In some ways, I can't believe that more than 15 years after the first evidence that the Internet can be eternal, we're still fighting this fight
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Man, I didn't realize people that wrote fanfiction were that worried about copyright of their own work considering writing fanfiction can be seen as violating copyright laws in itself (hence why we use disclaimers to kind of cover ourselves and hope most authors/producers/writers have a good sense of humor).
I never even really thought about it. I publish my works online and assume it will be available in some format forever. I really don't even care of people pass it back and forth to each other. If I didn't want people reading it I wouldn't have put it out there.
And I'm surprised people don't realize that once something is on the internet there is NO way to get it off. There's one author in the Stargate fandom that has since deleted her website and all her stories (for unknown reasons) but, thanks to the miracle of the internet, people with a link to an archived version of her site can pass her stories to new readers (even though the site itself no longer exists). I've read most of her stories (which are really good and I wonder why she pulled them) thanks to someone posting the link.
Of course, that also means 15 years from now my kids could possibly stumble upon an archive of every crazy thing I've ever written online in the last 10 years. I actually consider that when I'm writing and read one fanfic that had an author's note hoping her kids NEVER found that piece of work (it was very, um, mature) hen they were older.
For various reasons, I long ago gave up trying to hide my connection with fandom. Ironically, the final reason why I gave up--which was the publication of my name in an article about online fandom in the New York Post in 1997--is NOT available any longer (digitally) due to licensing issues with freelance media authors. But it available in online news databases for many years.
I don't think I ever really tried to hide my writing. Although as time has passed the name I use online has changed from the one connected to my fanfiction accounts (I'm jennickels here and at ff.net but just about everywhere else I'm justanotherjen). That was simply because when we moved from Pittsburgh we lost access to our email account that was jennickels so I came up with the other one and started using that when making new accounts.
When I publish on my LJ it actually has my real name in the title info... says by jennickels (aka Jen Connelly). I guess I've never really been embarrassed of my hobby or slight obsession, lol. Plus, I'm pretty proud of the stories I've written.
I could understand some of those writers that started young (13-14yo) with really horrible, horrible stories wanting them and any association with them to disappear.
I never even really thought about it. I publish my works online and assume it will be available in some format forever. I really don't even care of people pass it back and forth to each other. If I didn't want people reading it I wouldn't have put it out there.
And I'm surprised people don't realize that once something is on the internet there is NO way to get it off. There's one author in the Stargate fandom that has since deleted her website and all her stories (for unknown reasons) but, thanks to the miracle of the internet, people with a link to an archived version of her site can pass her stories to new readers (even though the site itself no longer exists). I've read most of her stories (which are really good and I wonder why she pulled them) thanks to someone posting the link.
Of course, that also means 15 years from now my kids could possibly stumble upon an archive of every crazy thing I've ever written online in the last 10 years. I actually consider that when I'm writing and read one fanfic that had an author's note hoping her kids NEVER found that piece of work (it was very, um, mature) hen they were older.
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If you want your head to further explode, you can go read more about the meta side of fandom: http://metafandom.livejournal.com/
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When I publish on my LJ it actually has my real name in the title info... says by jennickels (aka Jen Connelly). I guess I've never really been embarrassed of my hobby or slight obsession, lol. Plus, I'm pretty proud of the stories I've written.
I could understand some of those writers that started young (13-14yo) with really horrible, horrible stories wanting them and any association with them to disappear.
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