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metafandombot.livejournal.com: Monday, May 21, 2007
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astolat: Archive: update and first call for volunteers - The discussion and brainstorming is still going on in An Archive Of One's Own. -- thelastgoodname: On the idea of centralized archives - Can someone explain to me the differences, in purpose, in function, in fannish cultural currency, etc., between astolat's archive idea and Fanfiction.net? -
- mona1347: This icon has never been more appropriate. - Just as many journalists would never consider themselves "fiction writers" but are still "writers" by ANYONE'S definition, I do not consider myself the sort of writer who writes "original" fiction. -
- janedavitt: Feh. - I gather the Fanlib board are all male and no harm in that, although most fic writers are female, but a more blatant proof that they're not fans would be hard to find. // Yes, let's poke fun at the weedy geek against a pink background (probably gay and a -
- icarusancalion: Article summing up FanLib. - On March 22nd, FanLib emailed hundreds of fan fiction authors in dozens of online communities in LiveJournal, lotrfanfiction, FanFiction.net, and Fiction Alley. They invited writers to upload stories to a beta version of their new website, www.fanlib.com. -
- fandrogyny: post rec: Our Wannabe Corporate Overlords - Once again, the ladies at Feminist SF have outdone themselves: Yonmei exposes the historical revisionism inherent to FanLib. -
- jennyo: Substantial Fannish Opinion - I mean, I think the drama is further proof that for some of us, the pleasure and pain of fandom is worrying They Might Find Out, whoever THEY are to you (your community, your parents, the lawyers, the writers) and keeping this dramatic secret. -
- adis723: This is not a rant it's....bitchy meta. 'Cause I say so. - That's right. I. Judge.//It's human and I'm just being honest.//I'm not above rolling my eyes. I'm not above emailing back and forth while cackling. I'm not above calling someone and screeching, "Oh my GOD! Can you fucking believe..." It'd be a lie to say -
- liz_marcs: I've Had a Bad Week Anyway... - There are issues over proper writing mechanics, themes, characterizations, subject matter, inaccurate and inappropriate appropriation of various cultures, and all of that. But every one of those issues still comes down to the same thing: the Disconnect (h -
- saeva: Urgh. This really annoys me and I've having trouble articulating why - We're not questioning the system. We were never questioning the system. We were buying the things the system produced and then making our own fun. Totally different.//And now?[...]The system is changing around us, because of US -
- stoney321: The last on the topic. - I am not a bully. [shakes jowls like Nixon] I am getting really sick and tired of whiny people claiming that women with opinions are bullies. IT IS NOT BULLYING TO STATE AN OPINION ON THINGS, and shame on you who would try and get people to think that way -
- rahirah: How Not To Kerfuffle
I was going to post something on the latest kerfuffle, and then I decided no one needed to hear my thoughts on yaoi. So instead, some tips for not getting caught up in a kerfuffle in the first place: - thelastgoodname: A search engine just for fanfiction
ralst suggested in the previous post that we need a fandom-wide search engine that searches pre-existing archives (and individual sites?).
I think this is a brilliant idea.
How do we make it work? - kyuuketsukirui: Fanlib again - that keeps popping into my mind every time I read another comment or discussion about Fanlib is Gabe from Penny Arcade saying, "It's not for you." Because that's the thing. It's not. And that doesn't make the people involved or the people posting not fans -
- fandom_me: Meta. - What I am talking about[...]is all the writers who are technically good - good spelling and grammar, anatomically correct, don't use purple prose and do use a beta - but are still writing sex scenes that fall short of being really good. -
- like_cheap_wine: Thinking about stuff - Last night, while waiting for sleep to come, I started thinking about fanart and how ideas are born. For me, it can be separated in two sections: 1- story ideas 2- picture ideas. -
- morgandawn: Legal Articles Discussing Fan Fiction - Profit is not the key factor in determining whether you are infringing a copyright. It is one of many factors. The ability to commercialize is a stronger element in favor of copyright infringement (but again not dispositive). -
- vulgarweed: "Corporate Rock Still Sucks"...and corporate fanfic even more so - Lack of money, career pressures, and recognition under my own name are the reasons why I enjoy fanfic so much. It's a feature, not a bug. It's freedom. And the "sisters doin' it for themselves" culture is what makes this possible -
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fandom_lawyers: FanLIb: What Are Your Thoughts? - There are many other objections to the site being voiced, but I was just wondering what the lawyers in this comm thought of the it, its TOS, and how much of a legal risk fan writers would be taking if they posted their work on the site. -