Arrant Nonsense

I've created a mirror site over at GreatestJournal. Seeing as I've written fic featuring rape, torture, cannibalism and mass murder, not to mention doggie death, who's to say I'm not next in the Ginormous DeleteGate Debacle? Plus, GJ lets you have 2000 free icons, and they can be 60K rather than LJ's paltry 40K. *sticks tongue out*

If LJ/6A is willing to cave to a group of three people with questionable credentials, what will they do next? And they're talking to the media before they say anything to us?

NOT COOL, LJ. Not cool AT ALL.

You know what they say about the road to hell?

I watched the whole thing unfold yesterday at Fandom Wank and liz_marcs's LJ, but it wasn't until I was about to go to bed that it finally hit my flist. I've had some time to think about it and digest it, and now I think I'm ready to weigh in.

This whole WfI thing has been handled with ham-fisted clumsiness by LJ. Instantly permanently suspending journals with "questionable" interests listed, without warning, and without allowing the people involved to rectify the situation? NOT COOL.

Especially when innocent comms for survivors are caught in the crossfire. Because your account was reported to us, and because it contained illegal activities in your interests list, we must permanently suspend it. I call bullshit. Where are the permanent suspensions of the comms that list "smoking pot" (37 comms, 401 users) and "sniffing glue" (11 comms, 126 users), then?

Because LiveJournal's interests list serves as a search function, and because listing an interest enables other people also interested in a similar topic to gather and/or congregate, we have been advised that listing an interest in an illegal activity must be viewed as using LiveJournal to solicit that illegal activity...

And I call bullshit again. MUST BE VIEWED??? Who the hell "advised" them of that? Maybe they should invest in some real lawyers instead of interweb ones. Maybe they should LOOK at the actual comms and users in question and see if they're actually soliciting illegal activity, or merely trying to come to terms with the illegal activity that was perpetrated upon them.

LJ and WfI would have been better served by going to law enforcement, behind the scenes, with their concerns. The public witch hunt hasn't served ANY cause well, and has only served to warn actual pedophiles to bury themselves deeper.

Well done, old chaps.

Standard Disclaimer: Icon reflects general disgust with the situation and is not directed at any particular person. I really need a better "general disgust" icon...

Context is for the weak.

ETA: I just clicked on the main page of sfwa, and the spooge is still merrily a-flyin'. Wow. Just, wow.

Dude.

Okay, if I ever get this delusional or egotistical (crappy music ahoy) or wanky...

Y'all will smack me upside the head, right?

Honey, if you're going to self-publish and be proud of sticking it to the ev0l publishing magnate Man, own it. Don't redact the word "self" out in a newspaper article and then stick it up on your website.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and quote the legal schmeagle stuff on her site, because it's hilarious:

‡Any slanderous, defamatory material used to discredit or malign the author and her work will result in instant legal ramifications.
Our lawyers take any sort of libellous conduct very seriously.
I'm sure they do, dear.

‡‡Songs on the website: 'Sway,'©original-song covered by Dean Martin, 1954. 'Two Lost Souls,' ©performed by Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, circa 1955.
'Side by Side,' © performed by Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, on 'The Colgate Comedy Hour,' 1954.
--Did you get actual permission to use them?

‡‡‡'The Crying Clown,' ©L.B. Wilshere-Cumming, 2007. All rights reserved. No ideas, concepts, quotes, sentences, artwork, from this nonfiction work may be alluded to or reproduced in any form—no matter how small. Furthermore, claims of involvement with previous 'Crying Clown,' development, redaction, production, from any other parties must not be disclosed or alluded to in any way—written, verbalised, electronic, or otherwise—without prior permission from the author, publicist, agent, and publishers; otherwise serious legal action will result.
--So...no one can talk about your book but you? Gotcha. Heh, guess I'm in some sort of violation here... *trembles with fear*

‡‡‡‡'Eternal Forest of the Soul,' ©L.B. Wilshere-Cumming, 2006. All rights reserved. No ideas, concepts, characters, plots, quotes, sentences, artwork, from these works may be alluded to or reproduced in any form—no matter how small. Furthermore, claims of involvement with previous 'Eternal Forest of the Soul,' development, redaction, production, from any other parties must not be disclosed or alluded to in any way—written, verbalised, electronic, or otherwise—without prior permission from the author, agent, publicist, and/or publishers; otherwise serious legal action will result. 'Eternal Forest of the Soul,' is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination, or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental!
--Because the exclamation point just makes it that much more true! Good luck enforcing that--"fair use" even applies to you, dear.

‡‡‡‡‡All artwork, photos, literature, design, multimedia, audio, & concepts, contained in this website©L.B. Wilshere-Cumming, 2006/2007. All rights reserved. No part of this website publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, photocopying, electronic saving, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the author and/or agent/publicist!
--Good luck enforcing that too.

I mean...DUDE. I realize that most people can make the switch from fanfic to original work without going batshit insane, but someone please reassure me that people like Naomi Novik are the rule rather than the exception. Please?

ETA: flamingchords, I'm sure that you, especially, will enjoy this, considering how much fun you had tweaking Chancery Stone.