Personally, I fall on the side that believes that there may be other reasons than 'sheer prissiness' that would cause an author to pull their work.
Honestly, I understand why someone would want their archives removed. Maybe they're wary of a job search turning up their records, or they have someone harassing them, or the original creator of the source material wants it gone, or any other number of reasons.
The bile that's directed towards people who do remove their work, or if authors would prefer you not using their characters -- and the automatic assumption that if anyone does that, they're total 'pompous jackasses' -- is a bit... well. I think getting that upset about it and shouting things about 'it's your right to be provided this stuff' is just as bad as saying, 'it's your right that only the people you want reading it read it.' God, if popular opinion really feels that way, I'd rather not post at all online, lest I trip over someone's sense of entitlement. Talk about accusations.
Is it really so hard to just get in touch with the author if you want a copy? Or to save a copy to your own computer? Or even -- gods forbid -- to not automatically jump to the conclusion that they're an asshole for 'denying' you your fix? Eesh. :/
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Honestly, I understand why someone would want their archives removed. Maybe they're wary of a job search turning up their records, or they have someone harassing them, or the original creator of the source material wants it gone, or any other number of reasons.
The bile that's directed towards people who do remove their work, or if authors would prefer you not using their characters -- and the automatic assumption that if anyone does that, they're total 'pompous jackasses' -- is a bit... well. I think getting that upset about it and shouting things about 'it's your right to be provided this stuff' is just as bad as saying, 'it's your right that only the people you want reading it read it.' God, if popular opinion really feels that way, I'd rather not post at all online, lest I trip over someone's sense of entitlement. Talk about accusations.
Is it really so hard to just get in touch with the author if you want a copy? Or to save a copy to your own computer? Or even -- gods forbid -- to not automatically jump to the conclusion that they're an asshole for 'denying' you your fix? Eesh. :/