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Annie Proulx's still pissed...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: louisev on March 05, 2010, 09:24:05 pm ---You are right about Peter Jackson regarding LOTR fanfics, but not so J.K. Rowling. In fact, Rowling was so belligerent about a tribute reference work entitled "The Harry Potter Lexicon" which was published with a claim of fair use, that she sued the publishers. She won the action, in a finding in New York that the Lexicon used too much of Rowling's work in its reference; and she was awarded a grand total of $6,750 in statutory damages. The year she won that action she made $300 million.
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Yes, that's the case I was referring to earlier, which I could recall only in vague outline. Thanks for the details, Louise!
louisev:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on March 05, 2010, 09:34:56 pm ---Yes, that's the case I was referring to earlier, which I could recall only in vague outline. Thanks for the details, Louise!
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Rowling's petty punishment of a public library worker's tribute work with this grand trial which had no real monetary incentive to it but only her sense of outrage at having somebody show respect for her work and to entertain those who loved it, is one of the reasons why I will never, ever, spend a cent on anything Harry Potter related. She does not understand the role of art in human culture. And she might want to read up on copyright - the reason that works by authors revert to the public domain is that they become part of the shared cultural heritage of all humanity. And fair use dictates that those who enjoy a work can participate in commentary and reference works for those who enjoy them. She is LUCKY that she made $6.5 billion on her books, and she has no respect for the role she played in the larger culture. Fuck her.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Mikaela on March 05, 2010, 08:24:15 pm ---Back in the day I actually made it through two thirds of the sequel, the name of which I've blessedly forgotten.
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It was called Scarlett, and the author was Alexandra Ripley.
In case anyone wanted to know. ... ::)
--- Quote ---Long before I'd heard of the internet, I created the equivalents of fanfics in my head. For every truly engaging book I read, a large part of my digesting it was continuing the story, building different scenarios within that world, wondering "what if", trying to make sense of characters by fleshing out their possible backstories and futures.... That IMO is what fanfic writers are doing, only they're doing it on the net.
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Of course, fanfic has been around since long before the Internet. I was told the idea of "slash" fanfic goes back at least as far as stories about Capt. Kirk and Mr. Spock in the Sixties.
louisev:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on March 05, 2010, 10:28:24 pm ---It was called Scarlett, and the author was Alexandra Ripley.
In case anyone wanted to know. ... ::)
Of course, fanfic has been around since long before the Internet. I was told the idea of "slash" fanfic goes back at least as far as stories about Capt. Kirk and Mr. Spock in the Sixties.
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they were distributed at comic book and sci fi conventions furtively in samizdat mimeograph copies. Remember mimeo? I still can't bring myself to read a Kirk/Spock slashfic... I'm still traumatized by reading a few Stargate SG-1 Daniel/Jack ones. Ai yi yi! I'm one of those purists who believes that straight should stay straight in fiction!
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: louisev on March 05, 2010, 10:54:59 pm ---they were distributed at comic book and sci fi conventions furtively in samizdat mimeograph copies. Remember mimeo?
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Heh. I remember the "ditto" machines the teachers used when I was in elementary school.
Loved the smell of those fresh copies. ;D
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