David Revoy
"Fa Bd Comics" books on SCAMazon: don't buy them. A new article on the blog about the worst publisher reusing my artworks and the one of the Pepper&Carrot community. Full story here: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article959/fa-bd-comics-books-on-scamazon-don-t-buy-them
Fa Bd Comics books on SCAMazon: don't buy them

David Revoy
Mar 26, 2023 at 5:36pmWeb
Show threadMar 26, 2023
is this not copyright infringement?
@davidrevoy
Show threadDavid RevoyMar 26, 2023
@p Two on the three are clearly copyright infringement.
Only "Heritage" is legal, but it has so many other problem of low quality, changing the meaning of the story, with faking my endorsement that it is on the edge of illegality for the Creative Commons Attribution too.
Show threadGrum999 Mar 26, 2023

@davidrevoy did you report it to amazon?

EDIT: ok I didn't saw you wrote "On my side, I'll try to contact both of them to remove the books."
:)

Hope Amazon will give you a positive answer

Show threadDavid RevoyMar 26, 2023
@grum999 Same, I'll give update on mastodon about how things are evolving. 🤞
Show threadHarkalé LinaïMar 26, 2023

@davidrevoy à la lecture de ton article, c'est de pire en pire :D l'adresse caramail, sérieux. J'image que leur business model, c'est de chourer pleeeein de BDs en ligne, de les mettre en forme automatiquement et de les vendre en espérant que quelques personnes se fassent avoir ?

Enfin bref, bon courage, c'est pas cool tout ça. D'expérience, la "DMCA takedown request" d'amazon marche bien, je ne pense pas que cet "éditeur" aille contester pour cause de license CC.

Show threadOlivier Saraja ☕️📚🦖🛸👻Mar 26, 2023
@Harkale_Linai (oh, je découvre ton compte et tes magnifiques peintures. te voilà suivi(e) par une personne supplémentaire) Cc @davidrevoy
Show threadHarkalé LinaïMar 26, 2023
@oliviersaraja ha, merci ^^
Show threadDavid RevoyMar 26, 2023

@Harkale_Linai Merci pour tes mots de soutients et l'astuce de la DMCA.  
Je vais y regarder. Certe, le niveau creuse de plus en plus profond.  

Bon, il faut aussi que je me remonte le morale car c'est aussi le coup de "l'arbre qui tombe qui fait plus de bruit que la foret qui pousse": l'édition nationale en Norvège se présente très bien et l'éditeur m'a déjà envoyé un super soutient avec en plus PDFs de relectures et tout. Idem pour une version Occitan en prépa...

Show threadHarkalé LinaïMar 26, 2023
@davidrevoy c'est super, félicitations pour l'édition norvégienne ! (et la possible future version occitane)
Show thread Efertone Mar 26, 2023
@davidrevoy what as shame 😞
Show threadheapinfrimpMar 26, 2023
@davidrevoy wha? doesn't it cost money to publish on amazon? They must make a decent business out of ripping people off, and plainly aren't spending any money or effort on quality control. Having your own name linked on it and thus likely to be blamed, apart from not getting any money from sales, would be the worst part if this happened to me.
Show threadDavid RevoyMar 26, 2023

@bimshwel Apparently, you can publish at zero cost thanks to Amazon print-on-demand system: you send a PDF and they print books one by one when someone purchase them. So, it's the open door to quickly made content to try to sell it.

I have the same system on DriveThruComics: except DriveThru require me to buy each book before I can publish a PDF, to be sure I agree with colors, and the quality.

Apparently, this quality step is not part of Amazon process...

Show threadsoozMar 27, 2023
@davidrevoy Ugh. What a terrible job they did. I marked all 3 book reviews as helpful.
Show threadDavid RevoyMar 27, 2023
@sooz Thank you Sooz! 
Show threadRobertMar 27, 2023
@davidrevoy that is terrible and sad that people would blatantly steal artwork and profit from it. I am glad to see you posted this.
Show threadSylvia RitterMar 30, 2023
@davidrevoy So sorry that this is happening to you. If someone breaks one of the rules of the creative commons, the rules of copyrighted artworks apply. I saw that two of these books aren't available for purchase anymore but Amazon has to remove the whole product page...
Show threadDavid RevoyMar 30, 2023
@sylvia_ritter Oh, thanks for the news: I just saw the two copyright fan-art infringements are not purchasable now.
https://www.amazon.com/Pepper-Carrot-Novels-David-Revoy/dp/B09ZZVJLDT/
https://www.amazon.com/Pepper-Carrot-Mini-Nicolas-Artance/dp/B0BHMPMM14/
Good. I sent a copyright infringement, ( https://www.davidrevoy.com/data/images/blog/2023/2023-03-28_screenshot_012930_net.jpg ) but I received a refusal letter. ( https://www.davidrevoy.com/data/images/blog/2023/2023-03-28_amazon-rejection-letter_124920.png ).
Also, their website is now down since 3 days: https://fabdcomics.com/ ... I have no idea what's happening, but I'm glad, it is fading in the dark like that. 😆
Amazon.com

Show threadSylvia RitterMar 30, 2023
@davidrevoy Which copyright infringement form did you use? There are several pages for each subdomain. I only had to add a verification code on the UK page a very long time ago. They are not allowed to refuse your request. Did you resubmit the information they requested?
Show threadSylvia RitterMar 30, 2023
@davidrevoy Good that their website is down! I also saw these books on their social media pages:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CnSUK4xMh05/
https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18057751072339595/, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=543255134507254&set=pb.100064683156899.-2207520000.&type=3, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=466850932147675&set=pb.100064683156899.-2207520000.&type=3, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=475234971309271&set=pb.100064683156899.-2207520000.&type=3
FA on Instagram: "Heritage 🗺️ "Heritage tells through a visual narrative, the perspective of a child who lives in a bad impactful environment, transforming life into a monotonous world in shades of gray, but also how hope is always there, in the small everyday aspects of life, like the affection of a pet or the song of a bird. A beautiful graphic novel, sad and happy at the same time, turning everything into a wonderful story!" Comics in book and e-book edition, available on various platforms and online stores. By David Revoy under CC BY license (source in «faqs» by link in bio). 🇵🇹... "Heritage conta através de uma narrativa visual, a perspectiva de uma criança que vive num mau ambiente impactante, transformando a vida num mundo monótono em tons de cinza, mas também como a esperança está sempre lá, nos pequenos aspectos quotidianos da vida, como o afecto de um animal de estimação ou o canto de um pássaro. Uma obra bonita, triste e alegre ao mesmo tempo, transformando tudo numa história maravilhosa!" [ BD HQ ] Banda Desenhada em edição livro e e-book, dísponivel em várias plataformas e lojas online. #bandadesenhada #bd #quadrinhos #historiaquadrinhos #hq #historieta #historiadibujada #comics #komics #comix #graphicnovel #novelagrafica #cartoons #tiras #tirascomicas #strips #comicstrips #dibujos #ilustrações #livroilustrado #manga #cores #pretoebranco #tonsdecinza #livro #ebook #fisico #digital #edicaoautor #culturalivre"

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