A Question About ff.n

[bitchiewitchie]

Hi! I'm relatively new to the OT list, even though I've been on the 
main list for about a year. 
Anyway - 

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "franzjoseph1916" <EHowland at A...> wrote:
> I was reading threads about 'the exodus from ff.n" and I was 
> wondering if someone could explain to me what happened with 
> the whole plagurism thing.
Quoting from the FictionAlley Fanfic Primer, which can be found at 
http://www.fictionalley.org/primer/:

"What's the controversy?

So you've heard a lot about the controversy over fanfiction.net? 
Well, obviously no one person can tell the whole story, but for a 
short recap: A fairly "famous" fanfiction author, Cassandra Claire, 
was accused of plagarism. This accusation was reported to the 
fanfiction.net staff. They did not e-mail her and warn her that she 
was about to be removed, nor did they inform her of the accusation. 
When she was removed, it was a huge surprise to the fandom.

In the aftermath of the accusations and counter-accusations - that 
fanfiction.net was being unfair, that Cassie had done no wrong - many 
authors left fanfiction.net. Many felt that Cassie had been treated 
unfairly; others realized that they did not agree with the terms of 
service. 

For others, this was the straw that broke the demiguise's back, 
causing vague plans for an HP archive modeled after the X-Files' 
Gossamer site to grow into inspiration to create fansites by and for 
the Harry Potter fandom. FictionAlley is one of those sites."

Cheers,
Liz C