Censorship alert....

[pat]

I do not write slash, or any fanfiction, but I think this needs to be disseminated: fandom_scruples has created a blacklist of people who write NC-17 fanfic (I think mainly Harry Potter related, but I was not sure if it is limited to that), and is threatening to turn names over to an unnamed federal agency unless people lock their material. (The link is to chesyre's post regarding the subject.)

Just for the record, I have three children, and I am far far more scared and worried about people like fandom_scruples than about anything anyone might post online.

[Edit: Some more information about the status of COPA (it was ruled unconstitutional in 2003 by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals) , courtesy of giglet. And rosenho is calling on people to complain to LJ.]

Comments

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I don't think fandom_scruples has a leg to stand on. In their own journal they write that the COPA applies to materials distributed for commercial purposes; fanfic writers don't make a dime off their efforts.

I cannot understand why such people get a bee in their bonnet about such things. Don't they realize that by making a "blacklist" that they've just provided a list of all the really juicy sites to kids? :P

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

I don't think s/he has a leg to stand on, but I am cynical enough to think that there might be people in some prosecutor's office who would love harassing people on this.