Oh, dear. Not again.

[mamadeb]

If you have a paid account, keep paying it. Or don't use non-payment as a reaction. Use it as a weapon. "If you continue with this, I will cease paying." Using it as a reaction doesn't help anything. Let the LJ PTB know that you're unhappy.

As for those moving - why? Do you really think that the other social interactive sites are immune? Do you really think that Warner Brothers/Scholastic won't contact GJ or IJ or whoever with the same demands? Do you really think those sites won't fold under threat of lawsuit, too? Because, seriously? That doesn't make sense.

(As for those who are saying, "Another weekend when the HP fen are distracted by a convention!" Find me a weekend this summer when that's not true. Oh, yeah. July 21. :) )

HP fen are being targeted because that's the most visible fandom in the world right now.

Do I support this? NOT AT ALL. Do I agree with their options? NOT AT ALL. Does what I have to say mean anything? Sadly, no. My permanent account has earned out.

I have backed up my fic journal. If LJ folds, mamadeb or mamadeb1963 will find where most people have gone and follow. But I've built up a network I love here, and I don't think I'll get it someplace else.

ETA: Thank you to the people who know the law and responded here.

Comments

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

See, I can post my stories *anywhere*. I can go back to posting them on my own website if I want. I can follow links to stories (they're not going to censor links. That's just too much trouble.)

I'm here for the people. And my interaction with the people won't change if I can't post my stories here. I'd rather continue to do so, but I have 300+ people on my flist and a large number aren't reading or writing fanfiction. 99% of them are adults. I doubt they're going anywhere.

[cara-chapel.livejournal.com]

I think to some extent that would satisfy their desire to have us "go" since charges would then be pressed against another server. "Take it off our machines and if you go with it all the better" is probably their secret attitude here.