[ SECRET POST #3965 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3965 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Morally, should fans profit from fanworks?

[(Anonymous)]

I feel it's a gray area. A small amount of profit probably doesn't hurt...but is it really fandom anymore when profit is a large part of it? Fandom at its heart is about the love. A few people doing commissions isn't a problem, but there's surely a tipping point that would change the very nature of fandom (and probably end up getting it targeted by creators and IP holders--treated like pirates). That would be a shame. Fandom has been a great creative outlet, learning outlet, and a fun place for so many people. It would be a shame for commercialism and capitalism to overtake these spaces.

Now, if you want to earn money from fan works, you legally can--on Kindle Worlds, for instance. (Not that I suspect anyone there is making the big bucks, but that's a different point.) Sure, there aren't many fandoms and no big ones far as I can tell, but it's completely legal and legitimate. Authorized by the companies and authors, you know. There are some limitations, some quality standards...but it's definitely legal.

Is that immoral? I can't think why it would be. So the morality is somewhere between "creators accept and profit off your fanworks if you do" down the line to "fandom overtaken illegal by profit driven people and a pay -to-play attitude."

I think as long as it trends towards the left of the chart, and it's either legal or not a huge part of fandom, I'd not worry about it morally.