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Terry Freedman's avatar

Why don't you download those stories, and then fill out one of Google's take-down forms?

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David Perlmutter's avatar

I filed take down notices- I'll have to figure out the download thing...

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KyoKayne's avatar

It’s frustrating when people steal, but if there’s one silver lining, it’s that it often means your work is good enough to attract attention. I’ve come across my artwork being sold as prints and NFTs online. At the time, I decided not to spend the energy dealing with it and focused on creating more instead. However, I may consider filing takedown requests in the future.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Attention is what I want, but legal payment would also be nice.

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KyoKayne's avatar

Payment is nice 🤑 To quote Riley from the Boondocks, A Huey Freeman Christmas: "That's a bitch move, Santa. I'm coming for that ass again. Until you pay what you owe!" 😂

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J.R. Spiers's avatar

Sorry you were pirated. Your work is exceptionally good, and you should receive back from your time and talents with no thievery!

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Harry Seitz's avatar

A book I wrote was pirated and can be torrented. I was surprised and my ego inflated.

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Jean Marchal's avatar

If someone pirates your text, what you're thinking and your work, it means this work is valuable ! And this is very good for your ego.

Et aujourd'hui, nous avons des outils multiples,s i quelqu'un pirate votre texte, ce que vous pensez et votre travail, c'est que ce travail a de la valeur !

Si quelqu'un pirate votre texte, ce que vous pensez et votre travail, c'est que ce travail a de la valeur !

If someone pirates your text, what you think and your work, then that work has value!

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Yana Bostongirl's avatar

So sorry to hear you were pirated

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Thomas D’Arcy O’Donnell's avatar

.. be glad to enjoy a read - why not isolate one you think might fit my interests somewhat - good chance someone else here has similar interests & will join in ! Will then kick back an impression

Yes.. ’cut it down to one - at first & will go big - on yer behalf 🦎🏴‍☠️🔍

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Jorgen Winther's avatar

Just a thought — have you tried to ask Top of the World Publishing what they are doing?

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Boris Doyle's avatar

Sharing them is one thing but attempting to make money off your creations is something else entirely.

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Diana van Eyk's avatar

Thanks for the heads up. Sorry to hear that this happened to you.

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Joshua T Calkins-Treworgy's avatar

I KNEW there was another place I'd known you from! Working with Jay Hartman over the years was exceptional.

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Professor Mike's avatar

Oh no. I hate to hear that. I write over at Medium as well, and there authors have to worry about cloning. I'm sorry this happened to you.

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Benjamin Adler's avatar

Fyi: none of the URLs are active hyperlinks

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Benjamin Adler's avatar

Not on the app

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Boris Doyle's avatar

True

But anyone who can cooy paste can get it.

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Benjamin Adler's avatar

stop. go away.

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Gurpreet Dhariwal's avatar

I am truly sorry to learn about this. I completely detest when people steal someone’s work. Please do find ways to teach them a lesson.

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C. Lee McKenzie's avatar

Very sad. I found most of my books on pirated sites. Hope someone’s making money on them.

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Sandy Shaller's avatar

I love werewolves, especially Larry Talbot, so I just might have to order your Werewolf novel.

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Graham Strong's avatar

That sucks, David. Hope you get them recovered soon!

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