Wow. That is utterly fascinating for many reasons, but most of all for this from David Williams:
We are not affiliated directly with any entertainment companies, but we do work with several in a friendly, arms-length manner. And, that's how we'd like to keep it. If we are properly asked to remove a member's submission from the site, and the validity of the request is affirmed, then we will comply; when possible, by enforcing a "private" status on that particular submission (so it would still be available to the member).
Confirmation of what many of us have suspected: FanLib is lying when it says the intellectual property owners are ready to jump on the FanLib boat and have an advertising orgy.
It's also confirmation that FanLib knew mid-March their business plan would be reviled by much of fandom. And yet, two months later, they still behaved with utter cluelessness in LJ.
I am not impressed with their ability to adapt and survive.
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We are not affiliated directly with any entertainment companies, but we do work with several in a friendly, arms-length manner. And, that's how we'd like to keep it. If we are properly asked to remove a member's submission from the site, and the validity of the request is affirmed, then we will comply; when possible, by enforcing a "private" status on that particular submission (so it would still be available to the member).
Confirmation of what many of us have suspected: FanLib is lying when it says the intellectual property owners are ready to jump on the FanLib boat and have an advertising orgy.
It's also confirmation that FanLib knew mid-March their business plan would be reviled by much of fandom. And yet, two months later, they still behaved with utter cluelessness in LJ.
I am not impressed with their ability to adapt and survive.
As the maintainer of this comm, I can see the screened comments. I recommend you delete them.