Just to refresh my memory -- VividCon! As in, who's going, again?
I mean, I don't need to start figuring out exactly how much food, booze, comics, and vids to pack in my car right now, but...
Do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not madly in love with a beautiful woman who can kill me with her pinkie!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
shrift - May 13, 2004 9:22:04 am PDT #8076 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Katie M - May 13, 2004 9:30:11 am PDT #8077 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Just to refresh my memory -- VividCon! As in, who's going, again?
*raises hand*
Crap. I really need to get on making reservations if I want to use my frequent flier miles, don't I?
Theodosia - May 13, 2004 9:31:11 am PDT #8078 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm kind of thinking of going
askye - May 13, 2004 9:32:51 am PDT #8079 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
I was going to but now I don't think I could get the money together so I backed out. Although Margie indicated that if I could get the money together I'd still have a place.
Michele T. - May 13, 2004 10:03:07 am PDT #8080 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Which, I expect, is what your IP friend will say.
Nope. She demurred from making any larger judgment, but when other people compared it to a standard political fundraiser, where people are given food or performances or whatever as a thanks for their contribution, she didn't object, either.
Consuela - May 13, 2004 10:40:15 am PDT #8081 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
In a standard political fundraiser people have the right to own, manipulate, and transfer ownership of the stuff they are giving away.
Michele T. - May 13, 2004 11:05:42 am PDT #8082 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
There's no transfer of ownership of the fic, though. It's being posted.
Dana - May 13, 2004 12:03:41 pm PDT #8083 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I don't think that's a direct analogy, though (if I understand the issues correctly). If a political fundraiser gave away copies someone had burned of Britney's new album, it'd still be a violation of copyright. No one's claiming they own it, but you're still not allowed to do it.
I do think fic is more of a gray area, as it always is, and everyone's got their own particular moral line. Personally, I'm not stressed about it, but then again, I'm not participating. Nor am I a lawyer, so what do I know?
(I'm reminded of a conversation I saw on a Nikita board, where the person who was selling burned CDs of series composer Sean Callery's original music claimed that it couldn't possibly be illegal, because otherwise why would CD burners exist?)
Michele T. - May 13, 2004 12:07:03 pm PDT #8084 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
That's not a good analogy, though, because in that case you're creating direct duplicates of copyrighted material, and giving it to people for their individual use. Neither of those apply here, at least to the fic.
§ ita § - May 13, 2004 12:09:40 pm PDT #8085 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd have thought that if you couldn't sell it for your own profit, giving it away in such an exchange scenario would also be on the darker side of grey.