Is posting other people's stories from dead sites allowed?

[MichelangeloCzech]

I have access to a few old stories from people on ASSTR that I can't find anywhere else. They are only available through the wayback machine now. Would it be allowed for me to post these people's stories (with the authors' names clearly labeled) so that they can live on an active site, or would that violate the no plagiarism rule?

I wouldn't be spamming these stories, I would just post a handful.

 

[randomlightning]

If I recall correctly, last time something similar came up, the answer was "Only if you have the author's express permission."

But I could be misremembering. Not that…I mean, bluntly put, if you were going to re upload missing stories…AO3 would probably be a safer, more accessible, and more reasonable place to do it?

 

[MichelangeloCzech]

If I recall correctly, last time something similar came up, the answer was "Only if you have the author's express permission."

But I could be misremembering. Not that…I mean, bluntly put, if you were going to re upload missing stories…AO3 would probably be a safer, more accessible, and more reasonable place to do it?

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Alright, gotcha. I'm still waiting for my ao3 account to be approved though, lol

 

[riotous living]

II.D. Copyright Infringement

Reproductions of large excerpts of copyrighted works are not allowed without the consent of the copyright owner. This includes stories, artwork, songs, poems, transcripts, and other copyrighted material. Crediting the original creator does not give you the right to upload, podfic, or translate someone else's work without permission, regardless of whether the source is a fanwork or a professionally published work.

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Seems like it would be forbidden under the Ao3 content policy. My understanding of the law is that while fanfic authors don't have rights to what they take from the original IP, anything beyond that including OCs, non-canon situations, and their choice of words is fully protected under copyright, which is why there are no rights issues with filing off the serial numbers and getting your fanfic published (see 50 Shades of Grey). As such posting their work without permission does count as a copyright infringement, and Ao3 is quite careful when it comes to legal shit.

 

[TheFoxsCloak]

if it is against their policy I haven't seen it really enforced. just the opposite; I've seen several stories originally on ASSTR posted there, some outright saying they're not the original author

 

[riotous living]

Like any policy it can only be enforced so much as it is reported. Obviously there's no way for me to stop you and I couldn't be bothered to follow you to Ao3 anyways; I'm just letting you know what their rules are.

 

[Canadian Leprechaun]

Ao3 Isn't actively moderated, they only do something if there's been a report and it's gone through a review process. Honestly while the part about not mass reporting something makes sense, the 'don't go looking for things to repot' bit seems like a pretty big tip off in regards to the leaderships feelings about content moderation.

 

[riotous living]

Same as QQ, SB, and SV. The only times mods might take action without a user generated report is if they see it in the wild.

Honestly while the part about not mass reporting something makes sense, the 'don't go looking for things to repot' bit seems like a pretty big tip off in regards to the leaderships feelings about content moderation.

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To my understanding Ao3 occasionally suffers from a userbase that is grateful Ao3 is around to shelter [my enlightened fetish] but is furious that [your disgusting fetish] is allowed. With the ao3 tagging system an individual like that can generate hundreds of reports an hour just from a few related tags, which wastes a shitload of mod time. I guess they just chucked that in there to provide a basis to mute accounts that constantly make spurious reports, because when it comes to non-copyright content moderation they really don't care.