This is because in the last few months I have heard the rationalization that "It's fanfic, we're all plagiarising" or some variation thereof to handwave away the idea that the whole concept is bad/dirty/wrong and not in that wholesome porny way.
That rationalization is very stupid, and I'm glad you've said so. This whole thing though is...so complicated. And even if we arrive on some sort of "solution," it'll just cycle back in in a few more weeks/months/years. Le sigh, fandom. Le sigh.
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This is because in the last few months I have heard the rationalization that "It's fanfic, we're all plagiarising" or some variation thereof to handwave away the idea that the whole concept is bad/dirty/wrong and not in that wholesome porny way.
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That rationalization is very stupid, and I'm glad you've said so. This whole thing though is...so complicated. And even if we arrive on some sort of "solution," it'll just cycle back in in a few more weeks/months/years. Le sigh, fandom. Le sigh.
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It's wrong.
Yes, fanfic skirts a line, but in general it never claims the universe as the writer's original idea.
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basically, this is just a "what you said"
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Consicely said. I was thinking of making a post on this when I got home tonight. Now, I'm not sure if I have to.
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the deal is this -- and this is where the argument gets misused: all plagiarism is copyright violation, Not all copyright violation is plagiarism.
i.e. I can write fan fic and be possibly guilty of copyright violation (outside of fair use) but not necesarrily guilty of plagiarism.
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My original argument still stands, because fanfic in general is not plagiarism, but plagiarism itself IS copyright violation.
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Which you know is why we have it a bazillion times a year becasue folks don't understand the basics.
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