Shhhh, I'm Hunting Copywight Infwingers

Recently, I found that a couple of my Writing-World.com articles were posted on other sites -- without permission. (One was even posted without attribution.)


One of the sites was a writer's site -- why can't writers learn about copyright and permissions?! Even weirder, the other site was a gay erotic story archive that had posted the article in their writing resources section! (They're the ones who posted the article without attribution!) Actually, I don't mind the gay erotic story aspect. I'm more annoyed by the copyright infringment -- and the fact that they are a pay site but never thought to cough up the dough for my article.

I've contacted the other authors whose articles I found on the sites and informed them of this. Also, I've sent off firm e-mails to the two sites, telling them to remove the articles by close of business tomorrow, etc. But I have a "few" questions... Is there anything else I should do? Is there anything else I should have said? When is it appropriate to contact the site's ISP? Also, what do I do if one of the sites gives me a hard time?

roach said:

Anne, Jaws has an article up at his site that details what you can do about infringement along with a fill-in-the-blank letter to send to the infringer's webhost.

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Thanks! That looks just like what I need!

DaveKuzminski said:

Let me know who they are, too. Then I'll keep an eye on them.

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The one with attribution is at http://users.netconnect.com.au/~tarlis/Writing%20Articles1.htm.

And the !@#$ who posted it without attribution are at http://www.assgm.com/authors/.

Warning: Adult Material at This Site

Old Hack said:

Anne, do you have an agent?

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No. I still have the finish my novels. Well, the good ones anyway. I'm not counting the ones I wrote in high school. Or college. Or the first few years after college. Or... Well you get the picture.

DaveKuzminski said:

That site features photos that are not office-safe and may be offensive to some individuals. Caution is advised as the photos are not in a restricted area accessible only by signing in. They are in one of the guideline sections.

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Whoops. I should have thought of mentioning that.

Update

AnneMarble said:

The one with attribution is at http://users.netconnect.com.au/~tarlis/Writing%20Articles1.htm.

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Update! The owner of this site took down the article. She explained that she didn't realize it was wrong and thought she was giving me publicity. Sigh. I wish authors would learn more about copyright.

AnneMarble said:

And the !@#$ who posted it without attribution are at http://www.assgm.com/authors/.

Warning: Adult Material at This Site

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This one, however, was still up last time I looked -- despite the fact that I CC'ed the ISP as well. I might have to bring out the big(ger) stick...

Update to the Update

AnneMarble said:

And the !@#$ who posted it without attribution are at http://www.assgm.com/authors/.

Warning: Adult Material at This Site

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This one has been taken down, even though both of the e-mail addresses on the site bounced. (I CC'ed the ISP's abuse department, and they forwarded it to the actual downstream web provider.) I also suggested to one of the other authors whose work was taken that she do the same thing. (I didn't get a response from the second author I contacted, but it might be an old e-mail address.)