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Jim's stand on fic?
DragonFire:
--- Quote from: Elle de Valois on January 19, 2009, 02:42:43 AM ---Ahem, getting back on topic.
How is it that those who write fan fiction can be cracked down on? I thought that as long as you aren't selling it, there isn't much they can do?
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Technically, you are using someone else's IP.(intellectual property, not Internet protocol) and that's protected under copywrite laws (I believe).
Infamous as Elle!:
Yet someone can do things like parodies and fan films without being prosecuted.
DragonFire:
--- Quote from: Elle de Valois on January 19, 2009, 02:47:53 AM ---Yet someone can do things like parodies and fan films without being prosecuted.
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parodies are allowed under copywrite(again, as far as I know). Fan films..I'm not sure about.
However, whe you write a serious work, using Jim's characters, in his universe, then he can send you a 'cease and desist' letter and sue you if you don't comply.
In reality, unless you are selling it.....it costs him more to do it than he'd likely make from it.
But if he knows about it, he HAS to take some action, or he threatens his own claim to it.
Hence, if you write it, don't talk about it here, and most especially, don't send it to Jim to 'see what he thinks'! :)
Infamous as Elle!:
I don't think I could do Dresden any better, unlike another fiction writer who took her characters and turned them into religious freaks who want to become saints and stuff. (Ahem...yep, I've done a bit of fan fiction writing in my time.)
It's kind of like learning to draw by copying other people's stuff first. Eventually the hope is to get good enough to branch off into your own thing.
Starbeam:
Parodies are safe, although I don't remember exactly how they, and satire, are okay. That's how you can get away with stuff like Bored of the Rings, Spaceballs, This is Spinal Tap, etc.
As for fan films, the Star Wars fan films have pretty much just become acknowledged by Lucas and therefore allowed. I never really followed that too much, so I don't know how it went about happening, but I know that around the time the Star Wars celebrations started, Lucas started having the fan film awards. My guess is that a big part of him allowing it would have to do with up and coming filmmakers and wanting to encourage them.
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