Anime Vids: It's So Easy

[thefourthvine]

So. I have, like, three almost-finished fan fiction recs posts, and - yeah. I just am not getting there on any of them, in part because, well.

See, last night BB pointed out to me that my posting has pretty much not happened lately, and I said, woefully, "I don't have braaaaaaain." (I mean it. If I tried to commit, for example, an act of FF

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[cupidsbow]

TPTB: I respect people's fear about this, and would remove a rec immediately if an author asked (because while I think crit is valid whether authors like it or not, I recognise there are *people* behind the author constructs, and I'd rather do no harm than stick to ideological dogma). Again, I've only recced vids that are already publicly listed, and I got there through other recs. I'm comfortable that I'm not significantly increasing the risks.

"And the downside of asking permission is relatively minor"

I'm rich in many things, but money is not one of them. Asking permission is expensive to me. That alone is not reason enough *not* to do it, of course, but it is a factor.

The thing about cultural privilege is that it's insidious, and it's one of the reasons I have so many issues with the corporate raiding of, well, everything, but it's especially significant to me as an artist when they raid the Public Domain. I think the ideology that ideas can be owned is one of the craziest bits of crazy-talk ever to infect human culture. I am so passionately against it, I can't begin to express it here. That doesn't mean I think authors have no rights or claims to their works; I do respect them. So much. But I don't want to live in a world where no one can ever express an idea without calling in the lawyers. Crayzeeee talk! And I see that future looming every time Disney successfully extends their copyright, or a science institute claims 'ownership' of genes.

So, in brief, yes, I conceed all of your arguments, and I'm certainly not so obsessed with my ideology I refuse to consider changing my practice in response to them. But at present, I'm okay with my practice, especially as I have passionate reasons for resisting the raiding of the public domain in the ways available to me. Being involved in the fannish conversation is one of them.

All that said, I'm looking forward to reading your poll. I may well change my practice in response to it, depending on the results you get.

(I hope this has made sense. I'm going back to bed now.)