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a fanwork section?
Baelmyrrdn:
--- Quote from: BigMama on August 11, 2006, 12:19:42 AM ---I must confess that the idea of fanfiction puzzles me. It seems to me to show an abysmal lack of creativity to want to get some kind of adulation on what is essentially the theft of someone else's ideas and characters.
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Well, they do say that "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
Seriously, I've read a lot of fan fiction over the years...and some of it has been *very* creative (maybe a bit too creative, slash fic, ugh!)
In any event, as I see it, it's the original author's call...if he/she doesn't mind people playing in their universe (while not getting paid), then I have no problem with it. Afterall, some day, the original author may want to do a "contributed anthology" in his/her world...and if enough fans are interested enough in the mythos to want write their own stories in it, they'll also buy books edited by the original author for that purpose.
SoulCatcher78:
Seems to me it's about protecting the copy right. By protecting copy rights, I mean the characters/places/etc contained in the books which would likely be mirrored in fanfics. Xerox and Kleenex are no longer copy right held terms because they became such a part of the commonly used language. Google will be next if it's keeps being used as a verb. Most copy right holders have to pursue any infraction to their copy right or face loosing the "value" of the copy right if they don't do it enough times. By ignoring the fact that fanfics exist, an author protects his intellectual property rights and doesn't have to worry about the future litigation of the fanfic writers who could theoretically limit the amount of plot choices available to him/her.
iago:
Regardless, for this site, the matter's not up for discussion. We're not going to do a fanwork section. Those sorts of things are better done on fan sites rather than official ones.
That being the case, I'm gonna close this thread. :)
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