Update to Special Bulletin

[metanewsmods]

More on the Ebooks-Tree Business

As more information comes out about this, we will continue to provide links in the hope that they will be useful.

Copyright info you may not know: besinaao3 (Tumblr) - Links to more information about copyright of fanfic. Note that this poster has multiple short entries answering questions about this business.

topic:copyright, topic:fanfic

Untitled: isfanficlegal (Tumblr) - "How can the DMCA be applicable here? Don't safe harbor provisions only apply to user-generated content? None of the content on ebook-tree appears to be user-generated."

topic:copyright

More than AO3 affected: besinaao3 (Tumblr) - "I’d like to take one moment to point out that although we’ve spent a lot of time talking about the effect this has had on AO3, other fic hosting sites have fallen victim to these folks as well."

topic:copyright, topic:fanfic

April 14, 2015 update on ebooks-tree.com: isfanficlegal (Tumblr) - "CloudFlare has responded to a number of people that they are only a "pass through" - basically, they do host ebooks-tree’s content but only for brief times, and we believe that ebooks-tree has been using CloudFlare to mask where they are truly hosted."

topic:copyright, topic:scam

Untitled: copyright.gov - Portion of copyright law applying to use of pseudonyms

topic:copyright, topic:law

Untitled: isfanficlegal (Tumblr) - "How can the DMCA be applicable here? Don't safe harbor provisions only apply to user-generated content? None of the content on ebook-tree appears to be user-generated."

topic:copyright, topic:law

Comments

[author_by_night]

This isn't news, but I did lay out just why this is so f'd up: http://author-by-night.dreamwidth.org/13828.html

[jelazakazone]

They took mine down without me saying anything. (Hurray!)

[lunabee34]

Me too! I did send in a request that they didn't respond to but when I checked after reading your comment mine had also been removed. High five!

[jelazakazone]

Hurray!

[foxinthestars]

Mine also seem to have vanished from their site overnight.

[jelazakazone]

Excellent :D

[kiwisue]

Thank you for these updates! I've linked to them in comms on DW and LJ - makes it easier to spread the word, especially since my timezone means most of the action happens while I'm asleep or at work.