I read the first James Potter and liked it. I mean, he's no Rowling, but he does a nice job of writing his own story without completely destroying canon. Your beloved Snape makes an appearance in the story. It's basically better than average fan fiction. That's pretty high praise coming from someone who really doesn't like fan fiction.
His graphics are pretty amazing. I guess the big thing is that he got permission from JKR ahead of time. However, I doubt she'll let him publish any of this as a book.
Well, as long as it remains non-profit and doesn't charge people for reading and viewing the video, it is just like anyone else's fanfiction and fanart. Which we know J K Rowling is alright with.
I seem to remember J K Rowling saying in an interview that, Albus Severus Potter , is the one child she's most interested in. Along with a lot of people. She seems to have ideas about what Al does like encountering the Headmaster portraits, for instance. :)
I had a look at George Lippert's first story. I didn't read much, I was a bit confused as to how Teddie could be in his seventh year when Albus was just starting at Hogwarts. Unless it took many years to rebuild Hogwarts, I don't know, it might have been explained later in the story.
I don't like fanfiction. I won't read it. There are so many other stories out there just as good as HP. I don't want to limit myself. That being said, much of what was written in the Middle Ages and is studied in university could be called just that - fanfiction.
I AGREE WITH GRACE WESCOTTexhpfanJuly 17 2008, 14:02:29 UTC
I have to agree with Grace Wescott. I just don't see how under our present copyright laws and ruling by the courts, how any type of fanfiction yhat uses the characters of the series will pass the rules of "fair use." It doesn't mean fanfiction cannot be written under "personal use" rules, it just means it can't be distributed.
I don't see the difference from distribution on the web for free or distribution in book form for profit. To me distribution is distribution. Distribution on the web of the Lexicon website or distribution of the Lexicon in book form for profit is distribution. I don't see the difference.
In my opinion Harry Potter fan fiction exist at the pleasure of J. K. Rowling. She can grant some people permission and without her permission to others.
My advice therefore if you are interested in distributing your fanfiction is to: NEVER BE CRITICAL OF J. K. ROWLING AND SUCK UP TO HER." It worked for Melissa and it will probably work for you if she likes you.
There is an interesting reader response you may want to check out as well, hereAs I said in the other forum, I think it's interesting that fan-fiction is being unearthed from the kind of underground intellectual sub-culture that it was into the light of general awareness. We're living in a time when everything is so cross-cultural and so mediated and so "Wired" that it's almost impossible to protect intellectual property- personally I don't see it as a bad thing as long as the proper person is given credit
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While Star Trek: TOS might have only lasted 3 seasons, it sparked a phenomenom that has lasted four decades (and counting). I would say part of that is due to the fanfiction out there. In the case of Star Trek (and other tv shows), some writers are actually able to get their work published and are paid for their obsessions. It's great advertising. It's even better when people post their stories on websites and expect no payment--the it's *free* advertising. I think JKR is doing a disservice to herself by going after the Lexicon--she could've gotten the advertising without doing any of the "dirty work", and it might've helped tide over the hoardes of rabid fans clamoring for the Scottish book.
The great thing about fanfic is allows readers/viewers to criticize a work in a creative way. If you don't like how something goes down, you just write the story the way it's "supposed to be." So, Snape lives, Buffy continues til eternity, and Janeway and Chakotay get together. Fanfic keeps the story going (and keeps the money rolling in
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His graphics are pretty amazing. I guess the big thing is that he got permission from JKR ahead of time. However, I doubt she'll let him publish any of this as a book.
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I seem to remember J K Rowling saying in an interview that, Albus Severus Potter , is the one child she's most interested in. Along with a lot of people. She seems to have ideas about what Al does like encountering the Headmaster portraits, for instance. :)
I had a look at George Lippert's first story. I didn't read much, I was a bit confused as to how Teddie could be in his seventh year when Albus was just starting at Hogwarts. Unless it took many years to rebuild Hogwarts, I don't know, it might have been explained later in the story.
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--Annie
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That being said, much of what was written in the Middle Ages and is studied in university could be called just that - fanfiction.
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I don't see the difference from distribution on the web for free or distribution in book form for profit. To me distribution is distribution. Distribution on the web of the Lexicon website or distribution of the Lexicon in book form for profit is distribution. I don't see the difference.
In my opinion Harry Potter fan fiction exist at the pleasure of J. K. Rowling. She can grant some people permission and without her permission to others.
My advice therefore if you are interested in distributing your fanfiction is to: NEVER BE CRITICAL OF J. K. ROWLING AND SUCK UP TO HER." It worked for Melissa and it will probably work for you if she likes you.
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The great thing about fanfic is allows readers/viewers to criticize a work in a creative way. If you don't like how something goes down, you just write the story the way it's "supposed to be." So, Snape lives, Buffy continues til eternity, and Janeway and Chakotay get together. Fanfic keeps the story going (and keeps the money rolling in
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