A quick little update to my Fandom Permission Statements post, which asks authors to put a permission statement in their ao3 bio!
It makes sense that podficcers aren't allowed to post works without being given permission onto ao3, but DID YOU KNOW that this counts for Anonymous and orphaned works as well?
So here's my new plea to authors: if you anonymize or orphan your work, and you're okay with it being podficced:
Please put blanket permission for podfic in the author's notes before orphaning or anonymizing!
Thank youuuuuuuuuu
Another day, another fic that was orphaned without permission added 😭
If you're reading this and you're a fanfic author who didn't know about this rule, please consider reblogging!
I've seen a couple of people in the tags thinking about whether or not this policy of ao3 fits in with podficcer norms and whether it's enforceable by ao3 and gosh, wouldn't it be nice if we didn't have to worry about that dilemma at all because there's a "Podfic Welcome" tag or permission in the notes?
(thank you so much to people who have been reblogging this! I've seen a lot of folks in the tags say they didn't know this!)
Save the orphan!!!!
... ed works from never being podficced

















