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twofaced:

--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on April 26, 2012, 06:08:24 PM ---I don't think it's a big deal to base a fanfic on a movie, as long as you credit the movie for the idea.  I see that as a form of fanfic itself.  As long as you're not making money off it, not a big deal.  But taking actual lines from a script and passing them off as your own is the same as copying someone else's story and using find/replace to change the characters' names.  Either way, it's stealing.

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So then what do you think of 50 shades of grey? She tried to pass it off as original until someone said "Nope, I read the fanfic version" and now she's making money off of something that was really, truly, someone else's idea. Add to that, Stephenie Meyer herself has been quoted as saying "Don't write fanfic on my stuff, they were my ideas, use your own."

Just curious ;)

RokofAges75:
This came up in the 50 Shades of Grey thread, but I think the fact that the fanfic was originally AU (from what I've heard) makes it more acceptable than if she had taken a canon Twilight fanfic, with vampires and werewolves and that whole universe Stephenie Meyer had created, and published it as a work of original fiction.  Instead, what she has is an original storyline with characters inspired by Stephenie Meyer's characters, but not the exact same.

I think with BSB fanfic authors, it would be the same way - you'd have more luck getting an AU published than you would a canon BSB story, because it would be hard to pass a canon story off as an original fic without rewriting it to get rid of all the boyband stuff.  You could still have the guys be a band, but you'd be walking a fine line not to make it completely obvious.

twofaced:

--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on June 10, 2012, 05:09:14 PM ---This came up in the 50 Shades of Grey thread, but I think the fact that the fanfic was originally AU (from what I've heard) makes it more acceptable than if she had taken a canon Twilight fanfic, with vampires and werewolves and that whole universe Stephenie Meyer had created, and published it as a work of original fiction.  Instead, what she has is an original storyline with characters inspired by Stephenie Meyer's characters, but not the exact same.

I think with BSB fanfic authors, it would be the same way - you'd have more luck getting an AU published than you would a canon BSB story, because it would be hard to pass a canon story off as an original fic without rewriting it to get rid of all the boyband stuff.  You could still have the guys be a band, but you'd be walking a fine line not to make it completely obvious.

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Thanks for letting me pick your brain ;)

RokofAges75:
Sure!  I can't judge this author for reworking a fanfic to get it published because I'd love to do the same thing LOL.  But it would only work with certain storylines, and it takes extra effort to make it not seem like a fanfic.

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