it’s barely been two months this time, between #speechify ‘s CEO attempting this without informing writers & this scam. “Oh no! Writing fanfiction isn’t making anyone any money!” #cliffweitzman , is that you??
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#CliffWeitzman ‘s thus far extremely dismissive response toward the authors whose copyright he violated, and his subsequent attempts to quietly bury #Speechify ‘s advertising of #WordStream, raise significant concerns about Speechify’s business practices and overall integrity.
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#CliffWeitzman needs to take responsibility for his actions, demonstrate his understanding that taking these freely shared fanworks with the explicitly stated intent to monetize them was wrong, and outline steps he and #Speechify will take to ensure it won’t happen again.
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Only today has the copyrighted material been properly delisted from #WordStream's search results and cut off from member access. #CliffWeitzman has yet to publicly acknowledge any wrongdoing on his or his company's part.
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In December 2024, #Speechify's CEO #CliffWeitzman scraped stories from #AO3 without authors' permission and put them on his new, for-profit platform #WordStream. When faced with backlash from the fan community, Weitzman quickly hid these works from public view. 🧵
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hello all, I’m getting reports that works that were accessed on word-stream before they were hidden by #CliffWeitzman can STILL be accessed in full, both as text and as AI-generated audio. make sure to check the latest additions to the tumblr post via this link: www.tumblr.com/ekingston/77...
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I tried to summarize the whole #CliffWeitzman #word-stream situation as it transpired the best I could over on tumblr. Please share this post instead of my original updates if you can, it has all the most recent & relevant information in one place: www.tumblr.com/ekingston/77...
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