Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:42:04 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fan Fic, Copyright, and incredible brain dead stupidity
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

I gather even the FanFic fans have, shall we say, their knickers in a
twist, over this.

BTW, congrats on the nomination...

mjw

>>> drewbitt at yahoo.com 4/24/2006 6:38:28 PM >>>
I read about this and was mildly appalled that she
ever thought she could get away with it. Lucasfilm is
notoriously... enthusiastic about protecting its
copyright-- years ago, I had a deal in place for a
book on SW trivia and it was pulled due to fear of
Lucasfilm's lawyers.
Drew

--- Michael Walsh <MJW at press.jhu.edu> wrote:

> from:
>
http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/007459.html#007459
>
> "Lori Jareo wrote a not very good novel-length work
> of Star Wars fanfic
> called Another Hope. Nothing remarkable there.
> However, she then put it
> into print without Lucas' permission, and put it up
> for sale on
> Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and Powells.com."
>
> Also quoted:
>
> "Q: Having set Another Hope in an already existing
> universe, I find
> myself wondering if there was any concern on your
> part regarding
> copyrights?
>
> No, because I wrote this book for myself. This is a
> self-published
> story and is not a commercial book. Yes, it is for
> sale on Amazon, but
> only my family, friends and acquaintances know it's
> there."
>
> John Scalzi comments: "I feel myself getting
> stupider every time I read
> that line, but the good news is that I have a long
> way to go before I
> would be actually stupid enough to say that line
> myself."
>
> The rest is... amusing.
>
> Best to visit the Amazon page Real Soon, it ain't
> likely to stay up for
> long....
>
> mjw
>

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