http://www.immonen.ca/news/archives/963

Click that link to read the story. This really sucks. Basically a guy’s website was stolen by a Chinese book publisher and word for word and art page for art page, this material was literally stolen and published and sold as a $100 book with no permission even being asked.

I’ve heard of this happening with video game FAQ guides. Where someone online will write a guide. Then later on, someone literally steals the FAQ word for word and gets it published as a book. Claiming the work as his own.

This really sucks and shows the danger of things online and what can happen in other media. Plus, unless you have money or a corporation to back you up. Which you probably don’t. There is not much you can do about it.

Are you going to spend for a lawyer to handle an international lawsuit? Are you willing to wait years and all that frustration for a settlement?

And what’s worse? The fact that your work is stolen completely and someone else is making money off of what you did? Or the added fact that your name credit as the author will never be mentioned and someone else, the one who stole it will get all the credit?