#ebooktree

I followed the suggested instructions on AO3 for asking that works be removed from Ebooks-tree.  That was on the evening of April 13th.  It's the afternoon of April 15th, and while I did not receive a message back from Ebooks-tree, I did search again for my works, and they have been removed.  Not sure if there have been any others who have been notified or not, or noticed if their works were taken down or not, but my suggestion would be, for those who have submitted the request to Ebooks-tree, to check the site after a few days.  If my case is any indication, it looks like they are honoring the requests.

Here’s the link to AO3 with instructions on how to ask your fics be removed from the ebook site, if they were added there without your permission.

So I kept seeing this post about some website stealing fanfiction and marketing it for download illegally. I thought to myself “ Myself, isn’t that kind of rude?” and I promptly forgot all about it. BUT it later occurred to me, as a writer of such fanfiction, I should perhaps check on my more popular story. LO AND BEHOLD, what should I find but “Babysitting Tony Stark is a Hazardous Obligation”, my baby, being marketed by strangers. My baby, my precious little brain child born of my adoration of Stan Lee and Joss Whedon and the wonderful Marvel company, in which I often remind that I do not own Marvel or their characters, stolen from under my finger tips. Not cool dude. And to make matters worse, its happening to lots of amazing multi fandom fanfic authors, so if you or a friend write awesome fanfiction, well em to check this website for their work and to contact the website and demand it be taken down. This website tells you what to say and how : http://www.isfanficlegal.com/post/116301992754/update-below-weve-taken-measures-to-make-it

And that is very kind of them. Go, do it. Do it for the introverted nerds out there who put their life and soul into this fanfiction and don’t want strangers  who did not ask nor receive their permission to make it downloadable or whatever. 

And example of how your email telling them to fuck off  to please remove your work below: 

“Hey asshat,

To Whom This May Concern, 

What the hell man?  I am the original writer of the fanfiction entitled INSERT FANFICTION HERE. (But you probably knew that since you freaking stole it you human personification of the feeling of stepping barefoot in poo ) And I never had my permission to market it requested or given. The link of you marketing it is here: INSERT, and the link to the original properly formatted is here: MY POOR BABY INSERT HERE. My email for contact information is here: INSERT. “

The very helpful website linked above than says to add these two statements:

“ This statement: I have good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. This statement: The information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. “

Then conclude with something passive aggressive and a touch snarky, but avoid Shakespearean insults like “you illiterate pus engorged worm” or “you lead paint licking excrement suckling ass” never those. And then save your work.