Signal boosting - AO3 stories showing up on Ebooks-Tree

[out_there]

in_the_bottle mentioned that there's a paid download service that has taken stories from AO3 without permission.

There's more details on the AO3 tumblr: http://ao3org.tumblr.com/post/116311865913/fyeahcopyright-update-below-weve-been

It's worth checking if anything of yours has shown up there.

Edited because posting in a hurry on my phone leads to linking to locked entries. Oops.

Comments

[china_shop]

The entry is either locked or deleted. Can you include a link here?

[in_the_bottle]

Sorry, it's flocked as there was also some personal stuff I posted in the entry. I've linked to this post which has more info.

[china_shop]

Cool. Thanks! :-)

ETA: Ugh, they had 32 of my fanworks listed. Thank you so much, and to out_there, for spreading the word!

[in_the_bottle]

Urgh! They only had 2 of mine and that's bad enough!

[out_there]

I wonder if it's a White Collar thing, because that was the first story of mine that I saw. Mind you, now that I've checked, they've got 14 of mine. Not impressed.

[china_shop]

I think it's totally random. They had vids and Due South in there too, some really short fics. Evil bastards.

Apparently you have to give them your credit card details to download, and I just saw someone saying, "once you give them your c/c info then not only do you pay for stories, but if you ask to be removed/unsubscribed you have to pay for that too!"

Also, there are rumours they collect and sell email addresses.

[out_there]

Also, there are rumours they collect and sell email addresses.

Really? So uploading a whole bunch of other people's stuff and then waiting for them to email with DMCA complaints can still turn a profit? yuergh.

[out_there]

Oops. I was posting to my phone, so I didn't check locked status. I'll fix my post.