Article on Fan Fiction from Time Magazine
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:28 am
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justTripn wrote:Why is it OK for everyone to watch an R-rated movie, but if we write that same material, that is ethically dubious? I've decided not to worry about it.
justTripn wrote:But you recognize yourself in the article putaro posted, right?
Transwarp wrote:justTripn wrote:But you recognize yourself in the article putaro posted, right?
The Time article (that putaro posted) is the one I was talking about; and no, I don't see myself at all in it. Reading that article, I'd have to suppose that a majority of fan fiction is explicit sex or slash. Perhaps it is--I don't really know, since I've never really sampled anything beyond 'Enterprise' on fanfiction.net, and even in that small corner there's a surprising (to me) percentage of slash. Which is mind-boggling, given there is no canonical support for such pairings on the show; I suspect you could take such slash stories, do a search-and-replace of the names, and post them in a different fandom with little loss of fidelity.
Transwarp wrote:even in that small corner there's a surprising (to me) percentage of slash.
Distracted wrote:I thought it was a very well-balanced article, and very accurate of most fandoms
Distracted wrote:So if you like the types of fics we have here and prefer not to read other types that we don't post here, thank your administrators.
putaro wrote:however, someone else could do a cover of a Beatles song and that could be used in a commercial.
putaro wrote:So, should writing be treated more like music? Should the law be changed so that you would be able to use someone else's work as a launchpad if you pay royalties?
putaro wrote:I found an old thread here about abandoned stories and the concept of picking up and continuing on with someone else's work. Looks like people got rather vehement that the work belongs to the original author which I find kind of interesting given that we're doing fan fiction which picks up and mutates someone else's work.