Originally Posted by crich70
I count some 36 stories (including yours) at the website that is linked to the youtube site, and that's only recent posts. They do seem to credit you by name which is good, but I do think they should have made the effort to contact you to ask permission 1st. That would have been only polite, and if they are selling the audio story then you should be getting some of the proceeds for your work I would think as it is the source material for the actual audio recording. Just like if someone writes a story and/or script for Hollywood and it's made into a movie the original author and script writer should both be acknowledged for their part in things. I remember reading some yrs back where a movie won an Oscar and everyone was congratulating everyone else, the director, the actors, the script writer, everyone except one person. The author of the original short story without which none of the others would have had anything to be congratulated about. He didn't even receive a copy of the video or have a heads up that it was being considered. Needless to say he wasn't a happy camper. After all he said (in an article about it) how much future advertizement of his work was lost because they didn't even remember to mention his name? I'd try talking to the owner of the site, and see if something can be worked out then if that doesn't work you can go farther afield by bringing in youtube and maybe the people who run the servers on which the guy's site is set. Of course it also depends on how much time and money you want to spend on it as well. They could just decide to move to another server or something if they are booted from their present place.
They do provide links to your Amazon and goodreads page where the ebook and link to your page at Smashwords is located so at least they are providing that and not trying to resell a pirate copy of the kindle file it looks like.  Still I think if it were me I would have appreciated them asking permission before posting an audio book of it. Just common courtesy I would think. |