Musing: Strikethrough/Boldout - My thoughts on...

Since I'm thinking that this page will be linked by people, I'll just specify first that I am also known as shanaqui and edenbound, and I've formerly mostly been involved under shanaqui's username. But it's all one. Also, this post isn't a comprehensive round up of information, and nor does it claim to be unbiased.

This post is related to the recent events surrounding ponderosa121 and elaboration, and their suspensions. They were both suspended for posting Harry Potter fanart of an explicit nature. There's debate over whether the fanart was intended to portray underage characters, but I haven't heard anyone say that the characters were clearly, say, ten years old. There's room for doubt.

ponderosa121 was certainly well known, and so this has stirred up the fandom community like you wouldn't believe. People have responded by declaring their intentions to leave LJ, with communities such as fandom_flies, and demanding statements from LJ about what is going on.

First of all, let me specify that I don't believe this is an issue concerning the First Amendment. A company such as Six Apart can, legally, choose what to host on their servers, and what not to host. It is, however, for many people, about freedom of speech and freedom of artistic expression.

( So what is it about, then? )

Editlog:
-Added a section on freedom of speech.
-Corrected the comments on "charities linked to Six Apart".
-Tweaked a bit so that I'm not speaking for the whole of fandom.
-Clarified the issue with money.
-Added a link to synecdochic's post.