You've got the moral high ground, but you should get (at least) recognition for your work. Since they denied you that, they also owe you compensation. I'd ask for $300 and putting your name and link back on your work, and explain that they could have had it for $50 or $100 if they'd asked nicely and not stolen from you.
$300 is too low for this. However, you need to review the agreement you signed (by hand or electronically) for them when you initially agreed to publish on that site.
That's the point: there was no agreement, no communication; I'd never heard of the site until I stumbled across it looking for new stories to read and found my own there without my name on it. I'm thinking of sending them a bill. Since they've already used my work without deigning to negotiate a fee with me, my 'standard fee' must be acceptable to them, right? (Though something tells me that having an ocean between me and them might make them feel less compelled to pay up.)
Ah, I didn't understand that. Then you should go to the free legal aid to get help drafting a cease-and-desist letter. In the meantime, you should write the webmaster (and the web host if you can find him) and state in no uncertain terms that they do not have permission to post your story.
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denied you that, they also owe you compensation. I'd ask for $300 and putting your name and link
back on your work, and explain that they could have had it for $50 or $100 if they'd asked nicely and
not stolen from you.
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Check into potentially free legal aid advice.
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That's the point: there was no agreement, no communication; I'd never heard of the site until I stumbled across it looking for new stories to read and found my own there without my name on it. I'm thinking of sending them a bill. Since they've already used my work without deigning to negotiate a fee with me, my 'standard fee' must be acceptable to them, right? (Though something tells me that having an ocean between me and them might make them feel less compelled to pay up.)
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