http://simonwillison.net/2009-01-14T22:02:42+00:00Simon Willison2009-01-14T22:02:42+00:002009-01-14T22:02:42+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Jan/14/ficlets/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://ficlets.ficly.com/">ficlets memorial</a></strong></p> Here’s a great argument for Creative Commons—AOL shut down Ficlets without providing an archive or export tool, but the license meant Ficlets co-creator Kevin Lawver could scrape and preserve all of the content anyway. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/aol">aol</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/archive">archive</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/creativecommons">creativecommons</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/data">data</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ficlets">ficlets</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/kevin-lawver">kevin-lawver</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/preservation">preservation</a></p>