Strange Things Happened...

[reviews_and_ramblings]

In the last few days I have found some comments from Anonymous in my LJ. They are pretty nasty comments. So to the first I didn't reply but I leave it (it was in a very old post, so I was thinking no bad can arrive from it). But today I have found another two comments, always from anonymous: one again in the same post and was a pretty strong accuse to a book I read and the comment is against the author; in this particular case I don't know personally the writer, but I don't like they use my LJ to throw nastiness. The second comment is "pure" spam. So I have deleted all the three comments and signalated them as "spam". I write this post only to assure you that I have never before deleted a comment, even if from anonymous. But in this case I think I'm in my right to do so.

Elisa

Comments

Re: My apologies...

[(Anonymous)]

I've been following this, and I'm sincerely sorry this happened to you. Additionally to the proof your documents and correspondence give you, you might want to check into the Wayback Machine, because it archived your site:
http://web.archive.org/web/*sa_/http://www.morts-lair.com.

http://web.archive.org/web/20041204215924/morts-lair.com/updates/updates.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20041218025536/morts-lair.com/CPfanfiction/atap/AnotherTimeAnotherPlace.htm

Your story, and the listing of it in your updates section, was archived by the Wayback Machine in the above (last two) links - and they were date stamped. The first eight numbers in the last two links refer to the date archiving happened (yyyymmdd). Though not necessarily done on the date the files appeared on your website, the archiving of the story happened well before Massa's novel was first published, namely 12/18/2004. That's pretty damning.

Good luck with your suit. I hope all will be resolved and the emotional distress for you will be kept to a minimum.

~O.

Re: My apologies...

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for that, I hadn't thought of the wayback machine and every additional piece of evidence will help. Though, to tell the truth, the story considerably pre-dated even its introduction onto my website. It has been archived at www.tomparisdorm.com since 29th August 2003. According to the wayback machine (see how quickly I learn? LOL) Venus press launched 'The Edge' as a brand new novel in May of 2005.
I feel sorry for all the people who have been paying good money for 2 1/2 years for a story that has been available on-line for free since 2003.

Oops...

[(Anonymous)]

sorry, I forgot to sign again.

Amanda (who will get the hang of this LJ thing eventually)

[ex_mrs260625]

I'm just a bystander from metafandom... I hope everything is resolved quickly for this author!

BTW, Amanda, if you want a silver lining and you yourself have ambitions to be published... if you want, once this is over, you can approach the publisher about writing something for them! After all, they've already published your stuff. :0)