Welcome to Life Without FanLib

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This Livejournal community welcomes discussion about FanLib, a privately held for-profit fanfiction archive web site based in California, USA.

Discussion Round-up April 21 2007 - May 19 2007

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FanLib's forum for questions about the web site.

Brief suspiciously optimistic article on FanLib at the blog mashable.com. A troll's comments have made this an entertaining read.

Jdsampson: My Official I Love Fanlib Thread!!! Friends-locked and no longer accessible.

Icarusancalion: FanLib Invitation. One of the select few. Like hell.

Telesilla takes apart the FanLib FAQ.

Cesperanza on why fanfiction is not illegal.

Astolat on a fanfiction archive of one's own.

FanLib CEO flaming LJ members?

Back on April 21, lotrfanfiction members had a run in with another FanLib exec.

Fanthropology discussion initiated by yourlibrarian. Includes contributions from jdsampson, a FanLib employee.

Angiepen takes a detailed look at FanLib's terms of service.

Telesilla describes corporations profiting from fan creations in the past.

Cofax7 provides an overview of FanLib.

Kyuuketsukirui suggests FanLib isn't the fanfiction apocalypse.

Almostnever offers reasons why the monetization of fanfiction may be inevitable.

Cofax7 has a nifty round-up of current discussions, including the all important "Who is the intended audience for FanLib?"

By me: FanLib's revenue plan: Turn fanfiction writers into affiliates.

Astridv: FanLib gives an illusion of recognition and legitimacy.

Why Did You Join FanLib?

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A discussion invitation to anyone who is, or was, a FanLib member. Because I'm curious. Please include:

How you learned about FanLib [email invite or other]

Promotions or contests you found attractive

Impressions of site: ease of use, search functions, etc.

EDIT: I'm a FanLib name squatter, by the way.

Discussion Round-up May 20, 2007

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Legal Articles Discussing Fan Fiction
From morgandawn: The legal landscape is shifting. None of us have clear answers or a good handle on possible risks.

"Corporate Rock Still Sucks"...and corporate fanfic even more so
From vulgarweed: Lack of money, career pressures, and recognition under my own name are the reasons why I enjoy fanfic so much. It's a feature, not a bug. It's freedom.

Being Real
From metamiri: It leaves me wishing that we, as female fans, could imagine that we give each other legitimacy (and that we can do that even without finding ways to exploit ourselves better or more efficiently than these men plan to exploit us).

Some thoughts (possibly not widely popular) re: the Fanlib hubub.
From hossgal: I'm not entirely pleased with FanLib either, but it seems I'm unhappy for reasons different than a lot of other folks.

FanLib Dicsussion III; or The Search for FanLib
From telesilla: I did try to come up with ways he [FanLib CEO Chris Williams] could continue the dialog here on LJ so that the LJ portion of the fan fiction community could join in... I've yet to receive an answer from him and by now, I honestly don't expect to.
The comments to this post, some by a FanLib employee, are good reading.

Fandom_lawyers on FanLib
quicksilvereyes asked FanLib: What Are Your Thoughts? in the community fandom_lawyers.
"This could be a case of fandom collectively overreacting and a new company starting off on the wrong foot, but it really doesn't seem like that all.".

How Fanfiction Makes Us Poor
By cupidsbow: Is the non-capitalist aspect of fanfiction actually a method of silencing the artistic voices of women? And does it take away what should be legitimate opportunities for us to earn an income from what we create?
Excellent read.

FanLib: Our Wannabe Corporate Overlords
From blogs.feministsf.net:
Apparently FanLib is employing fans at a scutwork level - one employee was showing up on discussions at the SixApart place yesterday and defending it. The chutzpah of this goes way beyond privilege into delusional arrogance.

LiveJournal Does Not Equal Fandom
kyuuketsukirui writes: LJ fandom is not fandom ... The people on fanfiction.net are not aware of our issues and discussions.
Good discussion touching on FanLib's intended audience.