Authors Convinced Fanfic is Illegal/Requires Permission
Terry Goodkind: “Copyright law dictates that in order for me to protect my copyright, when I find such things, I must go out and hire lawyers to threaten these people to make them stop, and to sue them if they don’t.”
John Scalzi: “Let's remember one fundamental thing about fanfic: Almost all of it is entirely illegal to begin with. It's the wild and wanton misappropriation of copyrighted material”
Diana Gabaldon: “OK, my position on fan-fic is pretty clear: I think it’s immoral, I know it’s illegal, and it makes me want to barf whenever I’ve inadvertently encountered some of it involving my characters.”
Robin Hobb: “Fan fiction is like any other form of identity theft. It injures the name of the party whose identity is stolen.”
Anne Rice: “I do not allow fan fiction. The characters are copyrighted. It upsets me terribly to even think about fan fiction with my characters. I advise my readers to write your own original stories with your own characters. It is absolutely essential that you respect my wishes.”
Anne McCaffrey: “there can be no adventure/stories set on Pern at all!!!!! That's infringing on my copyright and can bear heavy penalties…indiscriminate usage of our characters, worlds, and concepts on a 'public' media like electronic mail constitute copyright infringement AND, which many fans disregard, is ACTIONABLE!”
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro: “No. Absolutely not. It is also against federal law.”
Lynn Flewelling: “Whether you are writing about Seregil or Fox Mulder or Sherlock Holmes, if you do not have legal permission from the author, their estate, or publisher, then you are violating US copyright law. It is creative piracy. Doesn't matter how many disclaimers you put on, or if you're being paid. It. Is. Illegal.”
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Announcing the Bad Apple Artists onbline auction for this month with the theme "the fool's journey" (tarot). As soon as I heard that, I knew exactly where to find inspiration - in the incredible world of Robin Hobb's Farseer books! Who else here can't get enough of Fitz and the Fool's adventures?
This original mixed media painting will be up for grabs during Bad Apple's July auction, scheduled from 28th JUL at 23:00 to 31st JUL at 23:00 UTC+02
Come, let's celebrate the Fool's Journey in the most whimsical way possible! See you at the auction!
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'When I recall how beautiful you were'
prints available: duo, fool only, fitz only (patrons get an extra 10% off, including sale, early access and HD versions: https://www.patreon.com/oexas)
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i’m reading Realm of the Elderlings for the first time (PLEASE IF YOU COMMENT ON THIS POST NO SPOILERS PAST LIVESHIP) and whatever Fitz and the Fool have going on in Fool’s Errand is sooo fucking funny
in Farseer Fitz spends the whole series being like “this is my weird little freak the Fool. he is a bizarre mutant who speaks in riddles but he’s my friend so be nice. :)”
then the Fool leaves for a decade and when he comes back ALL of Fitz’s internal monologue is like “the Fool… my bosom companion with eyes that shine like the life-giving sun. i missed his breedable hips and angelic features so much that i almost died. every second his statuesque frame was parted from me was pure agony. i am so lucky to have such a funny intelligent and also devastatingly beautiful very good friend by my side. hopefully forever”
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Fitz and The Fool Beloved fanart on my Tumblr? More likely than you think.
Thanks to @crowleyholmes for reigniting my obsession with (as I learned) the Realm of the Elderlings. These two have been living rent free in my head for over 15 years since I read the Farseer trilogy for the first time in highschool.
I know this doesn't happen in the books but I am the master of my own universe and i LOVE drawing kisses so here ya go.
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A Blossoming Friendship
print available here! (patrons get an extra 10% off, including sale, early access and HD versions: https://www.patreon.com/oexas)
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