Gah! Or, Dear Penthouse, I never thought this would happen to me...

[rivkat]

Tzikeh pointed out this site, which is offering various fan fiction stories for sale (along with what I presume are other, nonfannish stories published on the web, but I'm just guessing there). Imagine my surprise to find a story of mine listed on the XF page. I'm almost amused that they picked that story rather than, say, one of MustangSally's standalones, which gives you considerably more bang for your -- uh, 30 pence, apparently.

Highlander, Star Wars, Star Trek: TNG and XF were the main fandoms I saw -- Highlander is not explicitly listed, but it's the main entry under "slash." There also was some X-Men in there randomly. As for the XF, the selection principle was mysterious at best, though there were some good ones in there that I actually remembered.

I'm going to write and demand the removal of my story. Who knows what will happen next. Any UK folks out there willing to help a girl out with UK notice-and-takedown procedures? (Or perhaps general principles for getting the offer to sell withdrawn, since it's not clear the story is actually online.)

Comments

[harriet-spy.livejournal.com]

your dissemniation of it anonymously also constitutes a breach of my moral right to be named as its author.

Just out of curiosity, does publishing a work under a pseudonym effectively waive the right of attribution, assuming that it's then reproduced in the same form?

[rivkat.livejournal.com]

Not in the US, but then the right of attribution is extremely limited. My guess is no in moral rights countries too, but I'd have to look it up.

[harriet-spy.livejournal.com]

*nods* I was thinking of moral rights countries like the UK.