I would rather see my books get pirated than this
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I would rather see my books get pirated than this
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Re: I would rather see my books get pirated than this
#2Sounds like an Amazon problem, not an AI problem.
Amazon doesn't seem to curate their marketplace at all. It's full of fake products and no-name chinese vendors selling low-quality goods.
Re: I would rather see my books get pirated than this
#3Pre-LLM content is going to become the most valuable substance known to man. Don't blame Reddit and the like for circling wagons around it.
Re: I would rather see my books get pirated than this
#4>I did file a report with Amazon, complaining that these books were using my name and reputation without my consent. Amazon’s response: “Please provide us with any trademark registration numbers that relate to your claim.” When I replied that I did not have a trademark for my name, they closed the case and said the books would not be removed from sale.
I see you had a typical customer service experience with Amazon.
Out of curiosity, how do intellectual property laws handle someone publishing a work under someone else's name? Is that a trademark violation?
Re: I would rather see my books get pirated than this
#5Sounds like an Amazon problem, not an AI problem. Amazon doesn't seem to curate their marketplace at all. It's full of fake products and no-name chinese vendors selling low-quality goods.
I'm sure many of the new problems in the AI era will rhyme with this one. There are vulnerabilities and weaknesses baked into systems that we just don't appreciate because it wasn't practical to exploit them. Now with the speed and scale made possible with AI, there will be thousands of previously unexplored ways to mislead, scam, and waste people's time.
Re: I would rather see my books get pirated than this
#6It's actually a bit weird how your name gets auto-tagged (even without your consent!) on Amazon. First noticed this when my name showed up[1] (not fraudulently, in this case); but very strange for an author link/page (especially a living one) to be unilaterally created.
Sadly, Amazon probably doesn't care and actual working authors will have to deal with this constantly.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Meteor-Josh-Robinson/dp/1...
Re: I would rather see my books get pirated than this
#7>I did file a report with Amazon, complaining that these books were using my name and reputation without my consent. Amazon’s response: “Please provide us with any trademark registration numbers that relate to your claim.” When I replied that I did not have a trademark for my name, they closed the case and said the books would not be removed from sale. I see you had a typical customer service experience with Amazon.…
Another, related, issue would be the existence of two authors with the same name who both publish under their birth names. I don't see how they could be a 'trade mark' so to speak unless there was an intent to commit identity theft which would be a separate issue (which appears to be the case here)
Re: I would rather see my books get pirated than this
#8>I did file a report with Amazon, complaining that these books were using my name and reputation without my consent. Amazon’s response: “Please provide us with any trademark registration numbers that relate to your claim.” When I replied that I did not have a trademark for my name, they closed the case and said the books would not be removed from sale. I see you had a typical customer service experience with Amazon.…
>Out of curiosity, how do intellectual property laws handle someone publishing a work under someone else's name? Is that a trademark violation?
I assume in the same way they handle somebody else who actually has the same name publishing books... they do nothing. Unless perhaps they are associating themselves with you "By the author of Such and Such"
Re: I would rather see my books get pirated than this
#9>I did file a report with Amazon, complaining that these books were using my name and reputation without my consent. Amazon’s response: “Please provide us with any trademark registration numbers that relate to your claim.” When I replied that I did not have a trademark for my name, they closed the case and said the books would not be removed from sale. I see you had a typical customer service experience with Amazon.…
Unlike copyright, (registered) trademarks don't exist by default, they have to be registered, defended vigorously and regularly renewed. So you would first have to explicitly register your name as a trademark, and that's going to be quite challenging if you have a common name like "Jane Friedman".
That said, a quick poke at TESS shows a bunch of trademarks containing Friedman, including some personal names (Alan, Rivka, Angela).
Update: Yes, common law (unregistered) trademarks are a thing in some countries including the US, but they offer much less protection.
Re: I would rather see my books get pirated than this
#10Sounds like an Amazon problem, not an AI problem. Amazon doesn't seem to curate their marketplace at all. It's full of fake products and no-name chinese vendors selling low-quality goods.
Might as well go to aliexpress and buy from the original source for a 50% discount.