Clarification

[elfs]

All of my stories are and have always been under the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs" license. I'm using Version 2 for all of my stories, but since I started publishing them the terms have been the same: you may reproduce my stories, but you may not sell the commercially, you may not alter, modify, or build on the text, and you must give attribution. I permit the variant "Attribution-NonCommericial-ShareAlike" for non-story-like-work (mostly to allow people to build role playing scenarios using Pendor-- popular, or so I'm told.).

I have never authorized commercial use of the Journal Entries, Aimee', or Bloody Beth. Anyone doing so is in violation of copyright law, and the current brouhaha is over a company that was a signatory to the Berne Convention.

I guess I could sue his butt. I don't know that it would be worth it. It's not like the site indicates he has assets.

Besides, click here and see how depressed I can get. Is it any wonder I'd rather move into print, and my attitudes towards piracy are changing?

Comments

[xlana.livejournal.com]

Count me in as a contributor to the defense fund.

http://www.copyright.gov/ is a good place to start when researching your intellectual property rights. I started there with my current battle with a client who has refused to pay for the use of one of my designs.

You might enjoy this quote from the website's FAQ:

"When is my work protected?
Your work is under copyright protection the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form that it is perceptible either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. "

Therefore, Elf, your works have been protected since you saved them to your computer. Good luck.

I like kengr's suggestion about contacting the violator's ISP.