lady_karelia: (bitch)
lady_karelia ([personal profile] lady_karelia) wrote2007-08-25 02:18 pm

Here we go again

Courtesy of [livejournal.com profile] renitaleandra, we know that The Potions Master dot net has struck again. I'm sure you remember the wank surrounding "Hermione", the guy, who took over from Azrael in none too kind a fashion and then proceeded to lift stories from other archives to host them there without authors' permission.

Now it is a "Stephanie", claiming a crash that forced "her" to use some old back-up material. Well, I had my doubts that this was the reason, but I just dug up some more: If it had been due to a crash that now all and sundry authors who distanced themselves during the first wank are hosted again, I couldn't be listed under both my pen names now, could I? *grumble* Seeing that I only ever posted a couple of stories on the original Whispers, which I then deleted before the wank even started, I find it hard to believe their crash has suddenly caused my other stories to jump to that archive, with one under a different name.

Oh, if anyone wants to see if their name is on there, I've found a listing of authors: http://index.thepotionsmaster.net/authors.php?list=authors

I'll wait a couple of days after sending off an email to stephanie@thepotionsmaster.net this morning. If there's no reply, I shall spam them with postings that violate their terms.

[identity profile] southernwitch69.livejournal.com 2007-08-25 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
It's the same bloke of course (Chris).

The mofo has serious sexual identity issues, doesn't he? Why not be Snape or something.... lolsa

[identity profile] dhark-charlotte.livejournal.com 2007-08-25 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
TPM's Rules page is almost verbatum of the Rules page on Supernaturally Twisted: http://www.spntwisted.com/viewpage.php?page=rules

Not sure if this is a common thing, to copy another's legalese.

[identity profile] harmony-bites.livejournal.com 2007-08-25 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm pretty positive I've heard the name "Stephanie" before as one of the aliases.

and one of the stories I deleted off *before* the wank is there again.

[identity profile] zoepaleologa.livejournal.com 2007-08-25 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
There are three fics of mine there, that I never bloody archived at that site.

I only archived part of "But You Alone" there (before the meltdown), before forgetting about it, and not bothering with the rest. I took BYA bits down from the official WIKTT archives this AM. I've sent an email to this person demanding a password, so I can remove my fics.

I'm moderately annoyed by this.

[identity profile] lady-rhian.livejournal.com 2007-08-25 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Almost all of my stories posted at TPP are now posted at Whispers, and they're incorrectly rated to boot (last I checked I hadn't written any NC-17 work...). I emailed "Stephanie" and asked that my pieces be taken off. Thank you so, SO much for letting us know, dear! *glomp* If he/she don't take my stuff down soon... *cue angry symphony*

[identity profile] veradee.livejournal.com 2007-08-25 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
For some reason (s)he only links to my stories at WIKTT, which I normally wouldn't mind, but since I had asked for my account to be deleted from Whispers last year, I'm unhappy to be listed there again in any form whatsoever.
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[identity profile] teshara.livejournal.com 2007-08-25 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Holy cow!
My fics are there!
Someone thought enough of them to swipe them!
YES!!!

[identity profile] ariadne1.livejournal.com 2007-08-26 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
*awaits response to own email to have stories removed* *sighs*

[identity profile] ltgarrix.livejournal.com 2007-08-26 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I was trying to see if I'm there, but I can't get the site to load. Not sure if that's good or bad. :(

this guy is such an idiot.

[identity profile] apythia.livejournal.com 2007-08-28 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I couldn't get the site to load at all. I kept getting error messages.

You would think they/she/he learned their lesson the first time.

Do many people visit that site still?