The Dawn of Fan Fiction Nation

May 23, 2013 00:41

Oh. My. God.

That was my first reaction to learning that Amazon, the big online behemoth that rules our national retail habit or at least casts a HUGE shadow over it, has struck a deal with one of the big media companies that will allow fan fiction to generate a profit.

Let me say this again: fan fiction will generate a profitDid you just feel ( Read more... )

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dickgloucester May 23 2013, 17:23:12 UTC
The reason why it will narrow the horizon is because it's all about the money.

And where there is money, there are lawyers.

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librasmile May 24 2013, 02:17:48 UTC
I know * grumps *

But fan fic was never about the money. I'm worried they're going to jack our creative freedom in a world where media companies don't want to take risk on a new idea. Definitely a MIXED blessing IF we can call it a blessing...

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