Let me just say WORD to most of what you said here.
I thought that was one of the great things about being involved in an online fandom - the possibility to 'slashify' any classic love story you like, and perv over it with your fellow enthusiasts, not having to worry about copyright issues etc., because it's not about money here. It's about love, and fulfilling secret fantasies in a relaxed, friendly environment. It appears I am only beginning to see how very wrong I was.
Yea, the fandom seems suddenly awfully concerned with originality. Hello? It is writing FANFIC, meaning using copyrighted work of others without permission. By the very definition, it is not completely original. And Namarie never, ever said or claimed that she invented the plot, otr the style, or the scenes, or the images. She made it very clear that she wanted to stay as close to the original as possible *because that was what made her fic so enjoyable*.
It may not have been the best idea to publish the book for money, and maybe that decision was a mistake. But that does not make Namarie a plagiarist. It makes her someone who made a bad decision at one point. Every person whio read and enjoyed the online version knew exactly what they were getting, because namarie *told them so*.
Right now, all this is just a major case of *headdesk* for me.
And let's hope like hell they won't come after everyone else in the fandom who dares to quote or lift lines and descriptions from the books and movies they base their fanfic on, even while giving proper credit.
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Date: 2008-03-17 06:43 pm (UTC)I thought that was one of the great things about being involved in an online fandom - the possibility to 'slashify' any classic love story you like, and perv over it with your fellow enthusiasts, not having to worry about copyright issues etc., because it's not about money here. It's about love, and fulfilling secret fantasies in a relaxed, friendly environment. It appears I am only beginning to see how very wrong I was.
Yea, the fandom seems suddenly awfully concerned with originality. Hello? It is writing FANFIC, meaning using copyrighted work of others without permission. By the very definition, it is not completely original. And Namarie never, ever said or claimed that she invented the plot, otr the style, or the scenes, or the images. She made it very clear that she wanted to stay as close to the original as possible *because that was what made her fic so enjoyable*.
It may not have been the best idea to publish the book for money, and maybe that decision was a mistake. But that does not make Namarie a plagiarist. It makes her someone who made a bad decision at one point. Every person whio read and enjoyed the online version knew exactly what they were getting, because namarie *told them so*.
Right now, all this is just a major case of *headdesk* for me.
And let's hope like hell they won't come after everyone else in the fandom who dares to quote or lift lines and descriptions from the books and movies they base their fanfic on, even while giving proper credit.