I've been thinking about last month's discussion of disclaimers quite a
bit; I thought it was interesting and informative, but now I have a new
question on it. I'm hoping we can discuss it a bit.
Even though I'm using some characters & situations created by another
person, I'd say at least 90-95% of my fanfic is my own original work. As
such, while it wouldn't be legit of me to SELL it since it has
derivative elements, at least the original material is still under my
copyright, correct? So doesn't that mean that I have the right to
control it? To prevent it from being reposted without my permission and
(most importantly to me) to forbid it from being MiSTed?
To be perfectly blunt, my Minako/Xena fic got flamed under the guise of
being MiSTed, and even after I told the MiSTer that I didn't like what
he was doing he went right on ahead and finished it. I just found out
that he'd done this, even the recent parts I only posted last week.
Admittedly, he cut down on the flames and put a bit of genuine humor
into the last parts but this doesn't change the fact that I don't like
what he did earlier and I don't want this *person* doing another of my
fics. I'm trying to figure out how to forbid it in my disclaimer with
enough 'authority' that it sticks, but without sounding like a flaming
jerk.
I was thinking of using something like the disclaimers Chris Davies
uses, where I get the 'incorporating original characters & (materials)'
bit right up front but I'm just not sure where to go from there. "I
forbid this fic from being MiSTed without my express permission!!" just
isn't doing it for me.
So, what do you guys think? I'd like to see this discussed & debated on
the FFML, but if anyone wants to specifically talk to me about my
personal situation, please email me directly.
Nightman
*testing the sturdiness of the limb he's sitting on*
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