Actualités
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January 2011 Newsletter, Volume 45
Welcome to the OTW's fourth term! Below the cut, you'll find our January newsletter, with information about our committees and their goals for 2011.
Abuse:
Abuse is gearing up for what will hopefully be another uneventful year.AD&T/Archive:
AD&T never sleeps! The Archive made it through its second Yuletide - thanks to all of the coders and testers (with huge help from Tag Wranglers and Support omg!) for their tireless hard work -- and to the users for their patience and enthusiasm! With the change of terms, we're sad to be losing some folks who have done amazing work in the past, but we're also excited to be bringing a few new faces on board who have already started doing amazing work of their own. Special kudos to Kylie, who is taking over as the sole lead of the testing subcommittee for this term. -
Archive of Our Own: We can has servers!
We're super-excited to announce that we've just taken delivery of the brand-new servers for the Archive of Our Own! \0/ Our new, vastly expanded server setup gives us more power, more memory, and more room for expansion, and we are THRILLED to be able to have them. They have been purchased with the generous support of fandom - thanks to all our awesome members and donors!
What we're buying
Check out Meet the Machines! for full details on our server family. Our original server setup had just two servers: a main database server and a backup. We're adding three more servers to this, plus a storage server and a switch, so our new setup will look like this:
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Un Archivo Propio: ¡tenemos servidores!
Estamos super excitadas de anunciar que acabamos de recibir los nuevos servers para Un Archivo Propio. \0/ Nuestra nueva, muy ampliada configuración nos da más potencia, más memoria y más espacio para expandernos, y estamos ENCANTADAS de tenerlos. Han sido comprados con el generoso apoyo del fandom - ¡gracias a todos nuestros maravillosos miembros y donantes!
Qué estamos comprando
Mira ¡Conoce a las Máquinas! para tener los detalles completos de nuestra familia de servers. Nuestra instalación de servidores original tenía solo dos equipos: uno para nuestra base de datos principal y otro de respaldo. Estamos añadiendo tres servidores más, además de un interruptor para que nuestra nueva instalación luzca así:
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Links Roundup for January 17, 2011
Here’s a roundup of links that might be of interest to fans: stories about the Catcher in the Rye sequel, video parodies and edits, more inexplicable takedowns, editable videos on iTunes and more beneath the cut!
* Frederick Colting has cut a deal with the Salinger estate to publish his sequel, 60 Years Later, in most of the world--but not in North America. In the U.S. and Canada, he has agreed to wait until the expiry of copyright on the original.
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Loi HADOPI - Soucis concernant l'impact sur la créativité des fans français
Les fans français vont peut être voir leur creativité, ou du moins la possibilité de partager leurs productions amateurs, ainsi que de voir celles d'autres fans, limité avec la mise en place de la nouvelle loi. Le 10 novembre 2010, le décret en rapport avec la loi HADOPI (Haute Autorité pour la diffusion des œuvres et la protection des droits sur internet) a été officiellement publié en France, apportant de nouvelles régulations pour la protection des contenus protégés sur l'Internet, et également le développment de plateformes proposant du contenu légal pour les internautes. Cependant, l'impact réel de cette nouvelle loi et de ses applications demeure incertain.
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Archive of Our Own Job Ad: MySQL Database Developer
Do you love the Archive? Do you have skills in database analysis? Would you like to make these great two tastes taste great together?
We're looking for a MySQL database developer who can help us optimise our database performance on the Archive of Our Own. The Archive is run on MySQL 5.0 and Rails 3, but you don't need to know Rails to help -- we would really like someone who can look over our database query logs and help us spot inefficiencies!
You'd be joining a team of dedicated and passionate volunteers with a love of fandom and tech-geekery. We're looking for someone with the time and skills to help us evaluate and optimise our current setup — this can be a short-term commitment, although if you are able to join us for the long haul your skills will be very welcome.
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Ley HADOPI - Preocupaciones acerca del impacto sobre la creatividad de los fans franceses.
Los fans franceses pueden descubrir que su creatividad o su habilidad de compartir fanworks y visualizar los trabajos creados por otros han sido entorpecidos luego de la introducción de una nueva ley. En Noviembre 10, 2010, el decreto referente a la Ley HADOPI [Nota: página en francés] (High Authority for the Distribution of Creation and Online Protection of Rights) (también conocida como la ley de Creación e Internet) se publicó oficialmente en Francia, introduciendo nuevas regulaciones para la protección de contenidos protegidos por derechos de autor en Internet, así como la expansión de plataformas de contenido legal para los usuarios de Internet. Sin embargo, todavía se ignora cómo se aplicará esta ley.
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HADOPI Law - Concerns about impact on French fan creativity
Written by Natacha Guyot
French fans may find their creativity, or their ability to share fanworks and view works created by others, stifled following the introduction of a new law. On November 10, 2010, the decree regarding the HADOPI (High Authority for the Distribution of Creation and Online Protection of Rights) Law (also known as the Creation and Internet law) was officially published in France, bringing new regulations for the protection of copyrighted content on the Internet, as well as the expansion of legal content platforms for Internet users. However, how this new law will be applied in practice remains uncertain.
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Archive of Our Own: Meet the Machines!
Thanks to the wonderful generosity of fandom, we've been able to buy a beautiful new set of servers! Meet the machines below!
The DB Server - aka "The Beast"
Our new database server is a serious badass. Built for us by open-source server specialists iXSystems, the DB server is an iX1204 powered by 2 latest-generation Intel 6-Core X5650 processors, and 48GB of RAM. This server will also have 2 Intel X25-M 80GB SSDs (solid-state drives, which have no moving parts) to make reads off the database crazy fast.
The Rails Twins
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News from Term Break - 2011 OTW Board and Committee Chairs
The OTW is officially on break, and will be until mid-January, but it's a very busy time for many of us!*
A change is as good as a rest, or so we've heard! That's a good thing, because change is what we're preparing for: a new term, a new Board, and new committees, all well rested and ready for a strong 2011. In some cases, change means new staff in the form of volunteers who are able to increase their commitment; in other cases, change brings brand new people who answered our Willing to Serve post in October.