Copyright Infringement and Me

[illadore]

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

Comments

[illadore]

You have a right to free speech in this country, still. ;)

[czarzhan]

I don't have to "like" them to report the page (bottom of the left column). Although the choices that it gives are limited, I clicked the "Spam or scam" option.

[anonymous]

"Hate crime"

[ext_309311]

Yeah i feel the same - seems so wrong...

Good news, the stories running around twitter, just saw Neil Gaiman send out a retweet about it - so you seem to have a lot of people on your side illadore.

Free Speech

[transman1955]

Yes, we still have free speech in this country, however free speech doesn't cover copyrighted work. How would you feel if you wrote a book and then someone came along and republished it without your permission and then made money off of it. Copyrighted material is not covered under free speech.

Re: Free Speech

[anonymous]

That comment was by illadore...I think she meant YOU have free speech, should you want to visit their FB page and tell them they suck. Hence the winky emoticon.

Re: Free Speech

[illadore]

more winky emoticons. ;)

Re: Free Speech

[karahmatha]

Indeed, making money off of it is the critical issue, the major point of all copyright law.

Facebook Bomb

[anonymous]

As a group people could easily hi-jack there facebook page with complaints.

Hah

[anonymous]

Too late. Already done.

[spittingkitty]

Once it hit Gizmodo, it was a done deal.

I really can't get over the chutzpah of this woman. You get caught plagiarizing, you quietly apologize and walk away with your tail between your legs. You certainly don't come out guns-a-blazin'.

[onepumpchump]

Better still would be to mirror their web site at a bunch of typo domains, with ads.

[ddean]

I'm on it!

[chocolatescifi]

I think people are already doing that.