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	tehrin 2009-01-05 02:52 am UTC (link)
	Isn't this old news or did it just become official? I remember there being talk about it before. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	negativecosine 2009-01-05 02:55 am UTC (link)
	Maybe I am just behind the times? I hadn't heard... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	phosfate 2009-01-05 02:56 am UTC (link)
	That's what I thought. I also thought fanlib shut down. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wankaholic 2009-01-05 03:03 am UTC (link)
	FanLib shut down in August; there were rumors that Disney was going to buy it, but nothing really conclusive. They've just come public with the news. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ayezur 2009-01-05 03:24 am UTC (link)
	This can only end in wank. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	scifantasy 2009-01-05 04:28 am UTC (link)
	And start that way. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	feenix 2009-01-05 04:55 am UTC (link)
	Not gonna lie, I looked at this post and thought, "This is destined to end up on Fandom_Wank. In fact, I think it probably should have been there to begin with." (Reply to this)(Parent)

My train of thought often breaks down in the valley of musical theatre

ayezur
2009-01-05 05:09 am UTC (link)

From the day we arrive on the internet
And hesitant, type our first post
There will come a response
Ungracious and coarse
Or so we will think at the time

There's far too many opinions
More than we're comfortable with
But the 'net doesn't care
And we're not always aware
That we're making an ass of ourselves

It's the circle of wank!
And it draws us in
Thoughts on yaoi and ad hominem
Cults of Mean and Nice
Till we learn to cope
With people disagreeing
In the circle, the circle of wank.

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	brennalarose 2009-01-05 03:47 am UTC (link)
	Why? What does Disney want with Fanlib? Suddenly remembering the line "What does God want with a spaceship?" (Reply to this)

	platedlizard 2009-01-05 04:29 am UTC (link)
	Perhaps I'm dense, but what is Fanlib again? Somehow missed it. (Reply to this)(Thread)

anonyrat
2009-01-05 04:35 am UTC (link)

FanLib was a sort of attempted competitor to FF.net that presented itself as a regular fanfiction website to internet fans but attempted to sell itself to businesses as a way to reap fan creativity for profit. They were noted for their extremely sketchy Terms of Service. I still have their publicity brochure on my hard drive (found it a few days ago, actually) if you're interested.

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	platedlizard 2009-01-05 04:44 am UTC (link)
	Wait, what? They wanted to...sell? fan-created content back to the copywrite holders? That's, um. Hm. Good thing it folded I guess, unless the companies were planning on compensating the fans who's work they used at the same rate they would for, say, a member of the Writer's Guild. I wonder what Disney wants to do with it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anonyrat
2009-01-05 05:03 am UTC (link)

Well, as far as I remember, what they ACTUALLY wanted to do was get fans excited for officially-backed 'write your own episode!' contests and the like, and have a restrictive terms of service that included signing away all the content you posted to FanLib or whoever. Possibly on the assumption that nobody was going to actually read or understand the terms of service.

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	platedlizard 2009-01-05 05:09 am UTC (link)
	Yikes. That's bad. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ealusaid 2009-01-05 07:29 am UTC (link)
	Fanlib was also notable for its hilariously misaimed marketing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	platedlizard 2009-01-05 07:57 am UTC (link)
	Hilarity! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	brennalarose 2009-01-05 07:52 pm UTC (link)
	Ow. Chicken soup through the nose. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brennalarose 2009-01-05 07:53 pm UTC (link)
	Wait... They actually thought... Oh, god. The stupid has a smell and that smell is charcoal. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	khym_chanur 2009-01-06 01:58 am UTC (link)
	Also, if they got sued for content you wrote, you would have to indemnify them. So, basically, no one who read the ToS actually signed up. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ultimi_scopuli 2009-01-05 07:41 am UTC (link)
	For those who just tuned in, a short review of Fanlib's fuckups. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	platedlizard 2009-01-05 08:02 am UTC (link)
	WOW, how on earth did I miss that fail? Someone clearly did not understand, or care about, fandom. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	reeve 2009-01-05 06:42 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, that bit of awesome is getting linked to from the wiki page. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	brennalarose 2009-01-05 07:54 pm UTC (link)
	I missed this? pokes a few holes in the rock she's been under I love how they know jack shit about their "customer base". (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lady_ganesh 2009-01-06 03:59 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, thank you. I'd forgotten some of the highlights. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	electricwitch 2009-01-05 05:34 pm UTC (link)
	Oh oh oh, I hope this means Fanlib wank. I LOVE Fanlib wank. (Reply to this)

	velvet_mace 2009-01-05 08:18 pm UTC (link)
	Fanlib has something worth buying?? Is there a market for fan hatred? (Reply to this)

	frau_eva 2009-01-06 01:19 am UTC (link)
	HAHAHAHA YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD WITH THAT, DISNEY (Reply to this)

	chibikaijuu 2009-01-06 08:51 am UTC (link)
	It looks like they've turned it into something fairly different and pretty much just bought the platform (and servers?). (Reply to this)

	damien 2009-01-06 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	...You're KIDDING me. Disney'd have a fit if it saw some of the Scar/Simba slash floating out there! (Reply to this)