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Fanlib
Fanlib
This worries me greatly. Not this organisation in particular, but the change in mentality it represents, the attempt to comercialise fanfic.
This bit in particular gives me the heebies:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, FanLib reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as FanLib deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in FanLib's sole discretion...
However, by submitting the Submissions to FanLib, You hereby grant FanLib a non-exclusive, worldwide, and royalty-free license to use, reproduce, distribute, and display the Submissions in connection with the Website.
There is a very good, very detailed post about it here.
The way I see it, if fanfic ever becomes a source of income, the Big Boys will be on it like a ton of bricks, a ship-load of legality will suddenly appear; there will be sound, financial reasons to stamp on amateur fanfic and fandom as we know it will wither and perish.
I say, treat it like it's made of Ebola - stay away. If no one goes there, it will die.
(I'm no fool, I recognise that things are about to change and there's probably litle we can do to stop it, but we can take some control; the slope should be slippiest at our end, not theirs.)
This worries me greatly. Not this organisation in particular, but the change in mentality it represents, the attempt to comercialise fanfic.
This bit in particular gives me the heebies:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, FanLib reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as FanLib deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in FanLib's sole discretion...
However, by submitting the Submissions to FanLib, You hereby grant FanLib a non-exclusive, worldwide, and royalty-free license to use, reproduce, distribute, and display the Submissions in connection with the Website.
There is a very good, very detailed post about it here.
The way I see it, if fanfic ever becomes a source of income, the Big Boys will be on it like a ton of bricks, a ship-load of legality will suddenly appear; there will be sound, financial reasons to stamp on amateur fanfic and fandom as we know it will wither and perish.
I say, treat it like it's made of Ebola - stay away. If no one goes there, it will die.
(I'm no fool, I recognise that things are about to change and there's probably litle we can do to stop it, but we can take some control; the slope should be slippiest at our end, not theirs.)
fanlib
I'm Chris one of the founders of FanLib> it's really late and i have been working on the site all day. I'm exhausted but i just realized what was going on here and all of the commentsts are making me sick. we're a small company with 10 emplyees who work 16 hours a day to try and make a great website. we're real people! with feelings and everything! we have been working on this and dreaming about it for a long time and you are just here to shit on it without giving us a chance. i care deeply about what you think but this is crazy. we're good people here and you make us sound like we're an evil corporation or the govt. sending your kids to war or something. we really are all about celebrating fan fiction and fan fiction readers and writers. im sorry this is so short and please excuse the fact that i am cutting and pasting this across a bunch of ljs but i gotta get some sleep.
chris
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I read your fAC, but it hasn't ansewered some of the most fundamental concerns. I'm sure you'll be hearing a lot more from people in the next few days - maybe you could answer those very real concerns.
Actually, let me qualify...
That's not what I'm reading about you and your company.
"we have been working on this and dreaming about it for a long time "
Since 2003, under a variety of company names, apparently.
"you are just here to shit on it without giving us a chance."
Hey fandom people have a way above average IQ (it's a fact, check it out) and we know something bad when we see it.
"we really are all about celebrating fan fiction and fan fiction readers and writers."
No, you are all about *profiting* from fan fiction and its readers and potentially damaging fandom in the process.
"please excuse the fact that i am cutting and pasting this across a bunch of ljs..."
Interestingly, I've just done a search and can't find a single other post from you on *any* of the most active, animated and informed discussions; this is the only one I've found.
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Seems they really don't know much about fandom, period.
Thanks for the heads-up.
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