Back in October I noticed a YouTube video advertising TR, along with another video advertising Kira’s return. The YouTube account was referring to her as ‘The Rising Phoenix.’ I think one video may still be available, but the account itself is gone. The website: kiratakenouchi.com is gone, as well. Everything is gone, and yet, it’s still being sold on Amazon? Something’s not right. Does anyone know what’s going on? Was there an issue with copyright? I noticed that she had some DA cosplayers in the video, as well. Did she have their permission to use their photos, and is that where the problem arose? I don’t understand why she would take it all down. The video was amazing, the music was astounding – did anyone else see it aside from me? I swear, if it were a trailer for a movie version of TR, I would have gone to see it opening night.
As for the books that are currently being sold, I just honestly want to say that I don’t agree with it. I recall reading the fanfic back when it was free. I was excited to see an epic video advertising Kira’s return, as well; but I think she’s just trying to scam people again. I’m sorry, but this fanfic is still available on line for FREE. It’s a fanfic and she does not have the permission from the original author to be making money off of her work. I just can’t stand by and watch people pay over $20 for a fanfic. This is a downright scam, and it doesn’t feel right. Does anyone else feel this way? I feel kind of cheated and, overall, disappointed.
The link below will show you where you can read TR and the other fics for FREE - as all fanfics should be. If the link doesn’t work, simply go on Tumblr, type in Taming Riki in the search bar, and you’ll find it there. That’s how I found it. It’s a legit pdf download from a drop box. Anyone who has a drop box can vouch and say that this is safe, as it is a professional system that even my college utilizes.
Aside from my torn feelings, can anyone enlighten me to what’s going on? It’s like she popped out of the ground and then disappeared with the rising sun.
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As far as her selling her fanfic... that is illegal and copyright infringement. She has never been able to provide proof that she has permission from either the original author or the publishing house that holds the rights to the work. That she's still trying to sell her story really pisses me off as an author. The golden fanfic rule for an author is that you make no profit off it.
While I haven't written fanfic in quite a number of years (all my writing is original stuff now), I still remember and hold that rule to be sacrosanct. It would be fairly easy for me to go back to The Last Cadre and file the serial numbers off and market it as an original work, but it started life as an AU AnK and that would still be wrong in my eyes.
I do believe you can leave a review on the item, even if you didn't purchase it. There are also ways to report the item itself. The U.S. copyright holder can also be contacted and made aware.
Just based on her responses alone, I feel zero sympathy for her and actually hate her, mental illness or not. The gall of her to claim that people are encouraging piracy of HER works when she knows full well that she is profiting off content she does not own. And I love her halfassed excuse that she has "many" original characters and content, therefore it's perfectly fine for her to be selling her fanfiction.
What a bitch.
And if anyone is thinking "We can just make Amazon aware of it"...no. They won't do anything about it.
Edited at 2015-02-03 02:32 pm (UTC)
What I fear the most is that as long as hacks like her exist, we can expect nothing new in the future. I'd love, as I'm sure everyone within the community is, to see them finally give the 2012 anime remake the finish it so richly deserves. I'll continue to support the original as much as I can....and do. I vehemently refuse to give any lip service to soul-draining nitwits.
For her to actually have the gall to be responding to people like that, defending what she 100% knows is wrong with weak excuses like "many of the characters are original"...omg, the sooner she drops off the face of fandom, the better.
Example with Music, theres a 29(?) year copy right law where you have to get the permission to do a cover of it. After that you can copy it all you want, just not claim it as your own.
On a different note, so wanted to read this Q_Q. I've read and own all of the *real* ANK books, and was always wondering where people were getting some of the names from, cuz they ain't in there. Now I understand after thumbing through these's really quick ;x
Thankies!
This Kira is a brilliant writer but indeed without permission from the original makers of AnK she shouldn't be selling her fic at all. Not to mention the scandal of it being online as a free fanfic for a long time before all of this commercial shit started...
And the worst part is: I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE ENDING ANYWHERE ONLINE!!!:O :P Argh that's just mean, you start reading sth as a fanfic and then all of a sudden you gotta pay to read the ending? Scandalous!;) No, seriously, that's just deceiving and torturing ppl :P It's annoying enough when it's original fic, but seriously fanfic? That's not even legal.
If anybody happens to have a link to the final chapters of this Taming Riki FANfic, do let me know ;) But I ain't gonna pay for it :P
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People, I swear.
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Edited at 2017-10-25 10:39 pm (UTC)
If you're aware of the practice and support it (alternatively, there are fanartists who sell merchandise at anime conventions, and cosplayers who sell prints), then I'm a little confused as to what the issue is with English fanfiction having a price attached. Fanzines, for example, have quite a bit of history, and there hasn't been much controversy about copyright infringement where they're concerned (that I know of) - at least not in the recent years.
Edited at 2018-01-06 05:38 am (UTC)
Last time I checked up on her was... 10 years. Yeah, I'm old. And guess what? Kira hasn't changed
muchat all. That's a bit sad to see that after all that years.As time as I post this: Kira still have the website, www.kirafics.com
Her fictions are not on kirafics.com anymore. Instead, she only has a news post dated February 20, 2018 (not that long ago):
Kira Takenouchi has moved her writing to Patreon, here. Please go there and become a patron to have access to all her current fiction.
To those who were subscribing to her site, she offers her most sincere apologies! Her hosting provider, GoDaddy, cancelled her account and refused to admit the error! She has moved to a new hosting provider, BlueHost, in order to put up this page to notify you of the change.
But rather than risk putting up her fiction once again with another web hosting provider, she has decided that Patreon will house her fiction, from here on out.
Kira Takenouchi is a Best-Selling author of m/m fiction and her books can be found on Amazon. Visit her Amazon page, here.
So, Kira Takenouchi moved all her works to Patreon- as in https://www.patreon.com/kiratakenouchi- Let's check it out!
Oh, it's not existing anymore. Boo.
Ok, Kira's Amazon page? Uhhh. None of her books is available -- Some used are up for sale, over a hundred. Ebooks?? None.
So the result? You will be disappointing.