[cromag]

Considering the fact that I'm still saving up my writing "income" until I have enough to buy a large coffee at Starbucks, I seem to be remarkably popular with pirates. I just encountered an unauthorized "audiobook" of one of my stories. It's being hosted, free, at a website (which bears its own "copyright" notice) ... and the website posts its works on YouTube. It was posted a few weeks ago, and has already racked up several thousand views -- numbers that I can only dream about.

Of course, as any musician can tell you, having your work posted for free doesn't make it more likely that anyone will buy the original. But, as even my brother pointed out, they did a very professional job. Getting it taken down at YouTube is mostly a hassle, but really going after this would probably involve more time and money than I have.

So, has anyone else faced this? What would you do?