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Fanfic Authors Force Down AI-Cloned AO3 Site With 2,000 Takedowns
Original: Vibe Coded AO3 Clone Site Down After Fanfic Authors Buried It With 2,000 Takedown Notices in a Single Day
ao3.life, a site built with AI coding tools, went offline after fanfiction authors flooded it with roughly 2,000 takedown notices in a single day. The site had been scraping and repackaging fanfiction works and selling them as audiobooks without permission from the original writers. The coordinated response highlights growing tension between unauthorised AI-built scraping projects and fandom communities protective of their work.
Why now: The story of a large grassroots takedown campaign succeeding against an unauthorised AI-built clone has struck a chord with writers and tech observers.
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Evidence
- Vibe Coded AO3 Clone Site Down After Fanfic Authors Buried It With 2,000 Takedown Notices in a Single Day · 404 Media
ao3.life was scraping and repackaging fanfiction’ works and turning them into audiobooks for sale without the original authors’ permission.
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