Co-Incidence (Authors & Fanfic)
Apr. 19th, 2012 09:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lightofdayeWe were just talking about this the other day
The resounding result of that article seems to be 'authors don't like fanfic.' I can certainly see their point along of the lines of 'writing your own stuff is better' in terms of originality and obviously publishableness and your chances of making it as an author but on the other hand. I'm pretty sure fanfic isn't a threat to an author's income or trade marks either. Especially if properly disclaimered. So short of people trying to sell unofficial HP8 books I fail to see the harm.
Alas JKR seemed quite sympathetic. Except she doesn't want porno fic. Won't some please think of the children! Though judging by the amount of underage user they had to pull of places like adultfanfiction It's a pretty sure bet they already know this stuff.
The resounding result of that article seems to be 'authors don't like fanfic.' I can certainly see their point along of the lines of 'writing your own stuff is better' in terms of originality and obviously publishableness and your chances of making it as an author but on the other hand. I'm pretty sure fanfic isn't a threat to an author's income or trade marks either. Especially if properly disclaimered. So short of people trying to sell unofficial HP8 books I fail to see the harm.
Alas JKR seemed quite sympathetic. Except she doesn't want porno fic. Won't some please think of the children! Though judging by the amount of underage user they had to pull of places like adultfanfiction It's a pretty sure bet they already know this stuff.
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Date: 2012-04-20 09:11 am (UTC)