[ SECRET POST #6313 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6313 ⌋

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


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Good for them.
All this cry babying about turning your hobby into a viable income, something that is really nobody's business, is really just one of two things. It's jealousy because the people complaining know they could never make money off their fanfiction because the interest isn't there. So why should anyone one else? Or it's entitlement because you know if it catches on, you'll get access to less free content. But piracy will always exist so this seems like an unnecessary worry.
And the arguments that claims it will bring the wrath of copyright holders down upon all of us and kill fanfiction: No, it fucking won't. If that were the case, fanart would have died out decades ago. And everyone seems to forget the fanfiction that was published in old magazines that people HAD TO PAY FOR. Just shut the fuck up. You sound stupid.

[(Anonymous)]

I think you're talking about two different things here.

Certainly, it's "nobody's business" if you profit off of a hobby. (Except maybe the IRS, and that's a whole different ball game.)

It becomes someone's business when you're profiting off of someone's original creation (excluding public domain works). Of course you contributed your own idea and work, but you weren't authorized to base those things on the original creation, and you weren't authorized to profit off of it either.

I'm not sure why you think jealousy and entitlement to free work are the only reasons someone would be against this.

And the older I get, the less I get complacent about how things were in the past. Just because nobody did a cease-and-desist back when fandom was more underground doesn't mean they aren't thinking about it now as fanworks become more known. Obviously, I'm not saying what will happen either way. I'm just saying it's easy to say something would never happen until it does.

[(Anonymous)]

former fanzine publisher here. They paid to cover the production and postage. There was no money in this labour of love.

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly. Does anon just think that paper and stamps are free or something?

[(Anonymous)]

Profiting is making excess money. Most fanzines were (and are, if done properly) barely breaking even because the money they get paid has been advanced from their own personal funds to even be able to print the zines. That's why pre-orders are such a big thing now- so fanzine publishers don't lose out on massive amounts of money.
And most fanzines nowadays that do get excess money are doing it for charity.

[(Anonymous)]

You're an idiot.