seraphcelene: (wtf?)
From [livejournal.com profile] kita0610
According to fyeahcopyright, the AO3 fic have been taken down, but there are quite a few published authors and I don't think that's cool. Sure, money can be tight, and you wanna read books, but that's what the LIBRARY is for. So, I'm going to post this again, just to get the word a little further out ...

FROM fyeahcopyright:

We’ve been getting pings and @’s all morning about ebooks-tree.com who seem to be scraping/taking stories off of AO3 and hosting them as PDFs and mobi downloads on their site; the site seems to be pulling from UrBookLibrary as well. They’re not reading your “do not copy/duplicate” notes on your AO3 fic; their bots are pulling things directly from AO3, without AO3′s authorization or assent. It looks like they are pulling from Wattpad too, again without authorization or assent.

While the Ebooks-Tree DMCA page seems to imply that you need a lawyer or other “authorized person” to submit a takedown notice, you don’t; you can do it yourself.

As we’ve posted before, fanfic writers hold copyright in their stories, although not in lines/quotes from the works they’ve been inspired by, and because of that, fanfic writers can submit DMCA takedown notices, or have someone do it on their behalf. While this post isn’t legal advice (none of our posts on FYC are), you might want to consider using this template (well, the bolded bits) in telling ebooks-tree to take down your content:

Your Name and/or Pseudonym as an e-signature (or the name of the person you’ve authorized to submit this request, with a slash before it and after it):
Link(s) to the unauthorized works (link to the pdf, the mobi and the page hosting all of it):
Link(s) to an authorized version of your work (whether on AO3, tumblr, LJ or somewhere else):
An email address of the submitter (include it again even if it’s in the header):
This statement: I have good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
This statement: The information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
That’s it - that’s all they need to know - you can submit all the info via http://www.ebooks-tree.com/info.php?contacts with DMCA Complaint in the subject; you may wish to submit the same content to Google or to BING.

(Fwiw, even though they claim that they comply with the Copyright Act, they aren’t compliant with the DMCA Safe Harbor rules, as they aren’t listed on the copyright.gov list of agents.)

You can also submit a complaint about ebooks-tree to CloudFlare, who hosts the site. Their DMCA page is at https://www.cloudflare.com/abuse/form - as a matter of law you do not need to include the legal name of the copyright claimant/the fanfic writer, but you should include the pseudonym that the fic was posted under if you don’t want to include a legal name or address.

Above copied from here:
http://drsilverfish.tumblr.com/post/116305027604/transformativeworks-fyeahcopyright-weve
seraphcelene: (wtf?)
Okay, I have to share this because I watched that Oprah interview with Robin Thicke last night and, yeah, he's a douche. And the kicker? He has NO CLUE that he's a douche.

Robin Thicke Just Made Everything Worse

Robin Thicke to Oprah: "I'm the Twerkee"

Apparently, Paula Patton is his brains, conscious, and moral compass. Robin Thicke makes no bones about being the useless, classless, tasteless, albeit talented rich kid without her. Basically, he cannot think without her. At least not in any way that hints at him having a social conscious. They guy is sleazy, doesn't really get why or even how Blurred Lines is inappropriate, and he totally threw Miley Cyrus under the bus for that VMA stunt. As if he weren't there and had no part of it. It was just for funsies. Miley set the stage and he just walked into the circus. Oh, no, he was innocently singing into the sky and Miley just happened to attach her twerking ass to his crotch. He had no clue what was going on "down there." He is the innocent "twerkee" who "gets twerked upon." No joke, his words.

Yeah, I'm through.

Ass.
seraphcelene: (srsly?!)
. . . because then Smart Bitches, Trashy Books introduced me to THIS! Ravished by the Triceratops. Somewhere, someone out there wrote dinosaur bestiality erotica! I was distracted by the Bad Dragon Labs the first time around. I got there from Jezebel where the book was being featured and mocked. In fact, I got to Bad Dragon because I do what I never do. I read the comments, and then got totally distracted because REALLY?! They're fake and some of them are really, really, really scary, so whatevs. To each his/her own. But the dinosaur bestiality erotica? I . . . I can't even.

Go read a sample, if you dare!
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Breastfeeding is great and all, I get that. If you want to, great! If you don't, I don't think you should be penalized. Kids like to roll play, kids like to care take and practice adult behaviors. This, however, this is going a lot too far.

seraphcelene: (by violetsmiles)
Well, that was my last episode of Dancing with the Stars for this season. Cause that? That was total and complete bullshit, and the moment that America starts voting like twits I am out.

Seriously? I mean, c'mon, seriously!! I love Jane Seymour, I think Marie Osmond is a consummate performer, Cameron whathisname is a cutie, sure, but better dancers than Sabrina Cheetah Girl? Not. A. Chance. This is why I seldom watch shows where America gets to vote. They inevitably vote stupid and I am once again reminded that its all a popularity contest and hang talent. Not that I should be surprised ... I mean, look at the popularity of Britney Spears. Keanu Reeves still gets acting jobs. Ashley Tisdale is releasing a pop album. Talent just doesn't seem to be a factor these days. Hell, I couldn't believe that Emmet Smith beat out Mario Lopez. Emmet was good, but Mario was better.

Whatever Dancing with the Stars ... Whatever. I guess I'll check you next season.

At least until you fuck it up again.
seraphcelene: (by violetsmiles)
Fandom has given me a headache. However, this time it isn't even my own fandom. It's the ignornance and stupidity of an HP comm. You've all seen the links, I'm sure, but I feel the need to help spread the message.

[livejournal.com profile] liviapenn's links to the whole insane debacle and [livejournal.com profile] witchqueen's post about how it all got started.

Let me just say that the last time I heard the word miscegenation outside of a political debate over the repeal of antiquted laws currently on the U.S. books was in early American and African American literature classes. I have always been severely irritated by people using words incorrectly because they don't know the correct definition. I assumed that's what this particular HP comm was doing. I still think that's partially true (although when they stated that they were being offensive on purpose I pretty much threw out all get out of jail free cards), but what I find the most offensive part is their unwillingness to admit that they didn't truly grasp the implications of the word being used for a kink prompt. Miscegenation?! Of ALL things?! Their policy of prompt choice is highly problematic because what if the N word comes up? What then? They just slap it up and keep going? Trying to divorce the word miscegenation from a racist discourse is ridiculous, and yes, it is akin to using the N word. Not to mention that they are conflating inter-racial and inter-species under miscegenation as a sort of umbrella term. A completely incorrect definition of the word, not to mention that now you're setting up color as beastial.

I can only hope that the members of the comm all decide to drop it because that kind of insensivity and ignorance is just mindblowingly stupid. I wasn't going to go into a long spiel, but this left a knot in my chest that makes it hard to breathe.
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The scientists said it was "very likely" -- or more than 90 percent probable -- that human activities led by burning fossil fuels explained most of the warming in the past 50 years.

This is news because ... why?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070202/sc_nm/globalwarming_dc
seraphcelene: (by violetsmiles)
Miss New Booty -- Bubba Sparxx (WTF?! Booty Booty Booty Rocking Everywhere. It should be funny, but it isn't. Stop playing it.)
Unwritten -- random blonde chick (this song PISSES me OFF)
Chasing Cars -- Snow Patrol (DUMB!!)
Lips of an Angel -- Hinder (For real. I mean, seriously.)
Showstopper -- Danity Kane (Diddy, you're wasting your money and these girls' talent with this song. Whatever.)

And if I hear Danny California one more time I'm gonna shoot myself in the head.

Also, The Sound of Music? Whatever, Gwynn Stefani. Whatever. I'm sure they are loving you in the European discotheques.

ETA: Oh, and London Bridge is the stoopidest song of all time ever. DUMB DUMB. Don't quit your day job, Fergie.
seraphcelene: (Default)
My boss gave me gummy body part candy in honor of Halloween ...

It vaguely looks like an amputated penis.
seraphcelene: (I am a radioactive squirrel)
Actually it isn't my fandom. Granted, I never watched Everwood, and have only a passing acquaintance with the show, but I've been involved with other attempts to save a show: Firefly, Farscape, Roswell. The Roswell campaign actually worked and we ended up with two additional seasons. Farscape ALMOST got picked back up, we helped get the gang back into negotiations but, to put it simply, there were differences that just couldn't be ironed out.

These were creative, concerted efforts begun by web-based fandom to get their shows renewed. Now, if you're trying to save a show it's going to require mucho creatvity and lots of work. Plus, a media liasion is not a bad idea. That said, you guys, go visit Everwood.org. They need your help. Kevin and Bean got hold of them this morning and it was not pretty. Lots of mockery. Lots o' sarcasm. Them's my boys, but they do be cruel.

Anyway, I'm pimping their efforts to save their show. For the California folks we got: The Ferris Wheel Project.

Go lend a hand, folks!
seraphcelene: (I am a radioactive squirrel)
OMGWTF?

According to Kevin and Bean there's even a $50,000.00 prize for the inaugural USA Rock Paper Scissors League Championships. Check A & E for listings, my kidlets.

[livejournal.com profile] kormantic, [livejournal.com profile] dafnap, I expect you guys to be signed up and ready to roll for next years tournament. I'll be putting down money, baby!
seraphcelene: (by violetsmiles)
Courtesy of Common Sense Herbs.com and TMI:

The clotty menstrual cycle, which is indicative of fibroid tumors, is nothing more than clots of mucus colored by blood. Yeast infection or discharge is the self-same mucus, "a cold in the uterus". The organs (which have vast intellect) will ask the blood stream to ask Mrs. Uterus if it is possible to store some of your garbage in this open area. The uterus, being the woman's extra channel of elimination, unfortunately, has so much mucus in this open area. When Miss Menstruation pays a visit once a month (the monthly cleansing of the incubator) this self-same mucus turns into red colored balls (clots of mucus). These bloody clots are like "the flu" once a month in the uterus. This is also a discharge (mucus) of all the junk you ate one month or years before, now colored by blood. If this junk cannot come down through the colon it is going to come down through the uterus. Unfortunately, the body can't send your junk through the colon because you are constipated. Always remember that you go to the toilet once a month through the uterus, unless you are constantly having a yeast infection or discharge, both of which are mucus disorders—your "cold" in the uterus. Mrs. Uterus is more than happy to rid the body of your "junk processed food" turned mucus, once a month because she has no joy in storing anything that creates fibroid tumor.


And if that isn't enlightening enough, then ...

Unfinished Menstruation Equals Cellulite

Cellulite is nothing more than waste from unfinished menstrual cycles. The part of the menstruation that stays in the body each month is trapped there by waste (mucus) in the uterus and fallopian tubes. This unfinished menstruation falls below the uterus into the hips and buttocks area creating what the medical establishment calls "cellulite". The blood stream then stores cellulite all over the body. Men cannot have cellulite because they do not have a menstrual cycle. Unfortunately, because of the stunted capacity of the uterus to rid the body of enormous amounts of waste once a month, women generally carry more waste in their bodies than men.




Me? I'm pretty speechless, cause you know that there are people out there that believe this stuff.
seraphcelene: (by violetsmiles)
... don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Just when you think that it's safe to go back into the water, or, if you're me, just when you think that if you can hang on til January 1st all will be golden ...

wham!bam!crash!! Life slaps you in the face.

I truly, truly, honestly don't know whether to laugh or cry. Just know that I'll be very glad when this year is over.

Old Man Granddaddy died this morning.
seraphcelene: (btvs_secertsanta gift 01)
Not to be all with the bah and humbug, cause really I do like Christmas, but you know how you grow up and suddenly there are layers or meaning?

Yup! I had a moment. Not unlike the Big Stick moment.

I'm mean, I'm very innocently watching Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Enjoying my Chicken Sausage and Smirnoff Twisted V: Green Apple (oy, what a name) and singing commences. Suddenly, mid-swig, I realizeSanta's a bit of aperv.

And what, pray tell, do you expect me to think with lyics like these:

"If you sit on my lap today, a kiss a toy is the price you'll pay.
When you sit on my left knee, don't be stingy, be prepared to pay."


But, then, maybe it's just me.
Okay. So my mind's a little dirty. Aided, no doubt, by that bottle of Smirnoff.
seraphcelene: (btvs_secertsanta gift 01)
When I'm in shape, going to the gym, running, weight training, pilates, etc, Mama Coodah says that I look like a brickhouse.

Yooouuu know! Like the song.

Although, Mama Coodah is my cousin, so she has to say things like that. Only I do believe it's true. When in control, I have a rather cute hourglass figure. However, it has currently run amok due to my severe avoidance of all things aerobic, so that, at the moment, I am pretty much just a house.

I am also PMS'ing. Which means that currently my jeans are too tight because of my crazy bloated belly and my shirt is too small because of the swollen boobs. Now, the boobs look good, but going up a cup size once a month is not exactly fun. I made the mistake of trying to buy a bra last month right before my period and the sale's girl measured me into a D!!!! Me!!

Little ole me in a D. I was mortified.

So, now, I am bloated and swollen and have an obnoxious craving for fried, salty foods and Coca-Cola.

I am squat rather than curvy and my face looks like the Alaskan cast after the Exxon Valdez.

Help me. Help me, please.
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Tom Cruise is crazy and Matt Lauer has the proof.

I wish I could've seen it. Surely, there was writhing and foaming of the mouth. I also hear tell there was snarling and the baring of teeth.

Bad, Tom. Bad, Tom. *swats him across the nose with a newspaper*

Now I'm back to being curious as to why it didn't work out with Nicole and Penelope. Curious. Very curious.
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I'm all whatthahuh?!?!? because WHY is Kate Bosworth playing Lois Lane?

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