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I suppose it's not that different from any other form of piracy?
Trademark, as opposed to copyright, is not only an expensive deal but a lengthy process as well. It might be beneficial to at least consult with a good trademark lawyer earlier rather than later. Your name and reputation are well enough known to possibly put you as risk.
I trademarked "The Vorkosigan Saga" at one point, when licensing tabletop game rights to a company that was going to do it themselves (uh, no) so I've been down that road. Trademarking my writing name had not occurred to me, though I suppose it could be done.
I also once had a whole book stolen, cover and all -- someone grepped "Penric's Demon" and stuck it up on Amazon as a print-on-demand, before my own licensed Subterranean and Baen paper versions. When we discovered this and asked for it to be taken down, it took a couple of months of absurd back-and-forthing to prove to Amazon I was me, though apparently the pirates never had to do so. Whatever small amount of money the pirates got away with, I made no attempt to recover.
As e-piracy proves over and over, pirates are hard to whack.
Ta, L.
A priest from my church had a pirated version of one of her books pushed as "Amazon's Choice". The consequences for her were significant. Amazon's own algorithms are complicit.
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Trademark, as opposed to copyright, is not only an expensive deal but a lengthy process as well. It might be beneficial to at least consult with a good trademark lawyer earlier rather than later. Your name and reputation are well enough known to possibly put you as risk.
I trademarked "The Vorkosigan Saga" at one point, when licensing tabletop game rights to a company that was going to do it themselves (uh, no) so I've been down that road. Trademarking my writing name had not occurred to me, though I suppose it could be done.I also once had a whole book stolen, cover and all -- someone grepped "Penric's Demon" and stuck it up on Amazon as a print-on-demand, before my own licensed Subterranean and Baen paper versions. When we discovered this and asked for it to be taken down, it took a couple of months of absurd back-and-forthing to prove to Amazon I was me, though apparently the pirates never had to do so. Whatever small amount of money the pirates got away with, I made no attempt to recover.
As e-piracy proves over and over, pirates are hard to whack.
Ta, L.
A priest from my church had a pirated version of one of her books pushed as "Amazon's Choice". The consequences for her were significant. Amazon's own algorithms are complicit.
