Current mood:

thoughtful

Of 'Mice and Waves
Grabbed from wank_report.

Around a year ago, there was a tsunami which a few of you may remember. It was on the news once or twice. Potterfandom, always willing to pass the hat around, stepped up to the plate with comms like pr0n2therescue and art2therescue. And there was rejoicing.

Then, a bit over a year later, there was a hatememe. Which brought up this.

[info]celestialsoda. I'm half convinced that she kept all that money that the fanartists raised last year for the tsunami victims. She jumped down some girls throat for daring to question how much money was raised on one of the auctions, and as far as I know a final accounting was never done. Not cool.

And even though I bid on and won two pieces of art for that, I have to say this practice of fanartists selling their work is bullshit. Spin it all you like, but it's copywrite infringement and no different than a writer trying to sell their fanfics. People, stop thinking if you don't call them on their bullshit they might draw you something! They won't!

Run of the mill, right?

Wrong.

I'm half convinced that she kept all that money that the fanartists raised last year for the tsunami victims.

Nope. That would be my fault. :( It's still sitting in paypal, waiting for various technicalities to be sorted out. I am a crap procrastinater, but I'm no thief. Hate on me if you want.

~L

(~L is the signoff of </a></b></a>lizardspots)

Predictably, explosions follow, and demands for accountablility.

</a></b></a>celestialsoda has yet to reply in any form I have seen.

ETA: The response.