I’ve just been advised by Author Jack Eason that the following Facebook Site is offering six of his books in PDF format – WITHOUT AUTHORISATION, PERMISSION OR PAYMENT AGREEMENT WITH HIM…
Please check if YOUR BOOKS are being offered without YOUR permission.
If YES, NOTIFY FACEBOOK IMMEDIATELY…
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Reblogged this on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life and commented:
a sad day when all our hard work is being sold off by nameless fraudsters who think they are being very clever…parasites…
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Thanks Sally…
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Thanks for this information. Makes me sick that these people are getting away with giving away author’s time, passion and hard work. Will it ever end????
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Probably never Kim…
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Ughhhhh!!!!
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Reblogged this on Legends of Windemere and commented:
Search for your books and warn FB. Don’t fill out the copyright claims form on the site though. It’s a trap.
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Thanks Charles…
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My books are there.. I have blocked on FB but we are also going to track down their origins and take it further..Time that those with technological research came up with a form of dye pack to put inside our books so that if it is downloaded from any site that is not encoded into the book it causes the text to disappear…
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That’s how photographers can identify their photos Sally, embedded code…
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Wish I’d taken a screen shot. Maybe we could start a class action? They are apparently removing books as we speak. Must have been alerted…
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Alerted by the Tsunami of complaining authors no doubt Wendy…
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All of my fantasy books, my poetry book, and the two novellas are up there with 100’s of downloads. Reported to FB, but I have a feeling the main site is untouchable.
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NO SITE IS UNTOUCHABLE Charles…
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I couldn’t find a place to report them to and the few times I’ve contacted the server host, I get told that they can’t do anything. So if not untouchable then a massive pain in the ass. Though as one friend mentioned, these guys have probably done this before, got shut down, and returned. So I wonder if there’s a way to put them down for good.
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I doubt it Charles, but we still need to face and shut them down every time…
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Reblogged this on S.K. Nicholls and commented:
VERY IMPORTANT!!! DO NOT SEND THE SITE A DIRECT NOTICE. They are a click farm looking for you email and you will be infected with a virus. Use Facebook’s reporting form to remove their link source from Facebook’s server.
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THANK YOU SUE…
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Helping to get the word out. Victory in numbers.
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Good on you Sue…
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Like Susan Toy said, It is VERY IMPORTANT NOT to use the site’s form to notify them directly. You are opening yourself up to virus infection by providing them your email.
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EVERYONE PLEASE NOTE…
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I’ve made a formal complaint to FB but don’t expect a lot of action. I was amazed to find my books – yes plural, and the books of many of my friends. What a travesty. They charge a monthly rate to allow them unlimited access. I wish I had as many downloads of my book at any of the legitimate outlets as there is at this place. I’m retired, but I’d be living a lot better than I am now. LOL. I’m trying to figure out how they got the copies – hacked? Bought and reselling ebooks? I’ve seen a lot of my books bought in the UK and then a couple of days later, returned. Could this be why? Also, the hoops expected to be jumped through to get this company to remove the books is ridiculous and I fear if I were to send proof of copyright, they’d use it as approval. Don’t trust a thief.
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Indeed Bob, but I can confirm a LOT of other authors are reporting them as well…
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Thanks for this info. I reported them to FB. Sigh. This is getting old. I’m still working with ebay for the same thing and just sent in the info for unauthorized copies being sold on Amazon. I guess this is the new reality in this digital age but it really sucks.
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Indeed Eric, but needs must I’m afraid…
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FYI- Even if you report them to FB, that isn’t their main site. I’m filling out the contact form now since all 9 of mine are on there. They say they’re supposed to remove all copywritten material within 24 hours. Hopefully it works. They’re claiming it was an accident and their site grabbed all the books on its own.
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Nevermind on sending that form.
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SEE THE AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLE Charles…
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I saw just before I hit send. Hence the never mind afterwards.
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OOPS…
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Are you actually shouting or did something happen to your capslock key? Just asking because that happened to me earlier.
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It was me exclaiming Charles…
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All my books are on there, too. I blocked them and reported them to FB. Even if we get FB to act, that doesn’t stop the website. The only way the websites ever seem to be taken down is if a big-name author is affected and a large publisher goes after the site.
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OR a LOT of authors report them – YOU ARE NOT ALONE Lorraine…
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They’ve taken my book down already and appear to be removing authors’ posts from their FB page
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GOOD…
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