There's a lot of "formula" fiction from a bunch of jackass hacks from Patterson to Cussler and back, aimed at DULL ACCOUNTANTS and BORING lawyers. Fine, they need shit, they get shit. Men are no better with their garbage than fat-ass housewives are with E.L. James.
BUT...
A real man, or an author claiming to be, should smack down any EBAY bootlegger who has the fucking NERVE to say "I own copyright," and sell dupes of somebody else's books.
EBAY is the easiest place to slap down a punk. You don't even have to make a fist.
You put your precious little digits on a keyboard, type the words "Infringement," add the auction title, and that is ALL.
How many inane drones on TWITTER are too fucking busy posting their daily egocentric bullshit or answering some trivial fan query...to spend a minute stopping EBAY abuse for the good of themselves AND all authors AND people who think copyright is not something to fuck with? One of them is this DASHNER dope.
DASHNER's shit is all over EBAY: "Maze Runner! Complete collection!" James Dashner E-BOOKS! Dashner ePUB.
This fuckhead is so illiterate he can't type in a few words and see how he's being ripped off? He's THAT rich?
Well, this fuckhead should know that just because YOU can afford to be stolen from, it doesn't make it right. The thief that burglarizes THIS fuckhead's home (and I hope it happens SOON) will be burglarizing the home of somebody who DOES care, who CAN'T afford to replace the items, who ISN'T insured.
Christ, what was the Phil Ochs line about Liberals? Ten degrees to the left of center in good times, and ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally?
This is worse. If there's anything sacred for an author, it SHOULD be his copyright. Or is DASHNER like PATTERSON, and doesn't really write his own books? And views books as just a commodity?
The FDA allows a certain amount of roach particles in peanut butter. This guy must figure, "OK, I'm not going to be bothered by EBAY bootlegging." How lovely to pick and choose what to fight for...and what to be APATHETIC about.
I'd be boiling mad if I saw some thief on eBay put THIS in the ad copy:
JESUS FUCKIN' CHRIST. This DASH-hound doesn't have to bark at Romania. This isn't Pirate Bay. This is EBAY. All he has to do is say "Nope, this fuckhead is NOT the copyright owner. He is NOT authorized to dupe my books and put all the money in his pocket." END of problem.
There are authors you don't see abused on EBAY. This DASH-hole isn't one of 'em.
If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.
The more authors who nip this shit in the bud, the better for everyone. This seller is probably SO close to suspension. If ONLY one more author cared.
A DMCA from Dash-board could do it. It's obvious this EBAY prick is avoiding a lot of authors who DO file against thieving PDF bootleggers.
There's something wrong with this guy. He's not just a pussy on EBAY.
He recently Tweeted (always a masculine thing to do) an impotent "I Love You" to France.
Awww, isn't that ADORABLE.
I know this is a hack author, but you'd think even a hack author could do better than to mewl "I LOVE YOU" in French and pretend it's a grand gesture. What, "Je Suis France" was taken?
FEEBLE.
LAME.
But this is a guy who can't even squat and send out a complaint to EBAY. So he can barely be moved to do more than blow a kiss to FRANCE.
As if FRANCE, at this very moment, is looking to JAMES DASHNER for comfort and support. If they are, they sure didn't get it.
This is a guy who looks the other way at EBAY bootleggers. He sure ain't gonna stare down ISIS.
Christ, is there really a MAN called JAMES DASHNER, or is this E.L. James the pudgy British twat using an alias to write bad thrillers?
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