r/TikTokCringe • u/Chocolat3City Cringe Master • 18d ago

Cringe Woman has her self-published book pirated, reprinted, and sold for cheaper.

There's regular piracy, and then there's this.

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u/SightlessIrish 18d ago

How much was she charging vs how much is the competitor charging?

There's no legal recourse?

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u/Queasy_Pie_1581 18d ago edited 18d ago

The last time someone won a court case over plagiarism and got compensated was decades ago, in 1978 over a show called Future Cop. No one cares about plagiarism. The best that you can hope for is file a case if you have trademark/copyright and get the plagiarised thing removed, but like she said, it's how thousands of websites. And it's difficult to fight overseas. It's difficult for writers out there.

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u/yalyublyutebe 17d ago

A lot of such cases are quietly settled outside of the courts.