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As most LJers and members of fen already know, Fanlib is a corporate-driven site that is, in essence, attempting to use fans as an open-source think tank for marketing ideas, show ideas, plot ideas, et al. In other words, they want to mine the fannish collective for anything of value. What do the fans get in return? A t-shirt and zero protection should the copyright holder of the source material decide the fans' work is damaging or offensive. The suits use the fans as dray horses and cannon fodder and reap all the benefits.
This may be of special interest to folks who write fanfiction based on CBS TV shows, as John Moonves, who may be related to CBS head Les Moonves, is mentioned, as is CBS itself.
Some links for people coming late to the party:
Life Without Fanlib. An LJ that collects news and links on Fanlib and with it could mean for fen.
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metafandom-It also collects links and discussions.
Icarusancalion's Concise Explanation of All the WTFery and Hysteria-Exactly what it says.
I may come back tomorrow and add my twopence to the ten million pounds that have already been devoted to the subject thusfar, but I'm not feeling eloquent today; I'm angry and sad and afraid that my hobby and best outlet for creative expression might be wrested from me by greedy corporate executives who already have everything else.
This may be of special interest to folks who write fanfiction based on CBS TV shows, as John Moonves, who may be related to CBS head Les Moonves, is mentioned, as is CBS itself.
Some links for people coming late to the party:
Life Without Fanlib. An LJ that collects news and links on Fanlib and with it could mean for fen.
metafandom-It also collects links and discussions.Icarusancalion's Concise Explanation of All the WTFery and Hysteria-Exactly what it says.
I may come back tomorrow and add my twopence to the ten million pounds that have already been devoted to the subject thusfar, but I'm not feeling eloquent today; I'm angry and sad and afraid that my hobby and best outlet for creative expression might be wrested from me by greedy corporate executives who already have everything else.