[FFML] Fic archiving and FF.net

[Henry Cobb]

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 5:48 AM, Richard Lawson <nouma at msn.com> wrote:
> What this means with regards to copyright I don't know.  Most publishers turn a blind eye to fanfiction because they realize it keeps interest high, and the more fanfiction there is the more likely people are to seek out the source material.  Down the line, however, FF.net may find itself facing a Cease & Desist order from a persnickity author.  We'll have to wait and see.

Trademark surely, but you'd have to copy and paste from the sources to
violate copyright.

(Takes one peek at the huge mountain of Ranma fanfics.)

Oh, never mind then.  ;-)

My favorite game is to pick two characters and ask myself, X and Y
will meet, now what's the minimum rule changes each must undergo to
arrange this and how do these minimal changes in their now shared
world change them?  At that point I can't use the words of the
original authors because they simply don't fit anymore.

-HJC