I have friends and colleagues who regularly write for r/nosleep so I’ve heard a number of the different complaints people have. Then if some Youtuber’s already come along and stolen it and gotten 500,000+ views for it, they’ve had the right to do what they want with their work taken away from them, and may end up not even submitting to us because they might feel they’ve lost their opportunity because another big player already did it. They might have their heart set on us being the ones to do the audio adaptation of their story, for example if we’re their favorite podcast, or they rightly feel like their work is worth money (we pay $125 for regular fiction, with smaller rates for things like flashfic). Plus it’s just insulting and disrespectful even if I hadn’t granted those rights elsewhere.Īs editor for The NoSleep Podcast I see it affecting others too. I don’t want to remove my pre-podcast r/nosleep stories, but the idea any unscrupulous narrator could be stealing them when I’ve already granted the exclusive audio rights to the company I work for is infuriating. Sometimes it’s a story we’ve already run on the podcast, and may want to do something else with in future, so having random Youtubers adapt it without permission makes that harder too. So people taking and adapting my work from r/nosleep means they’re literally reproducing something that someone else holds the audio rights to. I was an r/nosleep author and contributor before I started at the podcast, but any of my work from that period I’ve given first refusal to the podcast for. I work for The NoSleep Podcast now as content manager, editor etc, and also a staff writer. Q) How has people stealing work affected you? Other users? Just in case anyone fancies reading them, y’know? I only answered three of the five questions as the other two didn’t apply to me. Due to the nature of the article, the full interviews aren’t present, so with Gita’s permission, TJ and I are publishing our full interview answers here as a companion piece to the Vice article. I’m still a relative newcomer to the NSP family, but I’m so incredibly proud of this brand that David’s built up from a tiny grassroots indie podcast into what it is now, and the authors who’ve grown and developed alongside us.īut enough of this preamble! Recently myself, TJ and Chrissi spoke to journalist Gita Jackson over at Vice about The Blackout, and you can read her excellent article here. I couldn’t be more proud to see the positive effect the podcast has contributed to the mobilizing of this movement. It’s been extremely heartwarming to see how well The NoSleep Podcast is regarded by the community in fact our rates, processes etc have been used as some benchmarks in what the movement is asking for. I’m sure I could do more, and this year I’ve reshuffled my responsibilities to be able to spend even more time on doing that.Īnyway! I’ve been involved in The Blackout in a small way, working with TJ discussing and planning things, as well as occasionally being a media liaison for the movement. So I try and do what I can to help authors contribute to sustainable careers and personal brands. The point is, as a NoSleep Podcast employee who came in originally as a freelance author, I know what it’s like for horror authors in our community, and how often we’re made to feel like our content is worth nothing, despite it being the lifeblood of the horror narration and podcasting community. I wish I had 100x more hours in my day to be able to do this as much as I’d like to, but alas. Part of my role on the show is to cultivate relationships with authors, give them advice, opportunities, help foster their careers beyond ‘appearing on the podcast’. And of course, this is something that we at The NoSleep Podcast hugely support and champion, and we fully back this movement. It’s about getting writers fair pay and treatment. – r/TheWritersBlackoutĪ lot of community members are involved, and the movement is run by autor TJ Lea and head r/nosleep mod Christine Druga. In short, we must stress that the core imperative of the movement is to strictly enforce that writers receive fair pay for their work. In addition, this movement strives to provide writers with personal advice on individual negotiations, working out fee options such as revenue percentages, view to dollar ratios or royalty rights. The Writer’s Blackout is a movement designed to help authors receive fair compensation from YouTube narrators via direct mediation and/or advice from experienced writers. If you haven’t heard about The Blackout going on at r/nosleep right now, then here’s a brief rundown.
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