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So they decided to amp things up a bit. This post [caution: I've been warned there are HP spoilers in the comments on the ljbiz post, so you may want to avoid reading them] makes me really, really glad I didn't buy a permanent account. The relevant bit for fans is this:
To reiterate, though, we take a zero-tolerance stance on these sorts of material:
1. Material which violates United States law
Our servers are located in the United States, and so that means that LiveJournal is subject to United States law. This particular item in our policy covers content that inherently violates specific United States criminal statutes ....This includes...child pornography (photos or videos), or other material -- including drawings and text -- that explicitly depicts minors under the age of 18 (real or not) in a graphic sexual context. Or, in other words: Romeo and Juliet is okay. Teens talking about their experiences with sex is okay. Smut focused on a twelve year old is not okay.
And while the person speaking for LJ keeps talking about 12-year-olds, the policy explicitly says text depicting graphic sex with persons under 18 violates the TOS. Which to me sounds like all explicit fic featuring season 1-4 Clex, for example. So I hope everyone took the advice of people in the last round of the strikethrough and backed up your fic. Here's a link with advice for how to back up your livejournal, if you haven't done so.
Does this mean the fannish migration will be happening after all? (I am sure it means lots of HP folks will be migrating, at the very least, and lots and lots of fic will be locked up very tightly from now on.)
To reiterate, though, we take a zero-tolerance stance on these sorts of material:
1. Material which violates United States law
Our servers are located in the United States, and so that means that LiveJournal is subject to United States law. This particular item in our policy covers content that inherently violates specific United States criminal statutes ....This includes...child pornography (photos or videos), or other material -- including drawings and text -- that explicitly depicts minors under the age of 18 (real or not) in a graphic sexual context. Or, in other words: Romeo and Juliet is okay. Teens talking about their experiences with sex is okay. Smut focused on a twelve year old is not okay.
And while the person speaking for LJ keeps talking about 12-year-olds, the policy explicitly says text depicting graphic sex with persons under 18 violates the TOS. Which to me sounds like all explicit fic featuring season 1-4 Clex, for example. So I hope everyone took the advice of people in the last round of the strikethrough and backed up your fic. Here's a link with advice for how to back up your livejournal, if you haven't done so.
Does this mean the fannish migration will be happening after all? (I am sure it means lots of HP folks will be migrating, at the very least, and lots and lots of fic will be locked up very tightly from now on.)
