But now your objection to RPS has morphed from a moral stance to one of pragmatism: Save the fandom! Which is it that really bugs you?
Both - I do go into the impact on the fandom (mostly in suddenly gunshy stars and convention security problems) in the original rant. If you want to know which bugs me more, it's the ethical issue. But since the argument is made that this fanfic or any fanfic isn't going to have any impact on the greater fandom, then I'm going to rebut that argument with the examples I have.
There are copies of that zine hiding out there. I have one. :> But... one.
What's happening on my original post is actually a pretty good example of the difference between print and internet. The original post was pretty much for me and my f-list. It got linked three times, which brought in 3 more f-lists. And now apparently it's been linked somewhere else by someone I don't know, and while my friends have moved on, there are still people popping up and throwing in their $.02.
It's the perfect illustration of how these things wander around the internet. A fire or flood could destroy my one copy of that zine and it's gone forever, but even if I f-locked the post, or brought it down, probably 98% of it could be stitched back together by other people from their notice emails.
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Date: 2005-03-17 09:11 pm (UTC)Both - I do go into the impact on the fandom (mostly in suddenly gunshy stars and convention security problems) in the original rant. If you want to know which bugs me more, it's the ethical issue. But since the argument is made that this fanfic or any fanfic isn't going to have any impact on the greater fandom, then I'm going to rebut that argument with the examples I have.
There are copies of that zine hiding out there. I have one. :> But... one.
What's happening on my original post is actually a pretty good example of the difference between print and internet. The original post was pretty much for me and my f-list. It got linked three times, which brought in 3 more f-lists. And now apparently it's been linked somewhere else by someone I don't know, and while my friends have moved on, there are still people popping up and throwing in their $.02.
It's the perfect illustration of how these things wander around the internet. A fire or flood could destroy my one copy of that zine and it's gone forever, but even if I f-locked the post, or brought it down, probably 98% of it could be stitched back together by other people from their notice emails.