Jason Matthieu

"Jason Matthieu", aka "Jason Maskerade," is the name of a commercial erotica writer who has been alleged to be a plagiarist of both erotica and fan fiction. 
==History==
Works of erotic fiction have been sold online (Amazon, Fnac.com, Google play books, among others) by "Jason Maskerade" or "Jason Matthieu," either as a writer or a publisher, as early as 2013, usually for 2 euros. A total of more than 2000 stories were published, in French or in English. Many of these works have been identified as plagiarism, as the stories were available for free before in different erotic websites. Only a few have been taken down by its original author however, and "Jason Matthieu" remained active, claiming to be either "the number one erotic fiction writer in Europe" or that a team of writers wrote for him. See various posts by Kumfu at FF.net Forum: and 
On April 28th 2015, he began publishing fanfiction that was available for free on fanfiction.net, mainly from the Harry Potter, Twilight, Star Wars, Naruto, Supernatural, Lord of the Rings and Once Upon a Time fandoms, for a price of approximately 4 euros each.Examples: a "Jason+Matthieu"&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RAKHVYC9OcytsgHKkpIg&ved=0CMcBEOgBMBg harry Potter meets Twilight story posted on April 28, 205; archive link. This was discovered on June 17th 2015, and a large number of the books were taken down 48 hours later. Shortly thereafter, the author's name on some of the Google Books was changed to "Fan Fiction FF" but still were listed as being published by Jason Maskerade.Seconde chance à l'amour: Harry Potter rencontre Twilight accessed June 21, 2015; archive link. In some countries the following text has been added by Google below the books: "This book is currently disabled and therefore not available for purchase on Google Play. Please note that the metadata are always accessible but users cannot access the content on Google Books." See Kuroneko95's post at on page 14.
He also sells Vampire Diaries fanfiction in English at the Queensland Book Depot (QBD), for 5 dollars each. 
==Example of Fan Story==
One example of the type of fan stories written by others and being offered under Jason Matthieu's name is the French Supernatural story "A la croisée des destins. The story was written by barjy02 and published to FanFiction.net on Mar 24, 2013.. It was later posted to the AO3 platform on Feb 15, 2015.. The story was translated, with the authors permission into English on April 26, 2014 on FF.net. The book was still listed in Google Books as being written by Jason Matthiew on June 21, 2015."Jason+Matthieu"&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BAOHVan0Hc_hoATLn6TABw&redir_esc=y Google Book entry; archived link.
==Debate on the Responsibility of the Ebook Stores==
On discussion forums, e-books seller's platforms such as Google play books and Fnac.com were accused of not caring enough about plagiarism. Actuallité, Vol et commercialisation de Fanfictions, un petit commerce illégal (Accessed June 2015). The works stolen from FF.net were clearly labelled as fanfictions (making them illegal to sell), which left some people wondering why they were allowed in the store in the first place. 
After the stories were identified, Google Play books answered concerned fans by saying that only the original writer or the publisher could take them down. Many of these fans believed that Google Play was making a mistake and that fanfiction was illegal to sell.See SomeCoolName's comment at on page 12. The debate cooled down after many of the works were taken down by either "Jason Maskerade" or Google Play books. 
By June 21, 2015 approximately 40+ fan books authored by Jason Matthieu and published by Jason Maskerade still remained listed at Google Books. A screenshot of these books has been archived here. Additional examples can be found here, here, here, here, and here.
==Fan Reactions==
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==Author Reactions==
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At least one author suspended her writing in response:
Other authors suggested that fans should continue writing and translating fan fic into French: 
==Identity Controversy==
Jason Matthieu a.k.a Jason Maskerade, a French poker player, has claimed he is not connected to the plagiarism and that his identity was stolen.] Forum Francophone, Jason has since edited his original forum posts to remove his identity theft claims. This is regarded by some fans as unlikely, as cached versions of his twitter account said that he was "a writer", and his former Amazon author page mentioned that he was a 23-year old poker player[], Forum francophone. See also . His twitter account is listed under both names" "@JasonMaskerade The Official Twitter Account of Jason Matthieu. French Professional Poker Player, Angel Investor, E-Marketing Writer."
On June 18, Jason Matthieu used his twitter account to reach out to a FF.net Forum member:
On June 19th, Jason Matthieu posted a message on fanfiction.net explaining the identity theft, and that he had taken legal actions against it. He also said that the police thought the theft was from Abidjan. ] Forum Francophone, Jason has since edited his original posts to remove his identity theft claims. 
On June 20th, he again posted to the FF.net forum claiming to be a TwitPic investor and saying he had better things to do than to respond to the allegations. In his message he quoted the French Wikipedia article about TwitPic as proof he was an investor.Jason has since edited his original posts to remove his claims of being an investor in TwitPit. This only raised more doubts, as the addition of his name to the TwitPic Wikipedia article had been made the month before and was soon removed as vandalism.. He then changed the text of all his previous messages on FF.net to read "Je me suis assez expliqué, menée assez d'actions pour montrer ma bonne foi, maintenant je vous laisse dans votre délire de complot et manipulation." ("I explained enough, my actions should be enough to show my good faith, I now leave you to your delusions of conspiracy and manipulation") and left the FF.net forum.
However as one fan pointed out, whether "Jason Matthieu aka Jason Maskerade the poker player and erotica writer" was the victim of identity theft was largely irrelevant to them:
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