Consolidating All the Groups into One - Fan Fiction

[Geoff]

--- In HPFGU-Feedback at yahoogroups.com, "bboyminn" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:

Steve/bluewizard:
 
> I don't think any HPFGU groups should allow the PUBLICATION of
> fan fiction. I think at best, any fan fictions being discussed
> should be hosted somewhere else and only linked to. 
> 
> I think, even though JKR tolerates it, there are some issues
> around copyright and trademark, and while JKR may be tolerant
> Warner is not. 

Geoff:
I've rather got the impression that we have not been advocating 
the publication of fanfic, rather discussion about the genre which 
I think falls safely into the orbit of critical evaluation.