SIGNAL BOOST - PLAGIARISM: I'd like to say I'm flattered but...
Originally posted by caffienekitty at SIGNAL BOOST - PLAGIARISM: I'd like to say I'm flattered but...
I've just received a PM from someone on fanfiction.net:
ETA: Putting some things to condense space on f-lists.
[Amazon eBook seller is publishing stolen fanfic for sale in ebook form including some of mine so anyone could be in there.]Subject: STOLEN FIC
Hey!!
I just found our fanfiction on amazon to buy. Someone called Brian Lewis is selling it under the name "Supernatural: Hell Inn".... it is an exact copy of your story. Please go and check it out on .
You are the second person now, he also published other fanfiction!
Please, please, check it out!
The problem is to confirm this I'd need to buy the eBook. It galls me a little to have to give the guy money to find out if he's ripping me and other people off, but primarily (and quite ridiculously) it's not feasible for me to afford the purchase right now. [snip personal details]
The Amazon page does say however that if you have a Kindle and an Amazon Prime account that you can download the ebook for free. Does anyone have this access available and can take a look? He's got a bunch of other ebooks up from Supernatural and several other fandoms (it looks like he posted them all on this past Sunday). If it's the case with this one that the stories are plagiarized, the rest of the ebooks are likely similarly plagiarized, and if so, the word needs to be spread.
It really needs to be confirmed before anyone goes openly accusing this guy publicly online though.
ETA: Further info:
[another PM with further details]
Hey!
Yes, of course. Here are the basic infos:
Supernatural: Hell Inn
/Supernatural-Hell-Inn-Brian-Lewis-ebook/dp/B010M4QW6E/ref=sr_1_9?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1435671036&sr=1-9
FANFICTION: When the Fiddler Stops by CaffieneKitty
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3805518/1/When-the-Fiddler-Stops ORIGINAL
(I hope allows now to send links, haven't been on here for a while :D)
It is your story "When the Fiddler stops". I only downloaded the sample, which is two pages, but they are word for word your story. (The person uploaded four other books, which are stolen fan fiction, too, I posted a link on tumblr: sorry if I posted your name, I just wanted to get it out there for the ones I couldn't find... I can erase it from the post if u want of course)
I can make a screencap from the first two pages I have on my phone if u want.
Here is the tumblr page the person PMing me has set up outlining the situation. ETA:Reposted here.
ETA2:SCREENCAPS OF THE EBOOK. (Thanks to xxxkia for posting them)
MY STORY, WHICH I POSTED IN SEPTEMBER 2007
So there's proof.
So it seems this guy and either another guy or a second ID of the same guy has definitely plagiarized a bunch of fanfic writers and is right now making money off their work on Amazon, so spread the word so that other people can find out if this jerk is making money of their fanwork.
If anyone knows what to do about this, that'd be really helpful.
I've just received a PM from someone on fanfiction.net:
ETA: Putting some things to condense space on f-lists.
[Amazon eBook seller is publishing stolen fanfic for sale in ebook form including some of mine so anyone could be in there.]Subject: STOLEN FIC
Hey!!
I just found our fanfiction on amazon to buy. Someone called Brian Lewis is selling it under the name "Supernatural: Hell Inn".... it is an exact copy of your story. Please go and check it out on .
You are the second person now, he also published other fanfiction!
Please, please, check it out!
The problem is to confirm this I'd need to buy the eBook. It galls me a little to have to give the guy money to find out if he's ripping me and other people off, but primarily (and quite ridiculously) it's not feasible for me to afford the purchase right now. [snip personal details]
The Amazon page does say however that if you have a Kindle and an Amazon Prime account that you can download the ebook for free. Does anyone have this access available and can take a look? He's got a bunch of other ebooks up from Supernatural and several other fandoms (it looks like he posted them all on this past Sunday). If it's the case with this one that the stories are plagiarized, the rest of the ebooks are likely similarly plagiarized, and if so, the word needs to be spread.
It really needs to be confirmed before anyone goes openly accusing this guy publicly online though.
ETA: Further info:
[another PM with further details]
Hey!
Yes, of course. Here are the basic infos:
Supernatural: Hell Inn
/Supernatural-Hell-Inn-Brian-Lewis-ebook/dp/B010M4QW6E/ref=sr_1_9?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1435671036&sr=1-9
FANFICTION: When the Fiddler Stops by CaffieneKitty
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3805518/1/When-the-Fiddler-Stops ORIGINAL
(I hope allows now to send links, haven't been on here for a while :D)
It is your story "When the Fiddler stops". I only downloaded the sample, which is two pages, but they are word for word your story. (The person uploaded four other books, which are stolen fan fiction, too, I posted a link on tumblr: sorry if I posted your name, I just wanted to get it out there for the ones I couldn't find... I can erase it from the post if u want of course)
I can make a screencap from the first two pages I have on my phone if u want.
Here is the tumblr page the person PMing me has set up outlining the situation. ETA:Reposted here.
ETA2:SCREENCAPS OF THE EBOOK. (Thanks to xxxkia for posting them)
MY STORY, WHICH I POSTED IN SEPTEMBER 2007
So there's proof.
So it seems this guy and either another guy or a second ID of the same guy has definitely plagiarized a bunch of fanfic writers and is right now making money off their work on Amazon, so spread the word so that other people can find out if this jerk is making money of their fanwork.
If anyone knows what to do about this, that'd be really helpful.