Daily OpusEverything I write is freely rebloggable. Just keep the source and tell people about my books :D [Until I decide otherwise, my pronouns are Ze/Hir/Hirself. As in "Ze went to the shops to get hir medication hirself". Thank you for the respect.]
Today, Amazon announced the imminent launch of its newest endeavor, Kindle Worlds, a publishing platform for fanfiction. When I read the announcement, I was horrified, then angry, then sad. I want to take a moment to explain why this is such a tragedy.
This is REALLY IMPORTANT guys. AO3 is so special as a platform. Don’t get suckered in by shiny features or whatever!
If you don’t feel like reading after the read more, here is the most important stand out of Kindle World’s TOS.
“By using the platform, authors give all rights to the work to Amazon, who can then license your elements to other authors with no compensation to the original poster.”
If you want to retain rights to your work, don’t use this site. Stick to AO3.
WHAT THE FUCK
SIGNAL BOOST
fUcK Jeff Bezos, and the world will pry Ao3 from my cold, dead hands
Don’t freak out y’all. The original post/announcement is from 2013. The site flopped and was shut down in 2018. Ao3 is still very much intact and took no hits from what I can gather 💜
Still, though. Fuck Jeff Bezos.
Reblogging for everyone who might be freaking out bc they didn’t see this post going around in 2013 and haven’t seen the update: Kindle Worlds has been dead for years, AO3 is fine, but Jeff Bezos can suck my dick.
