I don't know about Torchwood, but I used to be part of a group called Our Stargate and OMG... It was so much vitriol over there in the end, which is what made me leave. The sad thing is, it was my first fandom and in the earlier days it was the fans that drew me there. It just changed over the years. Most of the fans that I enjoyed interacting with so much in the early days are the basis of my lj flist though, so I've still got the awesome people. Most of us don't post much about Stargate at all nowadays.
I think I'd mostly lost interest in the show by the time OS got started. I stayed friends - good friends, most of whom are here! - with SG fans who were part of it, and so heard things as we went along, but yeah, I missed most of that
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I hate the free speech card. Freedom of speech means that the cops won't drag you out of bed and make you disappear/beat you/arrest you for saying what you believe. It does not mean you are immune from social ramifications to what you say. It doesn't protect, in many cases, your job. It certainly doesn't protect you from others disapproving of what you said or from being booted from a online forum for not following their guidelines
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I came across something new last week - it is an online site that lets you create your own e-newspaper. From the short time I was on the site, it seems to me that you basically take sources from around the web and mash them together to create a personalised news stream. I know 'mashing' is quite the thing at the moment, and I rather like the idea provided mashers reference their source material.
I found the site because someone from the OU had created a newspaper and used something from me as one of the lead articles - he referenced me via a tweet. I was kind of flattered.
Copyright and plagiarism are a big problem on the Web. It is so easy to take material and repost. But then it is also very easy to give credit where credit is due.
Hopefully the person that took your article was just ignorant, and has learnt her lesson. But as you say, this kind of thing bodes ill for society because it rides roughshod over the copyright laws and there is precious little we can do to protect our creativity.
'Anonymous' commented on the article today, saying that because there are similar lists for other shows, I plagiarized. I suspect she's either the person who posted my article as hers, or someone that person complained to.
It makes me wonder how many people really don't see any difference between borrowing an idea and in exactly copying something and claiming it for your own.
It really is sad to think about the long term effects on creativity. If you're not going to be recognized, why bother?
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I found the site because someone from the OU had created a newspaper and used something from me as one of the lead articles - he referenced me via a tweet. I was kind of flattered.
Copyright and plagiarism are a big problem on the Web. It is so easy to take material and repost. But then it is also very easy to give credit where credit is due.
Hopefully the person that took your article was just ignorant, and has learnt her lesson. But as you say, this kind of thing bodes ill for society because it rides roughshod over the copyright laws and there is precious little we can do to protect our creativity.
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It makes me wonder how many people really don't see any difference between borrowing an idea and in exactly copying something and claiming it for your own.
It really is sad to think about the long term effects on creativity. If you're not going to be recognized, why bother?
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