MOVED from MAIN - "sequels" to the classics

dumbledore11214 dumbledore11214 at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 11 02:10:04 UTC 2008


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Lynn - horsenstuff at ..." 
<horsenstuff at ...> wrote:
<SNIP>
> HP entered the "public domain" in my opinion when it
> hit the shelves and readers hands.  It has caused a
> great response.  For the most part people just
> spending tons of money and enjoy the mania.
> 
> For some though,  it has touched deeper.  Moved them
> in some way.  And caused a creative response.
> 
> I for one do not want to be a mere consumer, spending
> my money, enjoying and disposing afterward.  I think,
> feel and respond to what I take the time to read, see,
> experience, whatever.
> 
> So if some idea occurs to me that enriches what I have
> chosen to spend my money on and experience, and if I
> happen to also come up with a valid literary work of
> the highest quality that would be acceptable to the
> originator of "some" of the content of my work, then I
> revert back to the horse remake example.
> 
> It happens in other realms.  Perhaps it's time that
> the publishing world caught up.


Alla:

I am sorry. I love fanfiction very much. I hope JKR will continue to 
support it, but I have to take an exception to "it entered public 
domain" when the books are finished POV. Sorry, unless you were 
speaking very metaphorically, the books are not in public domain. 
She did not surrender her copyright by finishing the books.

And I hope what happened to Marion Zimmer Bradley will never happen 
to her as well.

I mean, she did not even stated for certain that she will not write 
any more sequels in Potterverse. She said at first that she will 
not, then she mention that her daughter wants her too, etc. 

I by the way prefer that she would not go the "sequels road", unless 
the story will be very very different, but if she will, I certainly 
hope that some obnoxious fan will not dare to sue her claiming that 
she stole his ideas.

Case at point - LOLLYPOPS. Several people guessed on Main as long as 
five years ago that Snape Lily is coming. But also as we know many 
many fanfics explored that road. I am glad no suits were coming her 
way on that issue.







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