Attention AO3 Users

[rusty_armour]

I just learned through killerweasel that http://www.ebooks-tree.com has been stealing people's work from AO3 and making it available on their website without getting permission. I did a search under my fic pseud and found two of my stories. I just sent an email to Ebooks Tree asking them to remove the fic. From what I can tell, this service is free, but I deeply resent having my work taken without my permission all the same. It's a shitty thing to do.

Comments

[crimsoncorundum]

Thanks. :) I have now contacted the site as well.

Last year, two of our ebooks were stolen too. We discovered that someone had somehow copied them and uploaded them on an Indonesian website (I think). There was no way we could contact that site, but we did contact the service where we had offered our ebooks internationally, but to no avail. They didn't even reply. I think it was Kobo books, but I'm not sure anyomre, it's been a while. Of course, unless Swedish is a far more popular language than I've noticed so far, the Indonesians won't have much use for our stories... ;)

[rusty_armour]

Thanks for contacting the site, crimsoncorundum. I'm hoping the more voices, the better. :-)

I'm so sorry that you and thegreenring had two of your ebooks stolen. That's terrible. I'm amazed that the service you used didn't reply to your message. I hope the language barrier has stopped people from downloading your stories off the Indonesian website.

[crimsoncorundum]

Thanks. :)

[rusty_armour]

I was directed to an excellent Tumblr resource (http://www.isfanficlegal.com/) and discovered that some AO3 stories have now been removed from Ebooks Tree. I'm happy to say that mine have been deleted. You might want to do a quick search for your stories in case they were deleted too. :-)

I'm hoping to write a more detailed post on the subject later.

[crimsoncorundum]

Thanks again. :) My stories are now gone. At least they listened to our complaints.