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October 9
- On October 9, 1994 the first issue of the A-Team onthejazz newsletter was published by sockii. Originally intended to connect fans and share information, it would later contain some fan fiction, including out of print fanzine stories approved for internet distribution. T
- Marc Hedlund, the director of Internet development for Lucasfilm, Ltd. said in an October 1997 article in Wired magazine that Lucasfilm Ltd. tolerates the publication of fan fiction, so long as the stories were not for commercial gain, and does not sully the family image of the Star Wars characters.
- By October of 1998, authors like arcturus and FirePhile were posting badfic to alt.tv.x-files.creative. Given the context of the posts, it is relatively safe to assume that the term had been used for some time in that community and that it had gained a certain community cultural acceptance.
- On October 9, 2000, Placebo released their album, Black Market Music. [1]
- On October 9, 2000, the Andromeda mailing list theandromedaclub was created. [2]
- On October 9, 2000, Andromeda premiered on television in Ireland and the United Kingdom. [3]
- On October 9, 2001, the Dragon Ball Z LiveJournal community dbzfans was created. [4]
- October 2005: Threat of legal action from CTV/19 Entertainment resulted in suspension of several Canadian Idol character LiveJournals from the LiveJournal communi must_be_pop RPG. Many stories on ci_slash were locked by as a result.
- On October 9, 2005, weekly drabble and monthly fic challenges were introduced at myriadwords[5]
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