Heads up, writers

[fufaraw]

Thanks to sanshal and stir_of_echoes, this has already gotten around pretty quickly, but I thought I'd boost the signal.

The Ebooks Tree site is apparently pulling works of fiction from AO3 and hosting them as PDFs and mobi downloads on their site. There's a link to a Tumblr with helpful suggestions for requesting a takedown Here!.

They have my MTW verse there as a single download, though they don't list anything else I've posted. But if you post to AO3, you might want to check if your fic isn't on offer at Ebooks tree, too. There is apparently no charge to download from them, but a friend tells me that site does deflect to two others which do charge to download or read, so somebody is making profit off of fic that isn't theirs.

Ebooks Tree is not reading your “do not copy/duplicate” notes on your AO3 fic; their bots are pulling things directly from AO3, without AO3′s authorization or assent. AO3 is aware of the situation, and is working on it.

Comments

[reggie11.livejournal.com]

This is getting ridiculous. What a nerve!

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Isn't this just fan-fucking-tastic?

I can sorta understand plagiarism -- sorta. But this? Ugh.

a_phoenixdragon says it appears that they do pull the files once you contact them, but goddammit, there are many other things I would rather spend my time doing than having to tell someone to take my shit off of their website, that they put up there without asking permission.

Matthew came in from visiting a friend and said, "what're you doing, mom?" and kind of froze in place when I said, "having a meltdown." Hee.

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