Science Fiction Writers Write DMCA Takedowns

TheGreatGraySkwid writes "With an ironic lack of forward thinking, the Science Fiction Writers of America (or, more specifically, their Vice President Andrew Burt) have issued scattershot DMCA takedown notices against numerous items on the document-sharing site Scribd, many of which were not infringing on SFWA copyrights in any way. It appears that a simple keyword search for prominent science fiction names (like 'Asimov' and 'Silverburg') was used to determine which documents were to be singled out. Included in the documents was Cory Doctorow's 'Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom,' which was released under the Creative Commons license and is freely available at any number of places. Doctorow is up in arms over at BoingBoing, with several other Science Fiction notables speaking up in the comments."

Comments

Re:They will hear from me

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm sure they will take you very seriously and alter their current policies lest you write another angry email.

Only a Little Bit Pregnant?

[rueger]

"many of which were not infringing on SFWA copyrights in any way.

So what you're saying is that yes the site does contain copyrighted materials for which no permission been obtained, and hence it does infringe on the works of some authors?

Sorry chief, but ya do the crime, ya do the time. Be more careful in the future.