Subject: FanFiction and Copyrights
From: "Florencio B. de la Merced, Jr." <fmerced@pworld.net.ph>
Date: 12/9/1997, 3:50 PM
To: "Fanfic Mailing List" <fanfic@fanfic.com>

John Biles said...

And despite people claiming copyright on them, you can't claim copyright
on material that is in violation of copyright.


God is never that selfish, why should humans?


Well, the fact that we don't make money reduces the incentive to sue, but
legally, they could.  (They would recieve less damages in the case of
'non-profit' copyright violation.)  A 'non-profit' copyright violation is
still illegal, and potentially criminal (Copyright law is normally
enforced through civil suits, but at a sufficiently high level also is
subject to criminal penalties as a felony)  The damages that would
probably be gained from sueing us would probably not be worth the effort,
but the principle remains.


Quit that talking, you're scaring everyone.

To all:  Happy Holidays, and don't stop writing what's on your head.  Coz,
we want to know.  ^_^  In other words, start making your own originals. :P