Yeah, the only real defense to this sort of nasty underhanded thing is to just make fandom as a whole more robust... like backing up artistic creations to multiple, secure locations, and making sure a support and communications network which doesn't have any single points of failure is in place for when someone really does get in legal trouble or tossed out of their house or job.

You know, all that survivalist Y2K stuff must have stuck in my brain. LOL!

I believe that not all of the urban legends of fen getting fired are false. There are at least a few stories that are true, and the people involved don't want to step forward and then get burned again. I believe at least one of them is on my friendslist.