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illadore

Copyright Infringement and Me

Nov 03, 2010 23:14

The tl;dr version of this post: My 2005 Ice Dragon entry, called "A Tale of Two Tarts" was apparently printed without my knowledge or permission in a magazine and I am apparently the victim of copyright infringement ( Read more... )

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ext_275979 November 4 2010, 12:52:43 UTC

That is outrageous!
You should fight it and mass humiliation wouldn't hurt either..at least not you.
Don't bow down to the injustice.
good luck.

illadore November 4 2010, 13:00:30 UTC

Thank you!

tselmende November 4 2010, 17:51:32 UTC

One of my friends said you can get a DMCA takedown notice to the provider and they will take it down.

Also, have you checked out Reddit?

http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/e147w/website_article_gets_copied_without_permission_by/

My writers groups are going crazy over this!

ext_309268 November 4 2010, 12:58:00 UTC

This is straightforward copyright infringement and you could sue them if you want, there is no doubt in my mind that you would win in any sort of litigation.

Or you could let the Internet enact your revenge for you, it is cheaper, faster, and dare I say, more effective. Hell hath no fury like a geek scorned.

illadore November 4 2010, 13:00:19 UTC

Hell hath no fury like a geek scorned.

Would this qualify as nerdrage? :)

volkai November 4 2010, 18:05:41 UTC

I suppose it technically qualifies as nerdrage... but not really, since 'nerdrage' usually refers to unjustifiable anger, while your displeasure is backed by the justified indignation that is originated by copyright violation.

Nerdrage ext_309268 November 4 2010, 23:57:38 UTC

I think the word you're looking for there is not 'unjustifiable' but perhaps 'impotent'. Still and all, the sentiment remains.

Who is this guy? ext_309278 November 4 2010, 13:03:44 UTC

I say you edit his countless grammatical errors from that email. Then....send him a bill for all of that re-writing you had to do.

Re: Who is this guy? ext_309278 November 4 2010, 13:06:23 UTC

Err...*gal.

Re: Who is this guy? ext_310458 November 5 2010, 11:06:46 UTC

That was my first thought! Comma splices, typos, the whole bit, and then the editor gets on her high horse: "You should be thankful!" For what? Stealing work and then doing a crap job editing it? Cooks Source needs to do a little house cleaning. I think they should hire Monica as their new Editor-In-Chief -- and then make that "editor" do all the grunt work for her.

Re: Who is this guy? ext_311077 November 5 2010, 22:06:42 UTC

Not to mention the fact that she spelled Housatonic wrong (this would likely only be caught by folks who live or lived in Southern Connecticut, where I grew up). I take "offence" to that.

terrible behaviour ext_309283 November 4 2010, 13:07:56 UTC

I've emailed them saying how seriously they should be taking this. If you have any lawyer friends, I'd recommend sending them a few 'official' emails and letters first before doing anything you might have to pay for. Hopefully with a significant proportion of the internet getting irritated at them they might panic.

It's being tweeted all over the place you'll be pleased to know, so hopefully enough people will sent enough emails :)

Re: terrible behaviour illadore November 4 2010, 13:45:14 UTC

If I could get @wilw and @neilhimself to retweet it or post it to their blogs, my internet/nerd life would be complete. :)

Re: terrible behaviour truthpact November 4 2010, 14:09:25 UTC

@Cleolinda tweeted it. That's a good start.

Re: terrible behaviour akasylvia November 4 2010, 14:25:51 UTC

as did @matociquala :D

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anonymous November 4 2010, 13:15:35 UTC

Sorry to post anonymously but I don't have a LiveJournal account.

I've lost count of the number of places I've seen this story mentioned today: I've blogged about it, too, and I hope Ms Grigg soon sees the error of her ways.

Jane Smith

http://howpublishingreallyworks.com/?p=3450