PETJA

Journal Community
Name:	PETJA
Date(s):	? - 2008
Moderator:	?
Founder:	?
Type:	LiveJournal community
Fandom:	Supernatural
URL:	site suspended, archived copy of the "Jensenvention" FAQs, alternate backup
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PETJA, which stood for "People for the Ethical Treatment of Jensen Ackles" was a Supernatural community on LiveJournal.

The community originated as a spin-off from Capslock Supernatural, taking the humorous mocking of that community and combining it with a proclaimed desire to promote Jensen's work as an actor. The community produced a website about their satirically presented cause and then, in the fall of 2008, decided to stage what they named the Jensenvention, which was a campaign to promote the cause, mostly via videos produced by community members.

The community caused some conflict within the fandom, because many fans were not comfortable with the way the comm mocked Jensen.

Later the website was taken down, and the comm was deleted. The founder of the community claimed that Ackles representation served them with a C&D forcing them to take it down, which lead to wank between fans who believed that there had been a C&D letter and fans who believed that the incident had been staged.

Some additional speculation as to the type of C&D notice that may have been sent is archived in morgandawn's comment here. A later post contained communciation from the site owners which clarified that a C&D notice had been sent.

Additional Reading

• page 1 of the Fandom Wank entry: "I am disappointed in Jensen Ackles" So, check it."; page 2
• so I had some time on my hands - The Toybox, ^{Archived version}
• RE: weirdass jensenvention.com crap - happy heart, melancholy mind, ^{Archived version}
• Another voice - You Just Can't Quit, ^{Archived version}
• Say Cheese! -- The Lawyers Just Screen Capped Your Fan Site by Merlin Missy (July 2008)
• fandomsecrets, ^{Archived version}
• Jensenvention: Why We Need To Remember Show Business Is First A Business - Morgan Dawn Livejournal:The Here And Now, ^{Archived version}
• For Giandujakiss - Here Have Some Facts Ma'am - Morgan Dawn Livejournal:The Here And Now, ^{Archived version}
• Stop Silencing Yourselves (Or Each Other): Your Rights To Be A Public Asshat - Morgan Dawn Livejournal:The Here And Now, ^{Archived version}
• x5vale, ^{Archived version}

Fan Comments

Once upon a time, a well-known fan community received a Cease and Desist letter for the contents of their website and comm. In this particular story, it happened last week, the website was Jensenvention.Com, and the people involved are still upset about it. I am not here to mock their pain. I am here to use them as an example. Famous people are aware of the Internet. Celebrities we adore and cherish have websites. Authors we stalk admire have blogs and Livejournals. Wil Wheaton posts about poker and his kids. We live in an amazing era, where a handful of keystrokes may separate you from the person you think is the most awesome human on the planet.

[...]

If you have a website dedicated to a particular actor, writer or series, again the web mod will be dropping by. If you continue to post that Actor A is a fat loser and Writer B is a talentless troglodyte, the web mod is not going to think kindly upon you. Nor are the fans of Actor A and Writer B. (This may be your intention. Tweaking other fans is a risky but occasionally amusing pastime. Ask the Jensenvention folks.) You don't have to let that stop you. Your website and your blog is your space to use as you please, as long as you're not violating any local, federal or international laws. Freedom of speech doesn't mean you have to put up with trolls, it means the trolls are free to found their own blogs and websites to say what they

think. But your audience, both friendly and not, is there, and you need to be aware of their presence, even if you don't care.

Resources

• People for the Ethical Treatment of Jensen Ackles on Super-wiki