About the lastest LJ/6Apart Thing

[mamadeb]

I'm in wait and see mode. They responded to grievances last time, they may well this time. They responded to facts last time, too.

We will see.

And, you know - I really, really, REALLY doubt that the 6Apart team is even aware that some Harry Potter fans are offline because of spoilers or Sectus.

I'm not defending what they said, and I'm not arguing with it. I'm just going to wait and see.

And there is no point in going anywhere else - everyone has terms of service.

Comments

[sdelmonte]

What did they say that you don't like? All I see is that they are following the law.

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

From the arguments I've seen, they're NOT following the law in that the law only refers to visual portrayals. Text is not covered - and as others have pointed out, you can go to any Barnes and Noble and purchase, perfectly legally, books with underage sex in them. (Say, The Other Boleyn Girl, who is about fifteen at the time her family tossed her at King Henry, according to the novel.)

[sdelmonte]

They posted a clarification about this, regarding something called the Miller Test.

[kadymae.livejournal.com]

The problem is ... there are lots of problems with the Miller Test. What is/is not legal varies from place to place. Under Miller, what is legal and perfectly fine in San Fransisco can be declared illegal in South Carolina.

Also, Miller is the standard that courts use. And in a court, both sides get a chance to argue their case.

So, is LJ going to provide people a place to plead their cases? Also, who's doing to judging? I could get a SF liberal looking at my LJ and s/he will say it's fine. But you could get a hard shell georgia baptist looking at yours.

[azurelunatic]

From what I (unofficially) heard, the community in question is LJ, with the likely arbiters to be the Abuse Prevention Team. The unofficial source in question has seen very little legitimate fanfic that would fail by the standards planned.