Fanfiction Piracy Masterpost
Since my post about pirated fanfiction being sold on Amazon has grown some serious legs and people are not seeing ANY of the follow-up posts, I've put together a list of all the relevant posts for easy reference.
The OG fanfiction piracy post WITH UPDATE ADDENDUM (please reblog this version if you're going to reblog!)
IP vs. copyright, U.S. copyright law, and how it applies to fanfiction in this specific scenario
More info about the whole piracy situation
Finding creative motivation in the face of piracy
Proving plagiarism to Amazon
Can you protect your fanfiction from piracy?
General IP protection
Plush Books (the fanfic thieves) are also on Goodreads
Plush Books Amazon book count reduced (now out of date; at last check the count was down to 11)
Yes, the pirated book was removed (just linking one of the many near-identical Asks I've gotten)
And just for fun...
The full pirated CotFA cover in all its lazy, copy-pasted glory
Why you should hope that one of your posts never goes viral, lol
















