I'm not back, yet, but I wanted to point everyone to this...

[house_illrepute]

Firstly, hello all! ~waves~

Secondly...

Taken from MSNBC

"If RDR's position is accepted, it will undoubtedly have a significant, negative impact on the freedoms enjoyed by genuine fans on the Internet," she said. "Authors everywhere will be forced to protect their creations much more rigorously, which could mean denying well-meaning fans

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[madlodger_007]

Did you have to say "FANLIB"? It's a dirty word, you know :)

Anyhow, non-for profit fanfic is not exactly illegal (although, I am not a lawyer and could be wrong). Unless she is talking about changing copyright laws? For an author with a huge following as Rowling, forbidding fanfic would be a poor PR decision. Many fans are level-headed, but it takes just a few very upset fans unable to express their creative energy through writing to start a HP books BBQ. And ones started in one little town, it will cause copy-cat BBQs in others. Because trapped creative energy expresses itself in vandalism and such.

And what about other original authors with smaller followings who feel good about fanfics? Would they all have to get together and agree to take action against fans? Like a United Author Liberation Front? I have a hunch that original authors are big egos (don't mean that in a bad way) and getting Everybody to agree to come after fen... won't work.

The more likely action would be for authors to come after fic archives and websites which generate profit through ads and such. Leaky Cauldron, fanfiction.net, etc. Because they generate profits above what is needed to ran those sites (or so I've heard; could be wrong about this). This could turn out pretty ugly - IF anyone would make a decision to dig there.

Places like IJ, LJ or fic archives which generate only enough income to maintain themselves would not likely be affected.

*sends virtual hugs*