PSA

[clocketpatch]

Several people on my flist have posted about this, but in the spirit of spreading the word:

There is a person who has, since 2011, been collecting public posts tagged "fanfic" or "fanart" from lj for their personal blog.

They are not posting links to posts. They are importing the entire post contents minus the username attached to it. They do usually link back to the original post. The main problem here isn't that they're reposting fic without permission (though that is an issue); it's that they're reposting everything tagged as fanfic – fest sign-ups, personal rants about writers block, rec posts, etc. This person is obviously not screening their content.

On the one hand, you shouldn't post anything to the internet without realizing it might be re-used and re-posted in ways you never imagined.

On the other hand… wtfbbq?

Since it seems to be an automated posting process, lost_spook has come up with the attack plan of writing posts calling them out and then tagging those posts with, you guessed it, FANFIC.

And judging by the first few posts on their blog, it's working. I wonder how long it will take them to catch on?

Comments

[pitry.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'm naive or something... but what could possibly be the point??? Well, other than making money from advertising, I guess. Maybe that's the entirety of the point :|

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the signal boost...this is just...CRAZY. And it looks like they've been at it a long time. It is a sheer fluke that they were caught. Random, really.

*HUGS*

[unsentimentalf]

I have trouble getting indignant about someone doing to us what fans do to original copyrighted material all the time. If it's taken from a public site and it's attributed then I'd be inclined just to let it go. Sauce for the goose, and all that...

[akashasheiress.livejournal.com]

Wait, but is that site the actual plagiarism site or just a site that mentions it? Or are they just playing innocent?

[sevanatwonights.livejournal.com]

Oh I got a fanfic for them :P

[metapodik.livejournal.com]

"They are not posting links to posts."

But next:
"They do usually link back to the original post."

Wut?

"They are importing the entire post contents minus the username attached to it."

Only because it was LJ specific lj user="" tag, not html registered tag. I fix this now, its now not removed.