Because of the Ebooks-tree pillage of AO3, I know of several fanfic authors who will be taking down all of their fic, so get over there and dL what you want to save.
We’ve been getting pings and @’s all morning about ebooks-tree.com who seem to be scraping/taking stories off of AO3 and hosting them as PDFs and mobi downloads on their site; the site seems to be pulling from UrBookLibrary as well. They’re not reading your “do not copy/duplicate” notes on your AO3 fic; their bots are pulling things directly from AO3, without AO3′s authorization or assent. It looks like they are pulling from Wattpad too, again without authorization or assent.
While the Ebooks-Tree DMCA page seems to imply that you need a lawyer or other “authorized person” to submit a takedown notice, you don’t; you can do it yourself.
As we’ve posted before, fanfic writers hold copyright in their stories, although not in lines/quotes from the works they’ve been inspired by, and because of that, fanfic writers can submit DMCA takedown notices, or have someone do it on their behalf. While this post isn’t legal advice (none of our posts on FYC are), you might want to consider using this template (well, the bolded bits) in telling ebooks-tree to take down your content:
Your Name and/or Pseudonym as an e-signature (or the name of the person you’ve authorized to submit this request, with a slash before it and after it): Link(s) to the unauthorized works (link to the pdf, the mobi and the page hosting all of it): Link(s) to an authorized version of your work (whether on AO3, tumblr, LJ or somewhere else): An email address of the submitter (include it again even if it’s in the header): This statement: I have good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. This statement: The information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
(Fwiw, even though they claim that they comply with the Copyright Act, they aren’t compliant with the DMCA Safe Harbor rules, as they aren’t listed on the copyright.gov list of agents.)
You can also submit a complaint about ebooks-tree to CloudFlare, who hosts the site. Their DMCA page is at https://www.cloudflare.com/abuse/form – as a matter of law you do not need to include the legal name of the copyright claimant/the fanfic writer, but you should include the pseudonym that the fic was posted under if you don’t want to include a legal name or address.
Hey, folks. Just so you know, the OTW is aware of this, and we’re working on deciding what action we might take as an organization. For now, here are some instructions on how to request that your writing be taken off the site.
You guys, they took one of my fics ;A; I’ll be pursuing them. To check to see if they took one of yours, copy the url below and replace my pseud with yours.
That’s a legit headcanon! And a good reason why the Bed, Bath and Beyond in NOLA is always mysteriously sold out of red bedlinens… hmmmm…
^This was in response to the vampire asexuality post here. I’d like to discuss these in further detail… would anyone be interested if I made a spillover page for larger discussion topics where you could comment easier? Even comment on Anon?
//Thanks to the vcsecretgifts Secret Rose Exchange, I now know that June’s birth flower is the Rose. I previously had Rose’s birthday in early July, but now I’ve moved it to late June.
Now I have the headcanon that her mother didn’t really have another name for her, didn’t really think of one while she was pregnant, and the nurse suggested it in the hospital, telling her of the significance to June. Morningstar thought it was pretty enough, the baby plump with rosy cheeks. Rose, though she hates the comparisons people make with her to the flower, is just happy she wasn’t born in July. Otherwise her name might have been Larkspur.
That’s a legit headcanon! And a good reason why the Bed, Bath and Beyond in NOLA is always mysteriously sold out of red bedlinens… hmmmm…
^This was in response to the vampire asexuality post here. I’d like to discuss these in further detail… would anyone be interested if I made a spillover page for larger discussion topics where you could comment easier? Even comment on Anon?
Thank you. I’m surprised of the warm feedback I’ve got and I’m happy that I’ve been able to do some original content after all these years. Even thought I haven’t had time and health to expose the ideas and background of the images and characters as much as I’ve would have liked to. But I’m still happy to hear that there’s something in the drawings that make you feel that way!
I’m doing a bit better these days, thankfully.
Thank you for this message, I hope the rest of the day will be great for you..!
Sign ups for the 2015 VC Secret Rose Gift Exchange are open! Why Secret Rose? Because the birth flower of the month of June (when gifts are due) is a rose, that’s why. -so witty-
A few things that were added to the rules page since the last exchange:
We’re not going to demand you do it, but if you would pretty please open your submit box the day we send out assignment (May 9), it would be really, really nice of you. It’s so much easier for us to send them via the submit box, and the submit box is generally more reliable than ask boxes.
Please confirm you received your assignment. (This will be mentioned again in the assignment message, if you forget.)
Try to be creative with your prompts! It’ll help the person gifting to you if you throw a few ideas at them. “Louis, Lestat, and Claudia doing some fun things when she was still a kid, maybe involving flowers and spring,” tends to be more helpful than just “something with Louis, Lestat, and Claudia.”
You have until May 8th at 11:59PM CDT to join the exchange. As always, the day after, on May 9th, you will receive your assignment. This is like a Secret Santa, so don’t tell anyone who you’re gifting to, especially not the person you’re making a gift for! You’ll have until June 6th at 11:59PM CDT to submit your gifts to this page, and then they’ll post on June 9th.
Feel free to reblog this around, even if you can’t participate! All of the fanworks that come from these gift exchanges are truly a gift to the whole fandom.
If anyone is interested, I’ll start taking commissions 🙂
RULES:
No more than 3 charas per drawing. You can ask me anyways if you´re very interested, but maybe I´ll charge more.
Backgrounds are free if you ask me for a very simple thing. Very complicated and detailed backgrounds will be charged as an aditional character,or even more.
Payments via Paypal ONLY. I won´t draw until I receive the payment. Payment should be sent in EUROS. Please,notify me with a note or an email when you send the payment.
NSFW is welcome . But I would charge +10€ for very explicit artwork. I won´t draw certain themes as: explicit shotacon/lolicon (pedophilia), rape, extreme violence, guro, furry, bestialism,etc… I won´t draw anything I might find offensive.
I won’t draw my own OCs in any case.
Commissions will be discussed vía email! Please send me an email tofuzzypinkmonster@gmail.com if you’re interested
Only digital commissions. You’ll receive the high res illustration, and the process sketches. You can take a look to my DA account to see old commissions and artwork. Thank you!
