Plagiarist on the loose

[beachbum1958]

This cheeky bastard has filched a load of Incest stories from Lit, including some very well-known and much loved stories and posted them as his own on ASSTR; I'd advise you to look and see if your work is here, I even found 7 of mine and I'm pretty much bottom-order when it comes to the quality stuff. Much thanks to WorkingMan, Tx for putting me on to this creeper.

http://www.asstr.org/files/Authors/ashrith/

Update:


Here's another one with a bunch of very recognisable stories, have a trawl and se if he's got your listed as his.

http://www.asstr.org/files/Authors/ken/

 

[loquere]

You have a hundred HOT stories. I'm not on that level, I'm not worried about people taking credit for my work.

This cheeky bastard has filched a load of Incest stories from Lit, including some very well-known and much loved stories and posted them as his own on ASSTR; I'd advise you to look and see if your work is here, I even found 7 of mine and I'm pretty much bottom-order when it comes to the quality stuff. Much thanks to WorkingMan, Tx for putting me on to this creeper.

http://www.asstr.org/files/Authors/ashrith/

Update:


Here's another one with a bunch of very recognisable stories, have a trawl and se if he's got your listed as his.

http://www.asstr.org/files/Authors/ken/

 

[49greg]

You have a hundred HOT stories. I'm not on that level, I'm not worried about people taking credit for my work.

I'm in the same boat, don't think any of mine are theft worthy. I did look through both of the links the OP showed. And a real funny thing. I noticed a story that both had. "My Daughter's Garter Belt" all three chapters show up in both author's index.

"Ken" has a date in November 2015 while the other guy posted them this year on April 1st.

Either they both went to the same place to steal, or one stole from the other. Kinda funny.

I guess maybe they're the same author with alt ids?

There may be other duplicates, that was the only one that jumped out at me.

 

[ColetteJulie]

Is there anything the owners, Laurel and Manu can do about it, because the copy right is here.

 

[sr71plt]

Ibecause the copy right is here.

No, the only thing held here is the nonexclusive right to use the story. The author retains copyright.

 

[sr71plt]

One of my publishers just reported that he has done a scan through for pirating of my published works, which resulted in over 200 take-down notices. He uses Muso.com to find them, which costs $15 a month. He takes it for a couple of months and then comes back to have another go with it later. Nice having a publisher who does this work for you.

 

[ColetteJulie]

One of my publishers just reported that he has done a scan through for pirating of my published works, which resulted in over 200 take-down notices. He uses Muso.com to find them, which costs $15 a month. He takes it for a couple of months and then comes back to have another go with it later. Nice having a publisher who does this work for you.

And there are thousands of sites where you can find illegal copies of just about anything. I am not without blood on my hands, and I certainly cannot justify downloading a pirate copy. But I have done so. It's not an excuse, merely a clarification that I only download best sellers, my apologies to John Grisham and other equally well known and established authors who've been writing for forty years. I don't download unknown authors or new authors illegally, those I pay for. Again that's not a justification, but I have low morals when it comes to acquiring a good book to read. Stealing an erotic story however, that person has no morals and even less imagination. If someone from ASSR approached me, I'd be only too happy to have a story on their site. It's free promotion for me.

Sadly however, the ASSR ship is loosely run and they don't seem to bother when someone suddenly submits 40 stories in one go. I understand from you comment that it's each author for him/herself if someone steals stories you have submitted here. If Literotica paid each author a token (like a bitcoin or a dime) amount for each story they accept would it make a difference in the scenario legally as it is now?

 

[sr71plt]

If Literotica paid each author a token (like a bitcoin or a dime) amount for each story they accept would it make a difference in the scenario legally as it is now?

No, they'd still only encumber nonexclusive use rights. That means the author holds full copyright and has given permission (whether for free or being paid for it) to Literotica to publish the work--but the author is free to publish it anywhere else he/she wants as well.

 

[ColetteJulie]

sr71plt - thank you for clearing that up for me. I have wanted to congratulate you for some time now on your published novels (none of which have been illegally downloaded by me). It's a massive effort to write an entire novel. And it's much worse if one has ADHD, as I do. I don't have a slow gear where I take my time to explain a scene or character properly. I have an idea and I want the product finished the next day. It's funny how quickly readers have picked up that I rush things. It's the most common comment I get. But I have been talked into it and hopefully a very thin, erotic novel will appear somewhere shortly. Most probably on smashwords.... Hahaha. But kudo's to you, I won't be able to do it 20 times.

 

[sr71plt]

Thanks. There are some novels among my titles, but most of them are novellas. I've found the e-revolution freeing in that regard. I couldn't write novellas for the market before that as they weren't cost-effective to publish until print-on-demand and e-publishing came along. I've found that the novella is the ideal length for my interest in getting a work written.

 

[ColetteJulie]

Thanks. There are some novels among my titles, but most of them are novellas. I've found the e-revolution freeing in that regard. I couldn't write novellas for the market before that as they weren't cost-effective to publish until print-on-demand and e-publishing came along. I've found that the novella is the ideal length for my interest in getting a work written.

Oh hell yes, the internet is a blessing for anyone who thinks they can put two sentences together coherently. If it wasn't for the e-revolution my stories would still be in my head and I'd consider myself to be having a delusional episode if I thought of writing a novel or a novella.

And then there's always perspective - Dickens, Twain and Dumas all published their works in weekly magazines and newspapers before their novels were printed in book form. And I have a suspicion that Dumas' publisher spent many nights awake wondering if anyone would buy a book with hundreds of chapters.

That said, one of my friends who is a fellow bibliophile, tells me that she doesn't bother buying a book that's less than 600 pages these days or isn't a trilogy, it's cheaper to get the e-version. I'm old fashioned for a middleaged woman, I like the smell and the feel of books. I happily buy second hand books written by nobody I've heard of and will never read, just to have the book. Because the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning, that's why.

I'm glad you found a length that suits you, and wish you every success going forward.

 

[sr71plt]

I like print books too and don't even own a Kindle/Nook. I have a publisher who puts anything over 25,000 words out in print as well as e-book.

 

[ColetteJulie]

I like print books too and don't even own a Kindle/Nook. I have a publisher who puts anything over 25,000 words out in print as well as e-book.

No, really, get an app. As the volume increases the standard decreases (that's the fault of wannabe authors like myself). It is unfortunate but true. I know we haven't been that intimate yet, intimate enough for me to look inside your underpants and say "What's his name and how much is he paying you? Or are you paying him?" But would consider delving in there very strongly if I had an actual, real-life publisher. It sounds so easy, just write 25 000 words. I'll just say I look at word-count, often. I average 3000 words a chapter and I have written ten. I qualify, even if nobody buys it. LOL

 

[sr71plt]

I have done just fine without apps to now (I assume) and plan to go on doing just fine. I wouldn't know how to get one or what to do with it after I did. I don't have a smart phone.

I have a couple of publishers. I just write and send it to them and then clean up the edits when they come back and they do all the rest, production, editing, distribution, marketing, accounting, paying for everything themselves. One sends me royalties, 50 percent of the profit (which, to me is a deal, as writing is easy and pleasurable, and they are doing all of what would be hard work for me). The other is a publisher that came out of this Web site and that I don't take royalties from to help it keep going. I think I have some 25 titles with that publisher now. If you go to a distributor like Allromanceebooks.com and check on the publishers of books like what you are writing, you can see if they have Web sites and submissions guidelines.

 

[ColetteJulie]

I have done just fine with apps to now (I assume) and plan to go on doing just fine. I wouldn't know how to get one or what to do with it after I did. I don't have a smart phone.

I have a couple of publishers. I just write and send it to them and then clean up the edits when they come back and they do all the rest, production, editing, distribution, marketing, accounting, paying for everything themselves. One sends me royalties, 50 percent of the profit (which, to me is a deal, as writing is easy and pleasurable, and they are doing all of what would be hard work for me). The other is a publisher that came out of this Web site and that I don't take royalties from to help it keep going. I think I have some 25 titles with that publisher now. If you go to a distributor like Allromanceebooks.com and check on the publishers of books like what you are writing, you can see if they have Web sites and submissions guidelines.

Thank you so much for the advice. I shall certainly give it a go.