ao3 has protection against basic data scraping which is used to train AI, taking works offsite exposes them to that risk also, a lot of these fics may have been only accessible for registered users on ao3 and sharing it is going against the author's express wish that the work only be read on ao3

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That's what enrages me every time when chuds go "AI will democratize art" NO!! if working class people can't make a viable career and support themselves by making art the only people who get to do it are rich assholes.

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Yearning #knight

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I am distraught

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ao3 has been down a few hours and me and my friends are already passing each other fic pdfs like it’s contraband

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