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Message: <blockquote data-quote="horacethegrey" data-source="post: 2984120" data-attributes="member: 40123">I'm not saying it's wrong for the creators to have the right to clamp down on fanworks. I'm just saying that in the long run, for me, it's a bad move on their part. Clamping down on fanworks is a surefire way to alienate fans. I happen to know some people who've stopped reading Anne Rice because of her anti-fanfic stance. Besides, fanfiction is pretty harmless. I'm pretty sure anyone who reads them knows it's not to be confused with the original work. So what if there's the occasional X-rated trash prose that occasionally pops up? How is it's existence going to hurt the original work? It's not canon, and the person who wrote it is certainly not going to profit it. So why the bother?Oh, BTW. I hope you don't mind me correcting you, but Rowling was never against fanfiction. In fact, she loves reading fanfics of all kinds. She just finds the adult ones not to her taste.While I do agree that the legal issue they had with City of Heroes was pretty stupid, that's not as bad as when they sued the UK anthologyWarrior Magazine for their Marvelman comic. Never mind the fact that the character was created in to 50's, well before Marvel Comics was even formed. Nevertheless, Warrior was forced to take Marvelman off, but the title was later released stateside under the name Miracleman to avoid legal action. Still, it was Marvel's loss, because of the legal fiasco, the author of the said comic refused to ever work for them under any circumstance. A guy named Alan Moore. :\ I mean really, marvel is a pretty common word in the English language. Stupid House of Ideas. :\</blockquote>

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