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Greetings,
I'm going to throw my two cents in here.(But as I'm in Hungary two cents
is
actually WORTH something.)
*Gary Kleppe <kleppe@mediaone.net> wrote:
*"Fox The Wanderer" <fox1@colla.com> wrote:
*Disclaimer : Here boy. Whistle. Disclaimer come here.
**First suggestion: Delete this thing and credit Takahashi. You'll have
**infinite opportunity to write funny scenes in your fanfics to impress us
**with your wit. The disclaimer is the place to give credit where credit
**is due to the person whose characters you're using.
I read the 'Fanfic Writing Guide' on the..um..damn..lost my bookmarks and
the
name of the actual page escapes me.
ANYWAY it said pretty much the same thing, about actually using a proper
disclaimer too give credit where credit is due.
I thought about that for a while(Having almost no life gives one time to
think
about REALLY important things.) and I found myself disagreeing.
Oh sure if thats what you want to do God bless but..
Well..no matter how dark Jack Staik's fics got I could always depend on
his
'disclaimer' to put a big ol' smile on my face.
The entire act of writing a fanfic is to an act of praise for the original
creators.
We all thank Takahashi and the others every day simply by being here.
I mean I'm very fond of my last 'disclaimer' humor.
'There is no disclaimer, only Zuul.'
So..its all perogative.
If you want to write a proper disclaimer, again, God bless..
If you don't,well I don't think anyone could really find fault with Jack
Staik's work simply because he has his own style.
Diffrences make intresting sparks.
I remain, as always,
Mad-Hamlet
And I have to respectfully disagree with you, in Gary's favor. The
disclaimers are there for a reason... not to protect you, but as a statement
that you are not going to cause problems for the series' creators.
The example that immediately comes to mind is an infamous incident in
which a girl wrote a fan fiction story based on Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar
series. Mercedes did not read the story, but later happened to write a
story with a similar plot line. The girl had the gall to attempt to sue Ms.
Lackey for copyright infringement! As a result, Ms. Lackey was forced to
issue a blanket forbidding of _all_ fan fiction based on her works, unless
the author had first obtained written permission. Her lawyers actively
prosecute anyone who violates the ban. Here's a statement from Queen's Own,
the official Lackey fan club:
No public posting of stories/fanfiction is allowed on the Internet.
(This includes talking in character in chatrooms or sending stories via
e-mail.) You can submit fanfiction to and read it in the various approved
Mercedes Lackey fanzines. Every time you write a story based on Misty's
stories, you need to file a release form with Highflight.
That's not something we want to happen again. By giving the creator of
a series proper acknowledgement in the disclaimer, you are admitting that
you have no legal rights to the setting and characters, and most well-formed
disclaimers also state that you are not writing for profit, either, and thus
infringing on their copyrights.
Now, that's not to say that there is anything _wrong_ with a humorous
disclaimer; I've seen some that were absolutely hilarious that contained all
the proper information. But there's a difference between disclaimers that
are humorous, and those that are simply a joke, if you get the distinction.
Ja mata,
LarryF
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