Kalvin Carefour JohnnyApr 13, 2025

📜 CONTENT POLICY (MY TERMS):
By engaging, you agree to these conditions.

🚫 PROHIBITED:
- AI training (ChatGPT, etc.) on my work.
- Reposting/adapting without written consent.
- Misusing "fair use" to bypass my rights.

💸 ENFORCEABLE ACTIONS (BY ME):
- Demand removal + compensation for unauthorized use (RM100/post).
- DMCA takedowns + Malaysian small claims court (Copyright Act 1987).
- Permanent ban + platform reporting (e.g., Vivaldi Social).

⚖️ MALAYSIAN LAW APPLIES:
- Copyright Act 1987: Penalizes plagiarism/distribution (no retroactive fees).
- PDPA 2010: If personal data is misused.

🤝 SUPPORT CREATORS:
- Tip: https://ko-fi.com/kaebecomyn
- Share with credit (no edits/decontextualizing).

🔁 SHARING RULES:
- ✅ Allowed: Direct sharing (credit + link).
- ❌ Banned: AI scraping, paywalling, or distortion.

⚠️ NOTE:
- I enforce via takedowns, invoices, and court where possible.
- No retroactive fees (Malaysian law doesn’t support this).

TL;DR: Respect my work; support or scroll.
💎 Support: https://ko-fi.com/kaebecomyn | ⚖️ #PayTheCreator

#CreatorRights #NoAIscraping #EthicalContent #SupportIndieCreators #FairUsePolicy #CreditTheCreator #NoFreeLabor #CreativeCommons #DontStealMyWork #PayTheCreator #HumanMadeContent #AIethics #ContentTheft #DigitalOwnership #RespectCreators #ArtTheft #ConsciousConsumption #CreatorEconomy

Frank Podmore 🌹✊Feb 18, 2025

Please respond to the government's consultation on 'AI' and demand they protect authors' rights. You can fill out the survey here:

https://ipoconsultations.citizenspace.com/ipo/consultation-on-copyright-and-ai/

#PayTheCreator

Consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence - Intellectual Property Office - Citizen Space

Find and participate in activities run by Intelluctual Property Office

Sarah MatthewsOct 11, 2023
I’ve got Spotify but haven’t looked into using it for #audiobooks yet. This is an interesting article on the knock on effect of the new offer for #publishers and #writers | SoA demands transparency and action on publishers’ streaming deals with Spotify - The Society of Authors https://www2.societyofauthors.org/2023/10/10/soa-demands-transparency-and-action-on-publishers-streaming-deals-with-spotify/ https://www2.societyofauthors.org/2023/10/10/soa-demands-transparency-and-action-on-publishers-streaming-deals-with-spotify/?fbclid=IwAR0AE_oiQeBWWJdO0g9aZlLPUSQYcwrzN-R6KnmqN4giMAqNIhmYNz4qQGc
#bookstodon #publishing #reading #PayTheCreator @bookstodon
SoA demands transparency and action on publishers’ streaming deals with Spotify - The Society of Authors

The SoA raises concerns about major publishers agreeing streaming deals with Spotify

The Society of Authors - The UK trade union for more than 12,000 writers, illustrators and literary translators.
Society of AuthorsDec 8, 2022

"This shows that publishing industry bodies, trade unions and law enforcement can work together to make meaningful inroads in the fight against internet book piracy"

Our response to the charges brought against the founders of Z-Library.

https://www2.societyofauthors.org/2022/12/08/a-victory-in-the-fight-against-book-piracy/

#PayTheCreator

A victory in the fight against book piracy - The Society of Authors

Our response to the charges against the founders of Z-Library

The Society of Authors - The UK trade union for more than 11,000 writers, illustrators and literary translators.
Society of AuthorsDec 7, 2022

"It is time to spread the money more equitably to ensure that creators – the people whose work makes the industry possible – aren’t left relying on chance."

Chair of the SoA board
@joannechocolat writing in The Guardian on the ALCS income report.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/07/low-pay-authors-writing-books-joanne-harris

#PayTheCreator

Horribly low pay is pushing out my fellow authors – and yes, that really does matter

Writing books has been the great joy of my life, but I fear it’s becoming a career for the elite few, says author Joanne Harris

The Guardian
Society of AuthorsDec 6, 2022

"A picture of a writing profession that is inaccessible and unsustainable for too many" - our response to ALCS's 2022 report on author incomes.

https://www2.societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a-profession-struggling-to-sustain-itself/

#PayTheCreator

A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors

ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006

The Society of Authors - The UK trade union for more than 12,000 writers, illustrators and literary translators.
Joachim (he/him, white)Aug 24, 2020

@weirdwriter

I have not followed the link, but just in response to your toot I can say that I love #Bandcamp and I dont care about ( and never touch) #spotify!

I just love to be able to #payTheArtist / #payTheCreator. And I also love to dowload my purchased #mp3-files!