Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Taking stuff is not cool

A quick heads-up. (Thanks to Trancer for the info). There's a newish archive site (French in origin but also archiving in English) which is archiving fics in several fandoms without asking permission AND without even informing the authors that they're taking the stories. This is not on.

The largest fandom stolen from is Buffy, but they're also nicking stuff from Sarah Connor Chronicles, Xena, SVU, LotS, Criminal Minds, Dollhouse & one or two others. They've pinched stuff written by some pretty well-known authors. Particularly despicable is taking stuff from authors like LJ Maas, (who's passed away and can't complain). And, rather stupidly, Anne Azel and Missy Good (some of whose stories are original and are published - the publishers might have cause for legal action on those).

It's a pretty stupid thing to do really - since it's going to get the site - and its creators - a pretty bad name. And it's doubly daft because most authors would have given permission for the archive to host their stories anyway if only they'd had the manners to ask!!

The complete list of stories/authors is HERE. Fanfic authors who follow us might want to check & see if your stuff is there.

Ze

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