No, it doesn't effect them. If the fic you want is no longer on the net, but people can email it to you (and others), that's very much fine by me. It's when that fic's author contacts me or I know for certain they wouldn't appreciate their fic being distributed, that's when it's not okay anymore to ask for that fic here. The operative word being 'here'. Obviously, I can't do anything about what you do in other comms, in your own journal, or in PMs. Just not here. I will put that into the rules on the user info asap.

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