I dislike it.. Whenever I'm telling my friends about a fanfic I'm reading, I like to copy the paragraph I'm talking about so that they can read it.. Lol that sounds really lame but yeah.. XD

Well, i have double feelings about this ^^ i think you should keep it cause it protects the authors from people who repost their stories without permission, however it you can't print them out to read them somewhere where there's no internet (believe me, i suffered on holiday ^^) C:
So i'd suggest to make a 'print button' of some kind, so you can print the story but the authors work is still protected cause you can't copy/ paste it :)

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And I want my stories to be read whether they read silently or not. Thank you.^^

I mean that if text cannot be selected then they have to spend long hours at the internet cafes to read stories. That will cost them lots of money.

In some developing countries, people don't have internet at home.

Optional is good. Or, maybe the authors could select whether they want it selectable or not. If not, the viewers could ask for the permission or something like that ( even though it probably takes time because the author is probably not online all the time) . That way, if they are any plagiarism or problems like that, you could probably tell who did it.

I think it should be optional, since for example; I'm not english right? So if i don't know the meaning of the word or a whole sentence, i tend to copy it and translate it in google trans. or something.

Optional is the best way..

I got used to highlighting text when reading.. Should be optional... although some might plagiarize stories... T_T

@raenji_ji - i totally get you.. that's what i usually do and now i can't anymore :(

I too like to highlight my text. Part of it is due to my eyes - sometimes it hurts my eyes to read it black-on-white. Also, I know my readers like to copy-paste a specific part of my story in the comments, and then comment on how it moved or fecinated them. Or how it pissed them off. XD;; Yeah.

I think this feature should be optional.

I like highlighting text when I read, especially when I have to go pee or eat. It's easier to find where you stopped. It serves kinda like a bookmarking thing. :)

I don't spend much time on internet and if I see a good fan fiction I try to find a way to print it out and read it when I have time, but since the text is not selectable, I can't always do that. ._.

I like to use the copy and paste to leave comments, and I'm sorry if a story gets plagiarized, but not everyone wants to steal a story. Most of us are just trying to leave a good comment.