Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:51:21 -0400
From: ecf <ecfield at comcast.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Harry Potter fanfic?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Michael Walsh wrote:

>"The bookies are telling us that Albus Dumbledore's days are numbered.
>But how the Dickens will he meet his end? Try your hand at our
>Alternative Potter project"
><http://books.guardian.co.uk/harrypotter/story/0,10761,1521060,00.html>
>
Maybe I'm taking the wrong tack on this... but isn't the Guardian asking
people to violate copyright by publicly suggesting the create fanfic
with Rowling's characters?  It's one thing to create fanfic to share
privately and for no financial gain... but to ask them to submit it for
publication in a newspaper???