Identity Theft / Plagiarism
I've discovered kind of a weird case on the Wonderful World of Makebelieve fanfic site. Specifically this-- http://www.squidge.org/peja/cgi-bin/viewstory.php?sid=42927
Now, if you go there, you'll see the author listed as SGAtlantisLight and the story pretty much as published back in 2006 in LJ (link below). The thing is, I didn't post it. Someone else has apparently signed up on the site as me and posted this fic (and only this fic, which seems a little odd, given that I'd hardly qualify it as my best work or anything). I've written the site maintainer using their contact form:
"Hi. I'm SGAtlantisLight. I ran across one of my stories on your site. It was published in 2006 on Livejournal-- http://sgatlantislight.livejournal.com/49945.html . Apparently, while I didn't know it, I have somehow become a member of your site with an email address not my own. I don't know who is out here claiming to be me, but it's not me. I'd appreciate your assistance in rectifying this case of plagiarism/identity theft. Thanks."
I just did this, so it's not like I need someone to jump on this right the heck now or anything, but I thought it might be worthwhile for other authors to check and see if they, too, have suddenly joined this site while they weren't looking.
Now, if you go there, you'll see the author listed as SGAtlantisLight and the story pretty much as published back in 2006 in LJ (link below). The thing is, I didn't post it. Someone else has apparently signed up on the site as me and posted this fic (and only this fic, which seems a little odd, given that I'd hardly qualify it as my best work or anything). I've written the site maintainer using their contact form:
"Hi. I'm SGAtlantisLight. I ran across one of my stories on your site. It was published in 2006 on Livejournal-- http://sgatlantislight.livejournal.com/49945.html . Apparently, while I didn't know it, I have somehow become a member of your site with an email address not my own. I don't know who is out here claiming to be me, but it's not me. I'd appreciate your assistance in rectifying this case of plagiarism/identity theft. Thanks."
I just did this, so it's not like I need someone to jump on this right the heck now or anything, but I thought it might be worthwhile for other authors to check and see if they, too, have suddenly joined this site while they weren't looking.