The Great Migration

After yesterday's revelation that Scribd was charging for access to the material at their site I was a bit taken aback. Everything uploaded there was clearly designated as freely available, non-commercial content. Despite that, they were charging "subscription" fees for material that had been "archived".

The reason this makes me so angry (and believe me, I was livid when I discovered what was going on) is that it violates the spirit, if not the letter, of the Creative Commons. In particular, one of the primary rationales of the Arkham Sanitarium project is that everything gets released under a Creative Commons license. It's yours to do with as you please, forever, with three trivial conditions: you give attribution, you don't make money off it, and you share anything you create with it in the same spirit.

I have no problem with a "free" service making money. I was cool with Scribd placing ads on the pages serving up my content because I thought it was a fair trade for the service they provided. I was a little annoyed with their attempts to turn a document hosting service into some kind of social networking site, but even that I could put up with. But taking content that was freely given, placed under a Creative Commons license that they themselves acknowledged, and then putting it behind a paywall? That's where I jump off.

All the files currently hosted at Scribd will be moved to Google Docs. I'll keep a running tally of the transition here, providing links to both the files and the original post where they appeared. I'll also be editing all of the original posts to remove every single link to the soon-to-be-deleted content at Scribd.

The "Shadow Out of Time" relief map of Australia is available here. The original post is here.

The massive 17.5" by 22.5" map of Antarctica from the "At the Mountains of Madness" project is available here. The original post is here.

The scan of the article from the July 1979 "Starlog" magazine regarding the ill-fated "Cry of Cthulhu" move is here. The original post is here.

The basic Miskatonic University specimen labels are here. The original post is here.

The Miskatonic University sports pennant is here. The original post is here.

Raven's Cthulhu Mythos Prop Labels are over here. The original post is here.

Raven's generic Miskatonic University specimen labels are here. The original post is here.

Raven's Miskatonic University specimen tags. Front face is here, rear face here. The original post is over here.

The 1912 British Postal Telegram is here. The original post is here.

The Hellraiser Elysium Configuration is here. The original post is here.

Raven's Miskatonic University Hazard Labels are here. The original post is here.

The Classic Era Map of Egypt is here. The original post is here.

The 1920's Map of Antarctica is here. The original post is here.

The Arkham Death Certificate is here. The original post is here.

The interactive Tramp Steamer Ticket is over here. The original post with the PDF is here, and the JPG version here.

The 1922 encyclopedia article on Australia is over here. The original post is here.

The blank Radiogram Telegram with customizable form fields is here. The original post is here.

The Medical Certificate of Insanity from the Arkham Sanitarium Project is over here. The original post is here.

The Commitment Warrant from the Arkham Sanitarium Project is here. The original post is here.

The Arkham Sanitarium Clinical Chart is here. The original post is here.

The Massachusetts Department of Mental Diseases letterhead is here. The original post is here.

The Arkham Sanitarium General Record File Card is here. The original post is here.

The interactive Arkham Sanitarium Patient Admission Form is here. The original post is here.

The Arkham Sanitarium Admission Questionnaire is here. The original post is here.

The Interactive Arkham Sanitarium Letterhead is available over here. The original post is here.

The Arkham Sanitarium Electroshock Treatment Record is here. The original post is here.

The Arkham Sanitarium Patient Transfer Form is over here. The original post is here.

Alex Pearson's Lovecraftian Pharmacy Labels are here. The original post is here.

The Arkham Sanitarium Patient Record with Photo is here. The original post is here.