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Forum Name: General
Topic ID: 1787
Message ID: 3
#3, RE: EPU Works Reposted on Archive of Our Own
Posted by Nathan on Jul-10-23 at 01:40 AM
In response to message #2
>Hmm.
>
>So, there's probably no percentage in getting involved in this myself.
> I know virtually nothing about that site, but having skimmed their
>abuse FAQ, it looks like their policy is only to take action in cases
>of "look! I made this!" plagiarism, which this is not. Besides which,
>from the overall tone of the thing, I feel like it would be taken as
>just me being That Guy, under the circumstances.
>
>On the other hand, it does feel kind of bad. I mean, for one thing,
>the poster's stated rationale for doing it doesn't make sense to me.
>"Ease of access", the heck does that mean? They already accessed it
>in the first place in order to have it to put it on the other website.
> I don't get it.

I thiiiiiink that Archive of Our Own has pre-built tools and interface points for things like feeding to mobile readers, text-to-speech apps and the like. Not sure that that's the actual reason, but it's my best guess by what that's supposed to mean.

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