AAARRGGGHHHH ... people still stealing my work

[Andrew Back]

On (00:58 23/02/09), Evan Koblentz wrote:
> >>> I'm curious:  Do you consider a 100% exact mirror, with all authorship
> notices intact, stealing?
> 
> Absolutely, if the mirror owner does not have (and never even asked for)
> permission.

Yeah, so you appear to have been clear that folks should not copy without
your permission. Even without such notices, just because copying is not
explicitly disallowed does not mean the work falls into the public domain.

That said you'd perhaps have been better including a clear notice like:

'Copyright Evan Koblentz, 2005. All rights reserved'

Else something more wordy and crafted in legalese, rather than a plea.

What can you do about it? Send a takedown notice to them and/or their
hosting provider. Not sure what else. You could always ask your
agent/publisher.

Andrew

(Disclaimer: IANAL) 

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