I support the Organization for Transformative Works because...
Everyone else has already said the stuff that's important, and I could go 'what she said" all evening, but here goes...
I support the Organization for Transformative Works because I think a large automated multi-fandom archive that is fully supported financially by fans rather than advertising revenues (and is able to archive all range of content without fear) is a very good thing and the universe can always use more of them.
I support the OTW because when someone recently tried to market non-commercial fan works, fandom went "oh hell no" and sat down immediately to come up with an alternative that not only does everything that the commercial one proposed to do, but plans to do it by fans for fans, while respecting the rights of the source material from which fan works derive and not "just to make a buck".
I support the OTW because I think it's important that we have someone at our back in case things get hairy and a single person is threatened with crippling legal messes that they can't handle or afford.
I support the OTW even though I may not agree with them on all things or some things or at times even most things, I may not like all of them or know all of them or care to know all of them, but I will not deny that it cannot hurt us to have it, and might help us to have it down the line.
I support the OTW because some of them are my friends, some of them are strangers, but all of them understand that storytelling is in our blood and in our souls as human beings, and that will never change. Nor will the desire to share the stories we tell with others simply for the joy of the making and the sharing.
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