I can see where they're coming from, but, honestly, as long as the people involved aren't trying to make money off it and/or claim it as their own, who cares? I've read some really, really bad fanfic, and I've read some that I've liked better than the stuff it was based off of. Plus, it keeps the interest in the involved fandoms high, which can only be good for the original authors.
IKR? Plus fanfic is like free advertising, essentially. (Kinda like fanvids and fanmixes--I'm basically to where most of the music I buy is because I heard a song on a fansite.) I think there actually are increasing numbers of authors who are cool with fanfic, which is why I found this piece...puzzling.
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Date: 2012-04-20 09:21 pm (UTC)And Orson Scott Card so *is* a twat.
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Date: 2012-04-20 09:26 pm (UTC)