Fanfiction

I think the problem (and the explosiveness) comes when authors try to put some universal moral imperative on Why Fanfiction is a Dirty, Wrong Thing and Why Good Fans Don't Do It. The first is a policy decision that's well within the author's right to make.

A Few More Last Words grrm 2010

Fanfiction is not considered sufficiently transformative because it's basically unlicensed tie-in/spin-off fiction.

Fanfiction Hal Duncan 2010

Fanfiction is not considered sufficiently transformative because it's basically unlicensed tie-in/spin-off fiction.

Archive 2010-05-01 Hal Duncan 2010

**** Fanfiction is also interesting because it is in its purest form self-indulgent art.

hark! is that the sound of a lasagna noodle being laid on a bed of ricotta cheese? cupidsbow 2007

Fanfiction is neither of the latter two, but it does generally fall into the "copy" category by directly reusing those characters and settings.

Archive 2006-05-01 Hal Duncan 2006

Fanfiction is a dodgy term, I'd say, a bit woolly and vague.

The Fanfiction Kerfuffle Hal Duncan 2006

Fanfiction is no different, readers scroll through a list looking at the banners and reading the summaries.

Five Easy Questions, shade, Part Two 2006

Fanfiction is neither of the latter two, but it does generally fall into the "copy" category by directly reusing those characters and settings.

The Fanfiction Kerfuffle Hal Duncan 2006

Fanfiction is very big, and anyone who discredits it, I think, doesn't have their finger on the modern pulse.

Love and Obsessiveness 2006

Fanfiction is a dodgy term, I'd say, a bit woolly and vague.

Archive 2006-05-01 Hal Duncan 2006