the ID number from the pirated copy's URL. You'll find this ten-digit number in the Amazon URL after the word "product," as in the screenshot below. (If the URL extends beyond this number, you can ignore everything from the question mark on.) Once this number has been added, Amazon will pull the product information automatically and add it to the complaint form, so you can check the listing title and make sure it's correct.
Finally, add your contact information to the relevant fields, check the "I have read and accept the statements" box, and then click Submit. You should receive an email confirmation that Amazon has received the form.
Please share this information with your writer friends, keep an eye out for/report pirated works, and help us keep fanfiction free and legally protected!
NOTE: All of the above also applies to Amazon products featuring stolen artwork, etc., so fan artists should check too!
#not my art#its sad when businesses steal from authors#guess thats the new thing#big corporations stealing from the people to make money
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Sea of Soul by YUANZHUO ZHAO
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We can't have nice things this year can we
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Spirit Blossom Morgana & Kayle Splash Art by crownsforkings
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I did not miss the bot spam follows....
the "o cool someone followed!"
bot
"-sigh- nvm"
so those porn bots huh
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AI chan might be cute, but stealing art isn’t‼️
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Still a wip but this is the first art I have done in MONTHS and im so happy. spent two days on this alone T^T
"Expect not a hero for I only do as fate allows" -Khal
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Its been a while. -Khal
Kyo is going through an update: New name Khalida, Khal for short. Going to be cleaning up her page too.
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PSA: Someone at one of my work's branches has already had a seizure from this movie, so I'd love if folks passed this around before the big first weekend! Might save someone from a very unpleasant trip out
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Answering a question today on feeling you can’t draw - I believe it’s only worth giving advice to someone who has genuinely asked for it, and is at the point in their life/career to want to hear it, and act upon it. Sharing this out in case anyone out there is in that place too.
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Answering a question today on tips for beginners I believe it’s only worth giving advice to someone who has genuinely asked for it,and is at exactly the point in their life/career to want to hear it, and act upon it. Sharing this out in case anyone out there is in that place too.
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I might be coming back for rp I still cant draw too much, not really with the same old characters sadly but maybe with some new ones
Maybe Kyo but she got a new name now she goes by Khalida or Khali for short
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The fact that Mark Cuban can do this is just further proof of how much capatalism is f*cking people over.
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban launched an online pharmacy Thursday that offers more than 100 generic drugs at an affordable price with a goal of being “radically transparent” in its price negotiations with drug companies.
For example, the leukemia drug imatinib is priced at $47 a month on MCCPDC compared to the $9,657 retail price.
The online pharmacy’s prices for generics factor in a 15% margin on top of actual manufacturer prices and a $3 pharmacist fee, the statement said.
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