Just a Note

[chasingtides.livejournal.com]

In my journal, here, I have an entry about published fanfiction and RPS by respected author, touching on the FanLib and Strikethrough debates.

Join the FanLib Party!

[stewardess.livejournal.com]

Does anyone else view this new ad as a challenge? Aside from its complete lack of relevance...



"Try to slash that you pervs!"

SOMEONE FETCH MY BAT.

Edit: What are we calling the critter? FanLib Burro? FanLib Donkey? FanLib Fiesta Donkey? Or is it a rabbit? FanLib Jackass, thanks to st_crispins.

Lol fic

[scarah2.livejournal.com]

Fandom: FanLib
Characters: Pink Guy, Blue Dude, Pinata
Rating: NC17
Warnings: Pinata sex
Summary: Blue Dude teaches Pink Guy a well deserved lesson, by bringing in his friend Pinata.

( fic )

ETA: Now illustrated, thanks to longleggedgit! NSFW fan art.

FanLib's Storyline Gets Hijacked

[stewardess.livejournal.com]

I can't believe I missed this. Pink Dude/Blue Guy are celebrated at a tech web site!

http://valleywag.com/tech/brouhaha/fanlibs-storyline-gets-hijacked-264655.php

Quote: Every so often, as if acting out some formulaic movie plot, a bunch of big-city suits get lost in the wilderness of the internet, and bad things happen.

Whooohoooo!

You are full of surprises, Master Pinata!

[stewardess.livejournal.com]

A re-interpretation of the FanLib Jackass from ravensilver, who is unable to post at the moment.

http://pics.livejournal.com/ravensilver/pic/0002h54h/g17

Is it work safe? Yes, unless you are right next to someone who is easily offended. Seen from a distance, it will appear completely innocent. *coughs*

Icons!

[zellieh]

To celebrate the new ad, I bring you five six icons
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Crap!

[boji.livejournal.com]

This Fanlib approach to user generated content isn't just happening to fandom. this article in the technology section of The Guardian Newspaper talks about musical publishers seeking yearly licenses from fansites that quote/archive song lyrics.

And I quote:

In answer to the question of why aren't we giving away lyrics free now, the better question is, why were we giving them away for all those years? We've looked at the huge demand and decided that this is an untapped income stream."

eta:

Now admittedly this product in this instance - the lyrics - do belong to the artists who penned them and haven't been altered, transformed or used in a derivative way by the people hosting them on websites, for the most part. But... I find it oddly mercenary, though not surprising.

The wonder of the web is, for the most part, user generated content, be that meta, discussions, fiction, blogs, lyrics, wikipedia... And I can foresee them trying to force us to pay for access to what we, as a collective, create. And that's on top of paying our ISP's of course.

Fanlib Story Stats for June 1st

[freifraufischer.livejournal.com]

Fanlib Story Stats for June 1st
7PM EST

Stats compared with those posted yesterday, and some additional ones posted to begin a starting comparison.

Harry Potter (513) With Adult (553) ... was (513) and (553) No change
Stargate: SG-1 (158) With Adult (161)
Supernatural (155) With Adult (188)
CSI (150) With Adult (182) ... was (149) and (181) +1
Stargate: Atlantis (138) With Adult (143)
Star Wars (137) With Adult (141)
Battlestar Galactica: 2003 (113) With Adult (129)
Lord of the Rings (65) With Adult (71) ... was (65) and (71) No change
Heroes (29) With Adult (30)
Law and Order: SVU (18) With Adult (19)
4400 (5) With Adult (5)

The extra ones I'm adding into the count are the ones that I could for see there being... rating issues in based what I know of the fandoms. I understand that most of these numbers are useless out of context but I'm planning on doing a systematic update and I have to start somewhere. I picked ones with specific "adult themes" or copywrite timebombs.

For comparison here are the FanFiction.net stats for the same fandoms...

Harry Potter (297,218)
Stargate: SG-1 (15,708)
Supernatural (8,622)
CSI (16,296)
Stargate: Atlantis (8,174)
Star Wars (17,816)
Battlestar Galactica: 2003 (2,203)
Lord of the Rings (39,963)
Heroes (894)
Law and Order: SVU (4,161)
4400 (238)