E-Mail X-Creative
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| Fanfiction Mailing List | |
|---|---|
| Name: | EMXC - E-Mail X-Creative |
| Date(s): | December 1994 - 2003 |
| Moderated: | |
| Moderators/List Maintainers: | SciNut |
| Founder(s): | SciNut |
| Fandom: | The X-Files |
| URL: | EMXC Archive (restored website) |
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On December 13, 1994, EMXC, a The X-Files fan fiction mailing list, was created. It was moderated by SciNut and run from AOL at [email protected].
The list was created in an effort to circumvent AOL's prohibition on uploading X-Files fanfic after 20th Century Fox Television's request to pull copyrighted materials. Since fanfiction is a gray area as far as copyright is concerned, AOL decided to "play it safe" and prohibited X-Files fanfiction as well. (Despite this, they still allowed Star Trek fic in their public libraries.)
The EMXC worked exclusively through email, with each story sent individually as an email attachment. 3-5 emails were sent everyday except Sunday, not including list business, with an average of 30 emails per week.
Every week (usually Sunday or Monday), a story schedule was mailed that listed what would be sent on any given day of the week. The schedule included Title, Author, and parts to work and also included a tentitive title list for the upcoming week.
An online archive for EMXC was created by Versaphile in January 1998. Maintenance was passed to Cody Nelson in 1999 until 2003, when updates ceased.
Description
Welcome aboard the EMXC (E-Mail Xfiles Creative)!!!
EMXC PROCEDURES & POLICIES
INTRODUCTION
The E-Mail X-Creative (EMXC) is a private group run via email. It was formed in the fall of 1994 in protest to AOL's prohibition on uploading X-Files fanfic after 20th Television's request to pull copyrighted materials. Since fanfiction is a gray area as far as copyright is concerned, AOL decided to "play it safe" and prohibited X-Files fanfiction as well. (A blatantly unfair measure because they still allow Star Trek Fic in their public libraries.)
The EMXC used to be manually based off AOL but has since moved to YahooGroups after new software was installed at AOL to detect Bulk E-mailers. The EMXC is now an announcement list on Yahoo Groups, therefore, you can not post directly to the list yourself.
Awards
The mailing list also held annual fan fiction awards from 1995-1997: the EMXC Awards.