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Comment by Pauline Frederica Kiernan on August 24, 2010 at 5:56am

Thank you all for the support. I've just edited my original post to delete the wrong attribution I made for who is behind IAM_SLUTSPEARE. I have no idea now who this person is.

Am now informing my UK and US publishers about the infringement of copyright and hope they will take it up.
Thanks again.
Pauline

Comment by Pauline Frederica Kiernan on August 24, 2010 at 5:52am

Please see my post at Copyright and Intellectual Property Group.

Twitter IAM_SLUTSPEARE is systematically copying out my book verbatim and continuosly. He's even stolen the title of my book for his Name on the top right corner of his Twitter page.

He is using the book to prompt wholly distastsful smut among his followers. He is bringing my not inconsiderable scholalrly reputation into disrepute and I want to name and shame him.

Altrhough I am mostly concerned about my own feelings of shock and yes, of feeling unclean, I'm also aware that this issue is something many writers may well be having to deal with.

I've followed the Twitter instructions for asking them to take down the Tweet - a very complex process. I had a Ticket number sent back from my email. It didn't make it clear whether I also had to send a fax. But I've sent them a fax as well today.

I'm thinking of starting a thread about this over at Copyright and Intellectual Property where I can post updates for anyone who might be interested.

In the meantime, I can only hope Twitter will ban the offending person from using Twitter at all.
Wish me luck!
All good wishes,
Pauline
She Writes Salonista
www.pauline-kiernan.com

Comment by Meg Waite Clayton on August 23, 2010 at 12:20pm

Pauline, I'm just adding the link, so people can post responses there. I do think it's something relevant to all of us - how we protect our copyright as well as our reputations. Sorry you are having this issue. The link, everyone, is: http://www.shewrites.com/profiles/blogs/it-could-happen-to-you-tweeter

Meg

Comment by Lynne Morgan Spreen on August 23, 2010 at 12:14pm

Jane Friedman who until recently was an editor at Writers Digest once said "better to suffer from piracy than obscurity," and although I agree, your situation is the murder-inducing exception to the rule, I think. Want us to flame him? Give us the link and we'll singe his ass. Meg, what do you think?

Comment by Pauline Frederica Kiernan on August 23, 2010 at 10:29am

@Meg
Sorry if this does not come strictly within the 'news' criteria but this is such an active thread I hope you won't mind that I placed the comment here. I will be seeking advice from my publishers of course.

Perhaps in one sense, it could be construed as 'news' in that I'm flagging up the need for this whole copyright/reputation issue to be addressed both by writers and by publishers.
But sorry anyway!
Best
Pauline

Comment by Pauline Frederica Kiernan on August 23, 2010 at 10:25am

Hi all

Can I direct you to a post over at Copyright and Intellectual Property Book?
It's about a Tweeter who is quoting reams of my book verbatim and continuously.
But gross violation of copyright is not all of it. He's using my scholarly book about Shakespeare's sexual puns, Filthy Shakespeare as prompts to his disgusting followers to make paedophilic comments and pure smut.
and thereby bringing my scholalrly reputation into disrepute.

This is an issue which could affect all of you at some point. I'm trying to find out more about Twitter's policy on this. The whole question of copyright on the web is a huge one anyway. But what I think makes my case different is that it isn't just the copyright issue. It mayh even be a libel one, given that the SLUT tweets could appear to be permitted by me and so my professional reputation damaged.
So I just thought I'd post this - admittedly because I'm so full of rage, but also because I think it's a subject that needs more debate than it has.

Comment by Jean Lewis on August 17, 2010 at 4:48pm

I believe that B&N is going to once again become private. Owners will buy it back. Is the best outcome.

As a longtime employee of B&N, I am tired of the speculation about the company. People come to me and ask if we are going out of business. They are uninformed. Our company is doing a bang-up job of revamping. Our Nook is a great product and getting better. Our customer service is second to none.

So, I just say that the publishing business is changing constantly, as is the book business in general. There is room for more change. We all must go with the flow.

Comment by Kimberly Cain on August 17, 2010 at 3:24pm

yes, oops - that was @ Lynne.

B&N - So, hopefully, the "fighting" will result in a favorable outcome for authors & stories. Do billionaire board members think about that when they put on the boxing gloves, do you think? ;-)

Comment by Meg Waite Clayton on August 16, 2010 at 4:52pm

>So until they/we figure out how to reestablish chokepoints - er, I mean, "filters"

Laughing, Lynne. Definitely laughing.

And, in my never-ending fascination with the battle for Barnes & Noble: It Gets Uglier: Ron Burkle Set for Barnes & Noble Proxy Fight

Comment by Kimberly Cain on August 14, 2010 at 9:40pm

@Danica - LOL at "humming 'You Know It's Hard Out There For a Pimp." Excellent way to bring humor to the whole "it's all about me" feeling of self-promo.

I just read an interesting post on SW Author Anjuelle Floyd's blog about Janet Evanovich's contract renegotiation with St. Martin's Press & her subsequent departure back to former publisher, Ballantine Bantam Dell. Floyd asks several questions of authors at the end of her post that are good for contemplating what your dreams & plans are for your own publishing endeavors.

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