I have been on this list under different emails since around 94, don't post a lot as I only get to check the list occasionally, but do enjoy reading the list.
Frankly over the last few months the list has almost become a joke. If it isn't annoying bait emails it is long drawn out arguments or pointless posts about nothing. Would it be too hard to ignore the trolls and get the list back to what it is designed to be? Sent from my iPhone On 13/04/2012, at 20:53, "James Young" <[email protected]> wrote: > I said there is "Nothing to discuss", I did not say "There won't be any > comments". Obviously I commented, thus the latter would have been a fallacy > as soon as I made the comment. The two terms are not equivalent despite lazy > usage in modern language. Discussion is consideration of a question, while a > comment is an observation expressing opinion or attitude. We are not > considering the question, the question is settled law (and you can deal with > that or you can complain about it elsewhere). I made a statement, as did > others, which all came down on the same side of the issue you brought up. > The topic isn't up for debate, it never was. Ray has been *exceedingly* > clear that fan fic in his universe is not allowed and he has the legal > standing to make that declaration. Further, without comment from the author > the legal and ethical presumption is that it is not allowed, not that it is. > > While we're at the language lesson, please learn to use ellipsis. I know I > get a bit sloppy with them occasionally, but you've obviously got no idea how > to use them. Your sentences should end in a period, exclamation point, or > question mark, not ellipsis. > > Finally, you're not funny, and at this point you're boorish and you're about > two e-mails from getting labeled a troll by a number of us. > > -James > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Parks White" <[email protected]> > To: "feistfans-l" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 1:44 AM > Subject: Re: How has your writing been influenced by your fans? - fanfic.... > > > Sorry James you were wrong...there were at least a few comments to be made on > this topic perhaps not a discussion...I have no axe to grind.... I can barely > tap out inane emails let alone write anything literary..derivative or > otherwise.... Are you Knuckles or little Tony? ......Jeez I hope that's not > libelous..... (by implication)..... > > > Parks3 > > Sent from my iPad > > On 13/04/2012, at 4:00 PM, "James Young" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Nothing to discuss. Ray says no fan fiction. If you want to do it then >> feel free to introduce yourself to his lawyer. Authors have the right under >> law to say that you cannot play in their sand box. More than a few of us >> are responsible for alerting him to violations too since we prefer that he >> continue to write. >> >> >> -James >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Parks White" <[email protected]> >>> >>> And that, ladies an gents, is why we can't have fanfic. >> >> re: fanfiction....fair enough...but..... >> >> (from Wikipedia)... >> In recent years, several prominent authors have given their blessings to >> fanfiction, notably J.K. Rowling. Rowling said she was "flattered" that >> people wanted to write their own stories based on her characters.[30] Naomi >> Novik is another author who is supportive of fan fiction: she is a member of >> the Organization for Transformative Works and began as a fan fiction writer. >> Similarly, Stephenie Meyer has put links on her website to fan fiction sites >> about her characters from the Twilight series.[31] >> However, Anne Rice has consistently and aggressively prevented fan fiction >> based on any of her characters (mostly those from her famous Interview with >> the Vampire and its sequels in The Vampire Chronicles). She, along with Anne >> McCaffrey and Raymond Feist, have asked to have any fiction related to their >> series removed from FanFiction.Net.[30] 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? >> >> Parks3 > > > >
