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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,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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?
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?
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