Preemptive war paper all but done. All I need to do is walk away from the computer for a bit, write a conclusion, and do one last edit. ALL GLORY TO THE GREAT GAZOO!
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In my latest
noscans_daily/
Scans Daily 2.0 update, I included some policy changes.
Creator Rights
Scans Daily and No Scans Daily welcome the participation of comics creators. Creator participation is subject to the same basic rules that govern the behaviour of fans in the community. However, SD and NSD recognize creators prerogative to control the republication of their work.
1. Copyrighted material will be immediately removed at the request of creators and copyright owners.
Requests for removal of copyrighted material should be directed to the moderation team
2. Spoilers will be removed at the discretion of individual posters. It is not our policy to suppress discussion of comics.
Requests for removal of spoilers should be directed to the original poster.
Our stance on creator rights, combined with some forthcoming changes to scan posting rules, will I hope make it clear that we have
no intent to harm creators, or the industry as a whole.
Psuedonymity and Internet Identity
Given the recent creator-fan conflicts over the 'realness' of internet identity, in both in our community and science fiction fandom, I thought it would be a good idea to clarify our position. SD and NSD respect our members' rights to privacy and control over their online identities. As far as we're concerned you are your pseud.
Trolling and attempts to dismiss other posters on the basis of their 'hiding behind a fake name' will not be tolerated.
Unauthorized public release of a fellow member's contact information will result in immediate banning.
All of a sudden this has become a hot issue again. It blows my mind how uphill a battle this has been for everyone trying to assert a right to privacy on the internet.
Other things I'm working on for the comms:
- finding us a permanent home
- modifying the posting rules to be as TOS proof and fair use friendly as possible
- writing up our rationale for moderating the comms as as woman-friendly, LGBT-friendly, anti-ableist, anti-racist and so forth, and what that means for members
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I've decided that when school and the comms are settled, I'm going to work on revamping and expanding
Essential Ms. Marvel, with a lot more reviews and essays. Probably many of them mine. *g* I'm still torn between a closed membership comm, or a blog. Another advantage of a comm that just occurred to me, is that I can invite 'guest' posters, to add Carol content with their existing accounts.
And speaking of Ms. Marvel, I've been meaning to talk about how utterly creepy I find Osborn's gift of Carol's identity to Moonstone. And how he calls Moonstone
my Ms. Marvel. Emphasis in the book. Implying that she exists only to fill a role, the same one that Carol filled for Tony: attack bitch and field leader, when Tony/Norman have more important things to do. Expect much rambling on this subject.