Thanks. :) Yes, I'm certainly with you there; I don't know whether writing fan fiction constitutes copyright infringement (although it may well depend on which country you're talking about, anyway - copyright isn't the same everywhere, after all), but it certainly *shouldn't* be, at least/especially as long as it's not done for commercial purposes.
But unfortunately, many writers only seem to be in it for the money; and while wanting to make money is not a bad thing, it's always sad when it becomes the sole factor influencing an author's views and/or decisions. And that's doubly true when it clouds someone's mind so much that they treat anything as if it's going to make them lose money, no matter whether that actually makes sense.
I mean, seriously... can you imagine anyone who'd say, for example, "I'm not going to buy the latest Harry Potter novel because I've already read this fanfic"? I can't; if you're enough of a Harry Potter fan to read fanfics, you *will* buy the novels, too. It's all just paranoia really.
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Date: 2007-01-11 11:07 am (UTC)But unfortunately, many writers only seem to be in it for the money; and while wanting to make money is not a bad thing, it's always sad when it becomes the sole factor influencing an author's views and/or decisions. And that's doubly true when it clouds someone's mind so much that they treat anything as if it's going to make them lose money, no matter whether that actually makes sense.
I mean, seriously... can you imagine anyone who'd say, for example, "I'm not going to buy the latest Harry Potter novel because I've already read this fanfic"? I can't; if you're enough of a Harry Potter fan to read fanfics, you *will* buy the novels, too. It's all just paranoia really.