tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post2562179197229913654..comments2024-03-29T15:13:42.610+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Imagination and Fan Fiction (versus 'Shipping' and Hijacking) Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-50190771092338556282015-08-19T22:45:05.117+01:002015-08-19T22:45:05.117+01:00@WmJas- It got deleted during revision...@WmJas- It got deleted during revision...Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-26972359461271620392015-08-19T16:24:49.433+01:002015-08-19T16:24:49.433+01:00I don't think fan fiction meaningfully reduce...I don't think fan fiction meaningfully reduces the value of the author's work.Adam G.http://www.jrganymede.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-32899789463406523582015-08-19T14:43:05.670+01:002015-08-19T14:43:05.670+01:00Most of the best literature was created before cop...Most of the best literature was created before copyright existed or was enforced. Only a hdful of 'best selling authors' make any kind of living from their writing - most significant writers have been amateur, mode their living in some other way than selling books and collecting copyright. In sum, on the whole, copyright is block to creativity. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-66878845441535160622015-08-19T13:44:17.459+01:002015-08-19T13:44:17.459+01:00The problem I have with fan fiction is that it inf...The problem I have with fan fiction is that it infringes on the copyright of the author. In today's age where most authors have a hard time making a reasonable living on their royalties, fan fiction is a distraction which can depreciate the value of an author's work. That said: It is one thing to write fan fiction and another thing to publish it. The act of writing is not in itself copyright infringement. (I could write a complete lift of an author's work, and provided I did not publish it - including posting it on a blog or Facebook - then I have not infringed upon copyright.) If it is a personal work written for the benefit of the writer alone, and hence private, you can write any bloody thing you want. Now, given that you are talking about imagination here, the act of writing a derivative work - only for the creative act of exercising imagination - is a fine idea.Nicholas Fulfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15779171820370486921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-23307180351247408912015-08-19T13:31:07.258+01:002015-08-19T13:31:07.258+01:00@BB - Well, that is why I wrote this. I think the ...@BB - Well, that is why I wrote this. I think the usual Christian view is as you say - and the fear of the risks. Maybe that was valid at one time. But I think this view is wrong in our meaningless, purposeless, alienated and nihilistic world - as I have often argued, it has become almost impossible to convert people directly to Christianity. Nor can real historical paganism be revived. We need a halfway house, a step towards Christianity to build upon. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-70967291003410507362015-08-19T13:24:19.166+01:002015-08-19T13:24:19.166+01:00I always thought of the create-their-own-universes...I always thought of the create-their-own-universes thing that’s so popular (did Tolkien originate this?) as a bad thing. Essentially a distracting waste of time and talent. Psychologically detaches us (as a fake substitute) from our actual history and heritage and birthright. Part of this is simply a function of how my mind works. I was never really interested in worlds that never were and never will be. The real world is complex and interesting enough.<br /><br />But you’re perspective on this is interesting. Maybe there is some value in this sort of thing.<br />Bruce B.noreply@blogger.com