I think it's one thing to get someone else's words stuck in your head and use them in something thinking they're your own. And (1) it's likely to be a few words, maybe a sentence, and (2) it's done unknowingly. Lifting entire sections or complete books, and knowing what you're doing, is one thing. And this guy isn't even terribly apologetic about it.
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Toddson - Dec 01, 2011 6:19:11 am PST #16945 of 28450
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Connie Neil - Dec 01, 2011 6:43:09 am PST #16946 of 28450
brillig
I am somewhat in awe of the guy's chutzpah, in that "Dude, you're scum, but wow, those are some big balls" way.
erikaj - Dec 01, 2011 7:17:39 am PST #16947 of 28450
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod.
sumi - Dec 01, 2011 10:38:55 am PST #16948 of 28450
Art Crawl!!!
§ ita § - Dec 01, 2011 10:46:28 am PST #16949 of 28450
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What's the legal issue? I don't know Terri. I'd think about giving money for her health, because I know how shitty a situation creators get into, but I have no idea about an unknown legal issue. And, seriously, Neil Gaiman isn't my ethical minder. I'd need more than his say so.
sumi - Dec 01, 2011 10:47:05 am PST #16950 of 28450
Art Crawl!!!
I don't know - but I figured there might be some people here who would be interested.
Atropa - Dec 01, 2011 10:52:19 am PST #16951 of 28450
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I love Terri Windling's work. I've got a bunch of fairy tale and urban fantasy collections that she edited/curated.
Everything I'd want to bid on (a doll from Wendy Froud! Artwork from Charles Vess!) is waaaaay out of my price range.
§ ita § - Dec 01, 2011 10:57:20 am PST #16952 of 28450
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm in no way saying or implying you shouldn't link to it. I'm just raising an issue I have with the premise. It's discussion, not quashing.
sumi - Dec 01, 2011 11:01:43 am PST #16953 of 28450
Art Crawl!!!
So because Neil Gaiman donated to the auction - that means that he is judging you if you don't participate?
Because that's not how I felt about it.
§ ita § - Dec 01, 2011 11:07:45 am PST #16954 of 28450
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No, that's not what I meant. Looking back, I didn't even say anything like that.
I meant that him deeming it a worthwhile cause because he knows the details is no substitute for my own knowledge and judgment.