As someone very wise recently said (okay, it was keelywolfe!): if you have to ask if you Should, you probably Should Not.
The thing, though, is that nothing really dies on the interweb, and I'm a crafty websearcher, and therefore I found all the stuff that the authors tried to erase from existence.
I think whether or not to go against an author's stated (by action) wishes and post the links depends on whether or not you ever want those authors speaking to you again, or if, in fact, you mind being a wank-magnet. :) I can see where that kind of action might very easily end up on Fandom_Wank.
What do you think, o flist? Where should the line in the sand be drawn?
Again, do you actually mind that people who were once your fandom buddies, people whose work you used to admire, might be very angry with you at having put them to the trouble of tracking down their archived links and having their old stories deleted again? Because some of them will, and they won't thank you for the headache.
Courtesy, dear. We're adults here. Just send them an email and ask, and take no response as a negative answer. After all, it's better to ask beforehand than to apologize later.
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Date: 2007-02-03 09:56 pm (UTC)The thing, though, is that nothing really dies on the interweb, and I'm a crafty websearcher, and therefore I found all the stuff that the authors tried to erase from existence.
I think whether or not to go against an author's stated (by action) wishes and post the links depends on whether or not you ever want those authors speaking to you again, or if, in fact, you mind being a wank-magnet. :) I can see where that kind of action might very easily end up on Fandom_Wank.
What do you think, o flist? Where should the line in the sand be drawn?
Again, do you actually mind that people who were once your fandom buddies, people whose work you used to admire, might be very angry with you at having put them to the trouble of tracking down their archived links and having their old stories deleted again? Because some of them will, and they won't thank you for the headache.
Courtesy, dear. We're adults here. Just send them an email and ask, and take no response as a negative answer. After all, it's better to ask beforehand than to apologize later.