Fen, we have a problem.
The tl;dr: some jackass contrapreneur calling themselves Plush Books has been scraping AO3 and other places for fic, then packaging it up for sale on Amazon. Because y'know, dickheads gonna dickhead. The Greater Fanfic Community (of which we are the doddering old uncles/aunts) has been putting together a List of stolen work:
https://nitter.net/KokomRoily/status/160...4904270848
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...edit#gid=0
I'd heard about this a couple days ago and checked the list for my personal stuff, but nothing else. Then I got DM'd on SpaceBattles this morning and guess what~?
https://www.amazon.com/Light-Shadow-Myst...B0BN61Z6YT
Needless to say, I am exceptionally pissed & will be crafting a DMCA takedown letter to Amazon ASAP. That said, as Candle is a collaborative work I do want to hear from anybody who's worked on it just to make sure that we're all on the same page here. Also, spread the word through whatever other little fic communities you live in - and if you've got long-form stuff for the love of God check the spreadsheet. If we got hit you might've too!
This is not how I wanted to spend today, but oh well.
The tl;dr: some jackass contrapreneur calling themselves Plush Books has been scraping AO3 and other places for fic, then packaging it up for sale on Amazon. Because y'know, dickheads gonna dickhead. The Greater Fanfic Community (of which we are the doddering old uncles/aunts) has been putting together a List of stolen work:
https://nitter.net/KokomRoily/status/160...4904270848
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...edit#gid=0
I'd heard about this a couple days ago and checked the list for my personal stuff, but nothing else. Then I got DM'd on SpaceBattles this morning and guess what~?
https://www.amazon.com/Light-Shadow-Myst...B0BN61Z6YT
Needless to say, I am exceptionally pissed & will be crafting a DMCA takedown letter to Amazon ASAP. That said, as Candle is a collaborative work I do want to hear from anybody who's worked on it just to make sure that we're all on the same page here. Also, spread the word through whatever other little fic communities you live in - and if you've got long-form stuff for the love of God check the spreadsheet. If we got hit you might've too!
This is not how I wanted to spend today, but oh well.
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"It is your job to personify the tyranny of the majority. You must brutally, ruthlessly oppress and persecute the fuck out of the poor misunderstood disruptive creep minority so that the privileged nerd funhaver status quo can be maintained. It's a thankless job, but somebody's got to do it. Fun Über Alles, all hail the Fun Tyrant, without him our campaign is lost." --SA user Angry Diplomat, on the GM's role.