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I'm surprised! If I was a famous author, I would read/watch everything fans do with my characters, but that's just me lol
Yeah, reading fanfiction of your work tends to create issues legally if I understand correctly. Moreso if you plan to continue in that world
You should do a book where all of the main characters from each series meet each other or something. It would be amazing, and nearly everyone would love it. They could meet and teach other cultures' their magic or something.
@Annabel Lee Basically when you see something in a fanfic you read, you cannot use it because you can end up in court. Even if you came up with it before, it's hard to prove that, but it's easier to prove you haven't read fanic at all, I guess. John Michael Straczynski said the same about people sending him pitches about Babylon 5 universe. If you tell him an idea, he will never use it because it could get him in court.
@Write or Lose That makes a lot more sense, thanks for explaining! :)
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Yeah, reading fanfiction of your work tends to create issues legally if I understand correctly. Moreso if you plan to continue in that world
You should do a book where all of the main characters from each series meet each other or something. It would be amazing, and nearly everyone would love it. They could meet and teach other cultures' their magic or something.
@Annabel Lee Basically when you see something in a fanfic you read, you cannot use it because you can end up in court. Even if you came up with it before, it's hard to prove that, but it's easier to prove you haven't read fanic at all, I guess. John Michael Straczynski said the same about people sending him pitches about Babylon 5 universe. If you tell him an idea, he will never use it because it could get him in court.
@Write or Lose That makes a lot more sense, thanks for explaining! :)
After what they did to his books in those awful movies.....the man is traumatized, no wonder
