[ SECRET POST #5637 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5637 ⌋

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


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Wouldn't it be pretty easy to track a fic with only the names changed as a new novel though? I'm not familiar with the process obviously, but like the fic would most likely have a following and be called out as such, so I can't imagine they'd have that easily of a time trying to pin a ownership charge on something that's genuinely a complete original work?

[(Anonymous)]

There are no completely original works, is the problem. Everything borrows from other things. Trying to draw some kind of legal line for how prominent, substantial, and obvious the borrowing has to be in order to legally necessitate royalties be paid would be a mess of epic proportions, and would probably lead to "little guys" getting screwed over while the people who don't actually need more profits reaped the benefit.

And "This was originally fanfic and so owes a monetary debt, whereas that is just heavily derivative and so does not," would be a horrible and, ultimately, nonsensical way of drawing the line, because plenty of PTP fics can easily be assessed to be more original than some derivative "original works."