Ray--if you put gay dragons in the next book I will totally buy an extra copy!!! Thanks for the laugh. I actually laughed so hard I cried! Gay dragons! Too funny!
On Apr 13, 2012, at 1:30 AM, "Raymond E. Feist" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > > > >
