There's been an amazing amount of pretty stupid things said by people on the subject these last few days. I just can't see how anyone can fail to understand that
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That's true enough. I guess the irritation can spill both ways there. Authors that aren't comfortable with fan fiction feel as if the fact that other authors are okay with it leaves them more...exposed to it, and authors who are okay with it obviously want to (and should) have the right to decide for themselves.
I think that if fan fiction writers did stick entirely to authors who were okay with it, those who aren't would have no reason to say anything about it. But as it stands now, it does seem like it creates situations of "but, he/she allows it, so why don't you?". That causes resentment.
here's what I don't understandparrismcbMay 11 2010, 01:27:43 UTC
after a certain point - when a fan fic writer decides to not only share her work with her best friend but with anyone who wanders by an internet site that hosts fan fic - shouldn't the fan fic writer find out if it's ok to do so with the creator of the original source fiction? Shouldn't the default position be that no authors permit or condone or encourage fan fiction and that it is up to the fan fic writer, and any website or other distribution system used, to make sure that the original author allows such work affirmatively? Why should authors have to go out and search the web to find sites that host amateur fiction based on their work, and then send a take down notice, risk pissing people off for objecting to others using their creations, and perhaps even get a lawyer involved? Most writers are self-employed business people, their only 'employee' is the writer, they can't add another 2 hours to the work week just searching the web for unauthorized slash fic and send take-down notices
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Re: here's what I don't understandhippoiathanatoiMay 11 2010, 12:29:36 UTC
What I keep seeing thrown out in response is Barthes' "Death of the Author" means that readers no longer have to care about being respectful to the wishes of authors in respect to their work. I don't think Barthes meant what they think they meant. He's not talking about the production of literature, merely its interpretation. The natural end point of their appropriation of "Death of the Author" is the end of copyright and a general creative free-for-all
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But I can also understand why people would get upset at Author X for condemning Author Y and their fandom.
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I think that if fan fiction writers did stick entirely to authors who were okay with it, those who aren't would have no reason to say anything about it. But as it stands now, it does seem like it creates situations of "but, he/she allows it, so why don't you?". That causes resentment.
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