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[neotoma]

Someone unknown got scans_daily deleted off LJ for copyright violations. One of the mods explains what they currently know, and asks for everyone to refrain from pointing fingers.

However... if it was the work of an industry insider, that person is STUPID -- I've bought twice as many trade collections in the last six months than I did in the three previous years because of stuff I saw on scans daily. It was a wonderful way to get your friends into comics, because you could show them intriguing little bits.

Fortunately, there is an IJ asylum that can be utilized.

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It's my understanding that 10% is the fair use standard for review or educational purposes, but I obviously haven't looked into the issue as much as you have.

And even if Peter David deliberately lied about how much was posted -- to give the benefit of the doubt, he might have been upset and been mistaken -- then whoever took his word for it rather than investigating is at fault.

It will be interesting to see how this resolves. If somebody wants to take this as incentive to start a slash-friendly, female-led comics discussion forum that's not predicated on dubious use of copyrighted material, and that doesn't defend name-calling and general nastiness as part of the culture, I'd be the first in line. I'm not holding my breath.

And I'm sorry to those who did not have the experience with S_D that I did. People say that good discussion came out of the community, and I believe them. It was a big community, I didn't take part in all of it, and I'm sorry if by letting my negative impression of a few bad apples poison the whole community for me, I missed out on things.