Spring 2012 OTW Drive

It's that time of year again, when the OTW goes hat in hand to fans and asks for cold hard cash to keep the lights on, the servers running, the lawyers drafting briefs for Congress to fight the DMCA and all the ways Big Content and company would seek to keep us from doing anything legally.

So, if you use the AO3 - if you edit Fanlore - if you've benefited from the DMCA exemption for DVD ripping that the OTW won in 2010 - if you support fandom having a voice to larger society that's for fans and by fans, please give what you can. Just $10 USD confers membership (and voting rights! Just think, you can vote and complain!).

I know there's been a lot of brouhaha around the OTW and the AO3 lately, during the last election in particular. As a staffer and a chair, I can honestly say that my overall impression is that change is happening, albeit slowly, and for the better. In the meantime, the servers won't pay for themselves.