~amakiresu

Taken from 's journal.
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So! Some increadably stupid morons decided to make a site to turn fan fiction into profit. No I'm not joking.

Right now, their TOS is worded that they can steal any posted material to make money but if they get sued the ficwriter gets all the blame.

I'm asking everyone to spread the word about Fanlib so we can keep it from screwing any fan over.

Here are various links to fans who explain why this is a very bad site much better then I can.

[[link] The Damn FanLib

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Making profit OUT OF FANFICTION!? this is not only violating the fanauthor's right, but infringing the ORIGINAL creators as well! Making money of THEIR and their fans WORK!? Ughhh...

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If you are a fanfic reader or writer, or if you are a friend of fanfic readers and writers, please join the resistance against Fanlib. The site flies in the face of everything the fanfic community stands for, and I say that as not only a fanfic reader and writer of 10 years, but as someone who studies fanfic discourse. These are a group of corporate big wigs trying to make a buck off of us, and they don't even understand what we stand for or why we do what we do. Furthermore, they've set up their users to be sued, and in a worse case scenario, this site could spark the legal case that makes fanfic illegal or that makes fanfic legal only when controlled by corporations who will decide what you can post and when. Even if you're the worst writer in the world, you have a right to get feedback on your fanfic and grow to be a better writer. And no one should be able to tell you what you can and can't write. Let the other fans censor you for being OOC--not corporate big wigs who don't even care about your fandom.

Real fanfic writers don't make money for writing--they do it out of love for their fandom. If they want to make money, they write a manuscript and submit it for publication through the appropriate channels. Let's not open ourselves to fire from a bunch of lawyers who don't understand the love and passion we share or the creativity we cherish. And let's not allow other fans and fanwriters to be suckered in by this website.

In short, boycott Fanlib and warn others. If I can figure out any other way to resist Fanlib's efforts before they cause a legal ruckus, I'll update this journal.

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Amakiresu yells:

Please, for goodness sake, do NOT support that FanLib site.

The complete details (or what you could say 'more specified' details) are up but to shorten 'em...

DO NOT SUPPORT BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE EARN FROM FANFICS. And they should not, because the characters we use aren't even ours and these works are made because of our passion for the fandom~!

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PLEASE PASS THIS AROUND AND START POSTING THIS EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE!

♥ Amakiresu