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fandomsecrets2011-12-06 07:58 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2011-12-06 07:58 pm
[ SECRET POST #1799 ]
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Secrets Left to Post: 06 pages, 144 secrets from Secret Submission Post #257.
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1 - I'm getting really tired of people who know nothing of law, who seem to be convinced that fanwork (specifically fanfic) is illegal and lolz fans just don't want to admit it. It's not illegal and it's not copyright infringement unless some profit is being made by it or it could otherwise be seen in a way that could reduce the original owner's body of ownership and royalty. There are actual cases where that's happened* and they've all been very high profile and uproarious and completely different from the sort of situation you're describing here. So, in short, you're wrong and your rage is misdirected.
2 - I also get annoyed by people who get cutesy or funny with the disclaimers. At that point it stops being a legal anything and merely becomes a fandom in-joke the author shares with their readers. The only disclaimers that count are "I do not own or presume to own [original show,] and no profit is being made off this work." Everything else is just self-gratification.
3 - Personally I haven't bothered with adding legal disclaimers to my work for years, largely because of #1.
*for examples, see: the contested ownership of the story cowritten with Marion Zimmer Bradley, and/or the attempted publishing of a Harry Potter trivia book that was both 90% copy/pasted from the original text and would also infringe on a similar book the author intended to put out; in both cases ownership and publishing rights and thus profit were at stake.