Fanfiction stolen and now for sale

[tzikeh]

Passing on info from elynross:

The website The A1 File Library, is selling fanfiction stories in various fandoms by authors that I'm 99% sure did not give permission. Fandoms include HL, XF, ST:TNG, and possibly others.

There are many authors I recognize. Pass on the information.

Comments

[watergal.livejournal.com]

WOAH! Thank you! Passing right now in another window...

[rivkat.livejournal.com]

Gah! One of my stories is on there! (For some reason, I feel like I should be saying, "Dear Penthouse, I never thought this would happen to me ...")

[sanj.livejournal.com]

The "Elf Sternberg" at the bottom was at one point the name/pseud of a person I knew in alt.pagan circles about ten years ago. I'm not sure what good this information is except to possibly help identify the parties responsible.

Grrrrrr.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

That's elfs now.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Thanks for passing it along. The more people we alert, the more people we can have working against this person.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Yeah - I didn't look for contact info, but I suggest you write to them and er, point out that they don't have your permission *and* that you're a copyright lawyer. ;)

[umbo.livejournal.com]

Posted about it. Thanks for the heads-up--I emailed the couple people I know whose stories I saw there.

[rivkat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, no kidding. Contact info shown was admin@a1fl.com, so I'll give that a try.

[ltlj.livejournal.com]

astolat has contact info here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/elynross/202202.html?thread=1602266#t1602266).

[jamie]

He's already been contacted :)

here via friendsfriends

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this -- yahtzee63 alerted me as some of my stories are for sale there. What kind of lunacy is this???

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Crazy, no? Some people.