tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post4422555538774088123..comments2024-03-28T15:17:03.077-04:00Comments on Type M for Murder: A real conundrumBarbara Fradkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06992196707567972990noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-78263890701590796372020-04-08T21:09:36.992-04:002020-04-08T21:09:36.992-04:00This is the link to a recent PW article about the ...This is the link to a recent PW article about the situation. You are right to defend your copyright.<br /><br />https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/82861-authors-guild-aap-outraged-by-ia-s-national-emergency-library.htmlTanyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-32076476355550062972020-04-08T16:50:14.852-04:002020-04-08T16:50:14.852-04:00I got the same notice from my agent. I followed up...I got the same notice from my agent. I followed up on it per her advice, emailing Internet Archive and requesting they remove my titles that were listed on their site, providing the URL for each of the titles. I received notice from them subsequently that the titles had been removed. Who knows if it's permanent? Only time will tell. But these people are crooks who are using the current crisisEileen Goudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01156415980783091338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-44858860926922434482020-04-08T15:04:48.638-04:002020-04-08T15:04:48.638-04:00Thank you all for weighing in on this. Anonymous c...Thank you all for weighing in on this. Anonymous certainly does have it correct. If I'd been asked, I would have said yes.<br /><br />But everyone who shared their thoughts said only one thing: make them take my work down.<br /><br />I have it underway and I'm hoping Internet Archive will do as I ask.<br /><br />I'll keep everyone informed -- promise!Rick Blechtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800052815589987998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-69693234328246657272020-04-07T17:22:20.312-04:002020-04-07T17:22:20.312-04:00I bet if they’d ask permission, you’d have said ye...I bet if they’d ask permission, you’d have said yes. <br /><br />They didn’t ask - that’s a hard no.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-48301076839364313032020-04-07T14:23:41.283-04:002020-04-07T14:23:41.283-04:00Good Afternoon Rick!
Looking from an outsiders ...Good Afternoon Rick! <br /><br />Looking from an outsiders point of view (someone who little or no knowledge of the intricacies of copyright law), I would most certainly establish that you are the copyright owner of these works. Likely, this should be done both with an email and with registered letter. I would establish in all cases who I was communicating with. Advise them that you have notAndihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17843062483251749084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-15254536777372945292020-04-07T13:17:04.972-04:002020-04-07T13:17:04.972-04:00Rick, speaking as a retired librarian and an avid ...Rick, speaking as a retired librarian and an avid reader of crime fiction, I can certainly understand your point of view although I haven't entirely formulated where I personally stand on this issue. What I've been doing since this pandemic took hold is ordering local authors' books online from local booksellers (Essie Lang's and Brenda Chapman's latest from Books on Beechwoodblogcutterhttp://blogcutter.dreamwidth.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-28395227134707610862020-04-07T11:16:04.461-04:002020-04-07T11:16:04.461-04:00Okay, sorry Rick. My previous comment was for a BL...Okay, sorry Rick. My previous comment was for a BLANK POST. I actually thought your conumdrum was, "I just can't seem to write anything just now." :^0<br /><br />So, about Internet Archive. How is this different, really, from a pirate website, as regards copyright?<br /><br />Meanwhile, libraries (well TPL, and I assume others) still have their regular offerings of ebooks and Susan Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-21612944668300874012020-04-07T11:00:16.202-04:002020-04-07T11:00:16.202-04:00I think it’s important for you to contact Internet...I think it’s important for you to contact Internet Archive asap and tell them about their copyright infringement and telling them to stop. This sets the initial base date of you notifying them. I think if you allow them to continue it could be perceived as implicit approval (especially now that you have announced it publicly). I doubt they will stop but you can claim you tried to stop the Bob Hillierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16824799123765199799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-57202095390779897342020-04-07T10:52:39.080-04:002020-04-07T10:52:39.080-04:00I would advise you contact them and ask them who t...I would advise you contact them and ask them who they paid to obtain these books, and inform them that what they are doing is not very Ethical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-8199462646590458622020-04-07T10:28:40.601-04:002020-04-07T10:28:40.601-04:00Yeah, I think I know what you mean, Rick.Yeah, I think I know what you mean, Rick.Susan Dhttp://www.susandaly.com/noreply@blogger.com