With so much discussion about saving people from downloading reams of text, I feel this email should have been sent off list!
Please have more consideration in the future. On 13/04/2012, at 8:53 PM, "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 > > > >
