Someone selling a Librivox Recording on Ebay?

TenorBoy · Post by **TenorBoy** » March 25th, 2020, 9:40 pm

Hi!

I didn't know what to do with this information and so I figured I'd put it here. I found Librivox's Huck Finn recording (I know it's the one because my name is credited in the description) on Ebay?

Is there anything we can/should do about this? The seller is selling it for 7.85.

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/The-Adventures-of-Huckleberry-Finn-by-Mark-Twain-Adventure-1-Mp3-CD-/323399963086

I don't know if there's anything to do? I could email Ebay but I don't know if it's worth it.

I hope everyone is well,

Ashur

Post by **annise** » March 26th, 2020, 12:41 am

They are adding to the PD recording - there isn't anything wrong with that - they have to buy the disk , add the recording so they are providing a service.

Anne

Post by **TriciaG** » March 26th, 2020, 5:33 am

To expand on what Anne said:

Because we release the recordings into the public domain, people can resell them if they wish. It's 100% legal. See the first section of this wiki page for more info: https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php?title=Copyright_and_Public_Domain

Post by **mightyfelix** » March 26th, 2020, 2:50 pm

If I were you, I'd be grateful that my name was credited correctly. There have been others *ahem Audible* who've done the same thing, except they made up a fake name for the reader. It's just as legal, but kind of a slap in the face not to even credit the person who did the majority of the work.