This is a new angle on story stealing

[KeithD]

and we'll name it the KeithD principle

And what shall we call someone who invokes someone who hadn't posted to the thread at all? I know. Let's call him an obsessed stalker.

 

[AH_Mod]

This is a topic that could prove useful to visitors in the future. I'm asking for a little restraint, because if the heated and personal commentary continues, I'm going to remove all the posts that I don't consider germane to the original topic.

 

[Kasumi_Lee]

Received an e-mail from someone on Literotica to inform me that a online "game developer" is using my story Spellbound as the premise of one of his games, Other than character name changes its word for word all the way through. They have a Patreon so they are making some money on this in some way, which is different than the usual, someone lifting a story and putting it on another free site and crediting me-or whoever they do it to.

I could find no way to contact them on one of the free sites they demo the game on, so had to pay $3 to join their patreon to message them that I either want it down, or they credit me and work out a way that I get something on what they're making.

At least for me, this is a new one.

By the way, if you email them directly, it's probably best to attach a proper DMCA takedown notice in a Word doc. You can find the template online and just go through it line by line adding details relevant to your stolen story.

Finally, DON'T FORGET to sign and date the Word doc using the e-signature feature in Word. A DMCA takedown notice is a legally binding notice, but only if it has a valid signature and date.

 

[lovecraft68]

By the way, if you email them directly, it's probably best to attach a proper DMCA takedown notice in a Word doc. You can find the template online and just go through it line by line adding details relevant to your stolen story.

Finally, DON'T FORGET to sign and date the Word doc using the e-signature feature in Word. A DMCA takedown notice is a legally binding notice, but only if it has a valid signature and date.

Thank you, that's good information for everyone here.