[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Slash Fans Take Note

[Ali Wildgoose]

>Example:
>
>What if I choose to write an offensive parody of HP? For Saturday
>Night Live or David Letterman? Is that protected speech, or is it the
>dilution of copyright? What is the difference between this and fanfic?

I do know a bit about copyright law.  And I find it hugely ironic that while 
a "parody" of HP featuring lewd sex and senseless violence is legal, but a 
tastefully written, well-thought-out fanfiction is not.

bah.  this is all giving me a headache.

Ali

http://home.nyu.edu/~amw243 :: Diagon Alley
Harry Potter for Slightly Older Folk

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