Frequently Asked Questions

Why are you copying other people's work out of fanzines? Don't people have to buy the zines to read it? Isn't what you're doing illegal and/or unethical?

Ethics are subjective. We believe it is unethical NOT to share fiction we have enjoyed, and collected for year, with other fans who want to read it. Most of the zines in our collections are long out of print, their Editors and contributors no longer involved in fandom. We can't see how it's illegal, or unethical, to sit down with our own collections, at our own computers, on our own time and money, to share things we have read with others. If anything is unethical and illegal, in our opinion, it is charging exorbitant rental feels to read out-of-print fiction that was written, and given without charge, by the authors to be read.

If you disagree with our ethics, don't request any fiction to read.

Why are you transmitting fic by e-mail instead of archiving it for download?

Well, we have a huge amount of material to get onto disk. Eventually, as the library grows, FTF will have its own site and FTP transfer may be necessary; but for now we like the 'Napster' style of sharing fanfic, that way other collectors with fic to contribute can simply work at their own pace archiving and emailing it. They only have to send us a list of what they have and an email addy readers can use. We will, of course, accept donated files of fic we do not have in file, or on our lists.

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