Fanfic - at a price
Jun. 28th, 2006 10:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ffuturesWell, I can't believe nobody else has noticed this one...
Someone calling themselves magicalrealistartist on ebay evidently believes in living dangerously. She, or possibly he, is selling several works of Star Trek, Star Wars etc. fanfic by someone called Erin Lale, apparently her real or pen name.
The disclaimer reads "This is fan fiction. I'm not making a profit on this. The price only covers the cost of copying." This for an unbound manuscript costing $15 plus $4 postage. Another one is $20 for 205 pages. I wonder if Lucasfilm or whoever now owns the Trek franchise will be sympathetic if they ever notice.
Someone calling themselves magicalrealistartist on ebay evidently believes in living dangerously. She, or possibly he, is selling several works of Star Trek, Star Wars etc. fanfic by someone called Erin Lale, apparently her real or pen name.
The disclaimer reads "This is fan fiction. I'm not making a profit on this. The price only covers the cost of copying." This for an unbound manuscript costing $15 plus $4 postage. Another one is $20 for 205 pages. I wonder if Lucasfilm or whoever now owns the Trek franchise will be sympathetic if they ever notice.
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Date: 2006-06-28 10:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-28 11:02 pm (UTC)Lucasfilm was aware of fanficzines: the unofficial official word from them was that if you actually asked permission they had no choice but to say no in order to be consistent in formally protecting their rights, but if you just went and published they would pretend to not notice.
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Date: 2006-06-29 08:25 am (UTC)Some friends of mine actually had to change the title (and one word - 'Jedi' to 'Rebel') on a filk song tape!