To all writers on AO3

[antrazi]

It turns out ebook-tree.com uploaded AO3 stories without permission.
Here are the instructions what to do and more information.
It will be interesting to see how they will react and how long it will take. Just writing my own mail for them.

Comments

[sailorhathor]

I didn't think they had any of my stories because I poked around in the author pages, but then I searched instead and bingo, one story came up. There's absolutely no explanation of what the story's even about, just the title and my pseuds. Why would anyone pay to read a story when they have no information on it? What a stupid site.

[antrazi]

Yeah, I don't get it either. Who is stupid enough to give these kinds of sites their financial data...

[nesmith]

Especially when ALL of the fanfic is available for free.

I mean, I'm flattered that someone out there might pay to read my fic (they've gotten one of mine too), but I'd rather people read it for free on AO3 or my website.

[sailorhathor]

Let us know how the site reacts to your email. I'm not going to send my email just yet until I know how effective these emails are, and also what AO3 intends to do.

[antrazi]

It's down, so is yours. They reacted yesterday. And you are not the only one who had their stuff taken down without a complaint.
Just hoping they learn from this

[sailorhathor]

Awesome! I'm glad we didn't have to get into a big fight with them to get the job done. I wonder if they even realized they were trying to sell fanfiction! :P Dopes.