Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:30:05 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Harry Potter fanfic?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

>
>>>> ecfield at comcast.net 7/14/2005 3:51:21 PM >>>
>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???

Parody.

Or "fair use".

Now, if you want amusing, Google: Nancy Stouffer.  *snort*

mjw