
Hey, AO3 folks (and fanfic writers elsewhere)... if you see this offer, RUN AWAY FROM IT. IT’S POISON.
Please read this twitter thread and then stay FAR AWAY from the people being described
https://twitter.com/aj_spinner_/status/1557083021949505549
The tl:dr; version: These people want you to “file the serial numbers off” your fanfic and publish it with them.
The catch: If the IP owners ever come after you, you’re on your own… and you have to pay the publisher damages! (Not to mention the IP owner…)
Also: their advances are CRAP. Also: Your advance (such as it is) is obtained by crowdfunding. WTF!!!
So:
AVOID AVOID AVOID. Dear sweet THOTH on his e-scooter, stay away from these people.
ETA: Victoria Strauss of Writer Beware has looked at the contract and declared it “completely incoherent and inadequate”.
So, honestly AVOID.
Yep. I saw it on Twitter yesterday and the contract is genuinely bonkers. Avoid at all costs.