Here we go again

[lady_karelia]

Courtesy of 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.

Comments

[southernwitch69.livejournal.com]

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

[dhark-charlotte.livejournal.com]

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.

[harmony-bites.livejournal.com]

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.

[zoepaleologa.livejournal.com]

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.

[lady-rhian.livejournal.com]

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*

[veradee.livejournal.com]

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.

[teshara.livejournal.com]

Holy cow!
My fics are there!
Someone thought enough of them to swipe them!
YES!!!

[ariadne1.livejournal.com]

*awaits response to own email to have stories removed* *sighs*

[ltgarrix.livejournal.com]

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.

[apythia.livejournal.com]

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?