COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT ALERT - Apple Podcasts

[Kasumi_Lee]

UPDATE: Please see the new thread I've created to track this issue here.

I recently searched for one of my Literotica stories and the top search result was an episode on Apple Podcasts on a channel called "Taboo Erotica - The Erotica Podcast Network". Someone plagiarized the entirety of My Fertile Secret (one of my story series) in much the same way that scumrats on YouTube use text-to-speech to steal people's stories from Literotica.

To all authors, when you have a spare moment, please take a look at this channel's different shows and check their episode catalogs to see if one of your stories has been stolen. If you one of your stories was stolen, please report click the triple dot to the right and report it is as a copyright violation. Better still, consider filing a copyright claim against the channel. If we all pile on at once, we can get this channel banned and its content deleted.

 

[AG31]

I recently searched for one of my Literotica stories and the top search result was an episode on Apple Podcasts on a channel called "Taboo Erotica - The Erotica Podcast Network". Someone plagiarized the entirety of My Fertile Secret (one of my story series) in much the same way that scumrats on YouTube use text-to-speech to steal people's stories from Literotica.

To all authors, when you have a spare moment, please take a look at this channel's different shows and check their episode catalogs to see if one of your stories has been stolen. If you one of your stories was stolen, please report click the triple dot to the right and report it is as a copyright violation. Better still, consider filing a copyright claim against the channel. If we all pile on at once, we can get this channel banned and its content deleted.

Why would they keep the original title? Or maybe they don't and you do a different kind of search?

 

[Kasumi_Lee]

Why would they keep the original title? Or maybe they don't and you do a different kind of search?

I don't know why, but apparently they did, and the descriptions are copied and pasted directly from the series page on Literotica. He's even "credited" me as "Kasumi_Lee" with the underscore. I also love that the thieving POS thinks that inserting this little disclaimer makes it OK:

This story was found on a free website and brought to audio form here. I did not write and take no credit for this story. Please visit the links in the comments to further support this author.

 

[ElectricBlue]

@Laurel can the site lodge a blanket copyright violation complaint as site owner? The original written content has been lifted from Literotica, including deceased writers. Each audio story shows the original story name and the Lit account name.

 

[SinclairGroupLLP]

I don't know whether to be upset or happy that they didn't rip off any of my stories, lol

 

[Kasumi_Lee]

By the way, here's a partial list of authors whose work has been stolen by this guy: @Jay142 @Feverdreams @TwistedManc @TurboT81 @darkoverlord6 @MSTarot

 

[Kasumi_Lee]

Here's more authors who've been plagiarized: @Br0kenD0ll @RabbleLaid @erialfor @TheJoker33 @RootlinRab @JohnMurray4173 @Apophenia @creativeboyinspring

 

[WittyUserName]

Here's more authors who've been plagiarized: @Br0kenD0ll @RabbleLaid @erialfor @TheJoker33 @RootlinRab @JohnMurray4173 @Apophenia @creativeboyinspring

BreakTheBar as well.

 

[Kasumi_Lee]

More affected authors: @scribejohn @Gamblnluck @BreakTheBar @Indian_Princess @Np81la

 

[Kasumi_Lee]

All the names listed so far are just under the Taboo Erotica show under the offending channel. I'll post affected authors from the Loving Wives one next (yes, the plagiarizer even stole the name of the category Loving Wives).

 

[Kasumi_Lee]

It's a shorter list of Loving Wives episodes stolen from Lit authors' stories, but here's the partial list of affected authors: @Imstillfun @n2anal78 @Jay142 @Jacks316

 

[ElectricBlue]

I saw @xelliebabex, the dead @sr71plt and TxRad, @Ian_Snow

 

[Kasumi_Lee]

Many of the accounts whose stories were stolen are no longer active (or I can't find them in the list), but two affected Sci Fi and Fantasy category authors are @TrampsAnThieves @BreakTheBar

 

[alohadave]

From the About statement:

Erotic Stories with various themes. Stories found here are from a free website and brought to audio form. I did not write and take no credit for these stories. I also take no credit for the content of the material. All stories and fiction and for entertainment purposes only. Please visit the link above to further support this writer. Adult content intended for an adult audience only. Contains explicit words, thoughts and ideas.

They put a disclaimer that it's not theirs, because that's what people think will free them from liability.

 

[Kasumi_Lee]

I saw @xelliebabex, the dead @sr71plt and TxRad, @Ian_Snow

Filing a full copyright claim in their names obviously isn't possible, but you can report these as violations by clicking the triple dot icon next to the episode and filling out the form. Because reporting a violation isn't the same thing as filing a formal claim, I don't think you have to be the owner of the stolen story to report that it's a copyright violation. In fact, Literotica prohibits stealing of this sort in its legal FAQs.

 

[Kasumi_Lee]

They put a disclaimer that it's not theirs, because that's what people think will free them from liability.

It won't save him. Literotica's legal statement says the following:

Every story, poem, audio, comic, interactive stories, or other work published on Literotica is protected by United States and international copyright laws. It is illegal to re-post a work originally published on Literotica on another website, app, or other media without the explicit authorization of the copyright owner (most often the author).

Literotica does not grant any rights to any other website, company, or organization to republish any work published by Literotica, copy any part of the Literotica website itself, or any other material related to Literotica.

Fair use laws may allow legitimate reviewers to use small excerpts from stories when writing reviews, but it is illegal to copy or republish any work published on Literotica unless you are the original copyright owner.

 

[Kasumi_Lee]

I'm going down the list of episodes in each channel playlist and reporting every single one for copyright violation to Apple directly. I'm also considering filing a formal DMCA takedown notice for each of my three stolen stories.

 

[Kasumi_Lee]

Bump.

 

[Ian_Snow]

I saw @xelliebabex, the dead @sr71plt and TxRad, @Ian_Snow

Uggggh. Thanks for the heads-up.

 

[Cacatua_Galerita]

> I saw @xelliebabex, the dead @sr71plt and TxRad, @Ian_Snow

Uggggh. Thanks for the heads-up.

Didn't you know you were dead?

Or am I misreading the construction of that list?

 

[TiberiusPrime]

Didn't you know you were dead?

Or am I misreading the construction of that list?

There's "dead" and then there's "mostly dead".

 

[ElectricBlue]

Didn't you know you were dead?

Or am I misreading the construction of that list?

Commas are important!

 

[Actingup]

I'm going down the list of episodes in each channel playlist and reporting every single one for copyright violation to Apple directly. I'm also considering filing a formal DMCA takedown notice for each of my three stolen stories.

Bless you, @Kasumi_Lee ! This is industrial scale theft. Perhaps there should be an assassin's fund that everybody chips in to, skipping any legal process.

None of mine have been stolen, but I've reported the site to Apple.

 

[AlexIce]

You'll want to add @Menoetes to that list too

 

[Kasumi_Lee]

You'll want to add @Menoetes to that list too

Thanks! I tried searching for him/her but couldn't find him.