[ SECRET POST #3038 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3038 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

For last year's NanoWrimo pep talk, Mercedes Lackey, who once was virulently against fanfic, openly encouraged participants to write fanfiction in order to inspire them, and added: “Just as an example, go have a look at all the Star Trek, Star Wars, and game-based books there are out there. If you reduce things to principles, most of those are fanfiction---fanfiction commissioned by and given the blessing of the publisher, and produced by professionals, yes, but still fanfiction.” The full text of her letter to writers is in the link. (- via dramatae).

Laura Antonio, author of the erotic BDSM series The Marketplace, held an open call from her fans for an anthology of fanfiction based on her books. In her call for submissions, she writes, "Yes, you can write a Marketplace story – and this is your chance to really push the limits! Use any character, any setting.... Brush up on existing characters or create your own. Fit the story to what already exists or imagine a sort of alternative universe to my alternative universe.... Care to slash characters you thought should have hooked up?... Especially welcome are stories depicting queer characters, male bottoms, female tops, persons of different orientation/gender and anything that shows something I haven't written about."

TV show writers. Anon writes, “Generally, in order to apply for a position writing for a tv show, especially an established series, you have to write up an episode on your own, showing you understand and can convey the general tone of the show, important plot and backstory points, and the feel and voices of the characters. In essence, they require a canon one-shot fanfic from you.”

You just completely refuted your own point right there. All of those are examples where the authors explicitly gave permission for the fanfic to be written.

[(Anonymous)]

So you completely ignore the first part then.

And the whole context of what you quote: But, you insist, real authors and publishers would never give their blessing to fanfiction--the only way it could ever occur is without the author's permission!

Not true! Have some examples of fanfiction sanctioned by industry professionals and/or the original authors themselves--and in some cases, written by the original authors:

[(Anonymous)]

Is it really fanfic if it's written by the original author?

[(Anonymous)]

Most fanfiction isn't sanctioned by the original authors, though. They may overlook its existence, but that doesn't mean they approve of it. Some creators even explicitly tell people not to write fanfiction about their works.

[(Anonymous)]

Like Ann Rice?

[(Anonymous)]

Lol whaaaat.

We're not talking about whether or not fanfiction needs permission. We're talking about whether stealing someone's world/characters and making money off of them is okay. If an author gives explicit permission to a fan to publish her fanfic and make money off of it, it's a non-issue either way.

Most creators are NOT going to do that. And if some people do manage to get their fanfics published without permission, especially when the author is still living, it's still a shitty thing to do.

[(Anonymous)]

Better all sue Wicked for making money off The Wizard of Oz.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sure if it was a legal issue it would've been done already. But Wizard of Oz is public domain, so, oops.