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nocturnus33) wrote2017-05-06 06:42 pm
nocturnus33) wrote2017-05-06 06:42 pm
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An ethical question
There is an author whose fics I like: Josan
She haven't been around in 9 years. Some of her fics are at an Angelfire web page she hasn´t updated since 2006. Most of her work are at both her live journals blogs ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
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tales_of_josan , which were last updated during 2008. This worried me, since Livejournal announced last month that bloggers who didn't accept the new ToS will see their blogs deleted in six more months. I'd try to contact Josan through her mail but the adress was not found. (See Termination of Inactive Accounts by Administration )**I'd been thinking about moving her fics to A03 acknowledging her authorship and the reasons why I'm posting them in another site, but I'm of two minds about it. I wasn't Josan's friend and I have no idea about her thoughts on a topic like this. I just know she stop updating but she never withdrew her fics from where she post it.
I'd seem so beautifull fics lost through the years because the site in which they were posted were shut down. It will sadden me to lost this ones too. Should I save her fics at A03?
Please share your thoughts on this.
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I love her fics too. I'd post them making it clear they were written by her - she can always leave a review to ask you to delete it all if she doesn't like it.
If - God forbid- she has passed away keeping her fics alive would be a. Ice gesture.
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:^}
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I just read on Facebook today that someone has created an AO3 account and posted ms_figg's fics, making it clear that those were all written by ms_figg. I really like Delphi's reasoning and think it sounds like a good idea.
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Me too. I'll do it this weekend.
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I have to admit I'm surprised someone would put that kind of effort into creating something and then just walk away completely, never to be heard from again, so I have to wonder if something happened to her too.
I've known at least one person who died here on LJ and others who disappeared totally...
Please save her work.
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When my kids re-enter schooling I thought of deleting but then, a lot of people seek advice, read, comment and contact each other through my blog. So, I just say a goodbye letter and leave. I'm not interested in it, but I know people enjoy it, so...
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But I also agree with Shiv about getting in touch with friends. I went and looked at Josan's friends and I'd suggest you try contacting Djin7. She's the person who did Snarry Games and therefore has "control" of the fic Josan did for that. She might have been in contact with her at some point or have another suggestion for you.
When an author asked me to remove their fic from an archive I run, she allowed us to give people a week to save it for themselves. I know I'm going to be looking at defunct journals to see what I can save before it's too late.
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I don't want to create panic. It's not that LJ is going to start deleting journals everywhere. Livejournal isn't saying that they are going to delete inactive accounts, but that they reserve the right to do it so it might not happen at all. The fact that most of Josan's fics are slash make it riskier, as Livejournal has a policy against it.
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(I'm MS. Johnny-Come-Lately to HP fan fics and so far I've loved everything I've read.)
Thanks!
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Here is the place I'm saving it at A03. Look at the bookmarks too, as someone else has saved a few of her fics too.
Yesterday, I was able to contact Josan former beta reader and she agrees to send her a message from my part. I will not save any more of her fics until I get explicit consent from her to do so. There is also the posibility she don't like me doing so, in which case, I'll delete what I have already post at A03.
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Thank you for bringing them to my attention!
{{{Hugs}}}
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