I love it when someone raises this issue. I can almost hear Ray half choke on a drink and spray it on his screen. *chuckle*
From: Raymond E. Feist <[email protected]> To: feistfans-l <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 13 April 2012 3:30 PM Subject: Re: How has your writing been influenced by your fans? On Apr 12, 2012, at 8:40 PM, Parks White wrote: George R.R. Martin, who was selected by Timemagazine as one of the "2011 Time 100" and is most famous for his epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, is also strongly opposed to fan fiction, believing it to be copyright infringement and a bad exercise for aspiring writers. >Comments anyone? George is 100% right and whoever wrote that Wiki entry is sloppy. it's not a matter of opinion, as in "believing it to be a copyright infringement." It is a copyright infringement under the "derivative work" sections of the U.S. Copyright Act, the Bern Convention on Copyright, and the International Copyright Convention. Ask any Intellectual Property attorney. It dilutes the brand. And some readers are idiots, who will blast an author for something written by a fan online. "I can't believe Feist. I used to love his books. Then he posted this stuff about gay dragons online . . . " So it goes. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
