Into 5,083 posts, some wank must fall

[court1429.livejournal.com]

Well, it's 5,082 posts now... :) Gotta say that today's now-deleted post is the first of its kind that we've ever seen in this community. And dickish as it was, one post out of 5000+ is not even a blip on the meter.

For those who didn't see the post and wonder what's up, someone who rounded up a bunch of fics that are no longer available for sharing in this community, decided she'd create a new username expressly to upload said fics to an individual 4Shared page and then posted the link here in the comm.

As we've said repeatedly, what anybody chooses to save to their own hard drive and share privately is not and cannot be any of our business, but *in this community*, we go by the rules that have been posted. There aren't many, but one rule that is if an author ever notifies the maintainers that they have pulled their fics and they ask specifically that sharing *within the comm* be disallowed, we will abide by that author's request.

So far, the only author who's done so is jans_intentions. niquita_gia is the author who notified us today of this now-deleted post and has made a similar request regarding her fic, which we will honor.

As far as Carly's "That Darn Gus" fic, no such request has been made. Apparently, she posted her fics to bjfic.net and they were made unavailable because that archive has been dead for over 18 months now and the current owner chooses not to release it for someone else to step up and maintain. But if the archive came back online, that fic and many others would be available once more.

This should answer any questions regarding the wee bit of drama that is now over and done with. Carry on reading and searching and being the awesome comm members that you all are!

Comments

[murgy31.livejournal.com]

Thank you to all the mods for taking care of the community like you do. It really is an awesome place, and in my opinion one of the best LJ communities out there. Thank you also for taking the time to explain. Hugs to all! :)

[vlredreign.livejournal.com]

You're so nice.

My post was WAY harsher. What can I say?

[sexy-pumpkin.livejournal.com]

Yeah I did see the post last night before I went to bed & I thought "OMG the shits gonna hit the fan" lol.

Im sure she never meant no harm & lets face it lots of us have fics saved to our H/Drives that we can post to whom ever we wish, the Internet & the LJ is a big place.

Love this comm, I come here most nights for a sticky beak,,love jx

[abrokencompass.livejournal.com]

Re: bjfic.net.. Do you happen to know when the last time someone asked was, and the reasoning behind not giving it up? I really enjoyed it, and it just seems like such a waste to have it sitting there, only unusable to do disinterest from the maintainer. I'd love to look into taking it over.

[princess2000204.livejournal.com]

I love this comm and you mods do an awesome job maintaining it!

Re: Carly

[herberta2006.livejournal.com]

Carly, aka _mournthewicked, I don't think would have a problem with it. The reason they aren't available on LJ is because her hard drive crashed before she made the post, and now they are lost in the oblivion. I've saved the few she did manage to post in my memories, but I would encourage people to ask her! Maybe then she'd finish the last one.

[yvonnereid.livejournal.com]

I remember that post and I thought it was very disrespectful to do that.

Yaaaay for the many posts you guys have,this is really a great community and on these cold evenings im moving into your tags department and looking for many great fics to read.

Hugs you all tight x

[balrogtweety.livejournal.com]

I saw that post last night and thought *OMG Court is going to have a conniption fit when she see's this*.

When I saw it last night I had a good opportunity to snag some stories of hers but then I realized that *hey, she doesn't want those out*. So I stopped myself from doing it.

I respect when people when they take their stories down but if I pass on the story through PM then that's different. I hope I can trust the next person to not post them online.

Thanks Court for taking that post down. I now feel better that jans intentions stories are safe since they are now in book form.

*HUGS*

[q-dicted.livejournal.com]

There is a download link for 'Carly's Fictions' in the DL Even More Fics Here link in the sidebar here, but when you get to the file it says no longer valid.

Is this the That Darn Gus fic? And if so, is there anywhere else to find it? I tried the mournthewicked journal link below but it says access denied. Now I'm more curious than ever to read these stories!

[ipitydaf00l.livejournal.com]

I just wonder if now that this post is made with good intentions if this just allows people to go onto 4shared and search for the files? (Considering there's a very select few that is listed as a do not share request.)

Just curious about this.

[magicalrachel.livejournal.com]

I saw the post last night, and resisted the temptation to download any of the stories, despite never having read any of them. Can't say I didn't want to, because, well, some of these fics get mentioned so often that I can't help but be curious, but I love this community and can't support people who deliberately flout the rules and the wishes of its authors. So what I'm trying to say, really, is€€ good call mods. :)