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A Russian fanfic archive is mass-copying fics off of AO3 - Black Aeronaut - 12-12-2019
Tumblr post reblogged to my account here:
https://blackaeronaut.tumblr.com/post/189632344714/ao3s-users-alert-unauthorised-fanworks-copying
You know, there are times that I feel that a website is absolutely deserving to be utterly destroyed by hackers.
This is one of them.
RE: A Russian fanfic archive is mass-copying fics off of AO3 - Star Ranger4 - 12-13-2019
*Sigh*
Is this *JUST* limited to archive of our own?
RE: A Russian fanfic archive is mass-copying fics off of AO3 - robkelk - 12-13-2019
Hmmmmm...
Get a bunch of high-profile AO3 writers to write stories where Putin is the villain (perfectly legal, outside Russia). Post those stories to AO3 (perfectly legal). Don't set the do-not-copy flag (perfectly legal). Watch as the Russian site gets shut down because of all the illegally-copied anti-Putin stories hosted on it.
Now, I'm not saying that this will work, or even that it's a good idea. But, hey, freedom of expression means I can post this sort of thought.
RE: A Russian fanfic archive is mass-copying fics off of AO3 - Black Aeronaut - 12-13-2019
Unfortunately, no, it's not limited to AO3. From what I understand, pretty much every fanfic archive out there is being targeted.
And Rob, that actually sounds like a great idea. From what I understand of the site owner's character, he would never have imagined that someone could write a fic that could get him into trouble for having it on his site.
RE: A Russian fanfic archive is mass-copying fics off of AO3 - Dartz - 12-13-2019
Just find the durtiest yaoi lemon imagineable and do a CTRL-F, CTRL-R replace on the character names. Problem solved.
Ukeputin?
RE: A Russian fanfic archive is mass-copying fics off of AO3 - robkelk - 12-13-2019
(12-13-2019, 12:52 PM)Black Aeronaut Wrote: And Rob, that actually sounds like a great idea. From what I understand of the site owner's character, he would never have imagined that someone could write a fic that could get him into trouble for having it on his site.I've been feeling ill all week. I do most of my nastiest thinking when I'm ill.
Feel free to run with that idea.
RE: A Russian fanfic archive is mass-copying fics off of AO3 - Matrix Dragon - 12-14-2019
Given what happened with the SCP Foundation and Russia, yeah this doesn't surprise me.
RE: A Russian fanfic archive is mass-copying fics off of AO3 - robkelk - 12-14-2019
While you're at it, something else to put into anti-Russian-copying fics:
Moscow claims historical precedent for annexing Crimea. Be sure to describe the historical precedent for the entirety of Russia being ruled from St. Petersberg... and, before that, from Kyiv.