everything about this is a terrible idea

[lirazel]

So what do we think the likelihood is that after this Kindle Worlds thing starts that Amazon/Alloy will start going after all the Vampire Diaries/PLL/etc. fic that's published on sites other than theirs? Because that wouldn't surprise me. I'm not saying they'd have a legal leg to stand on (I don't think they would), but I would be surprised if they sent C&D letters to people who have their TVD fic up on other sites.

Comments

[flake-sake.livejournal.com]

It's hard to tell. I think they would be very stupid to so, shooting on the scene that is their clientel, but you never know with the big companies, they can be surprisingly stupid. And I'm a bit worried for them going after the big archive sites like AO3. It's not that fanfic would disappear but it would have to go more underground and hide behind friends locks and so on.

While I rather like the idea that people can live off their writing I think it might be better to stick with changing the names and calling it original. This way, the writers have far more rights and the fanfic scene stays the fun experimental scene it is.

[upupa-epops.livejournal.com]

See, I'm really conflicted about this, because I can see all the problems that can arise now, but on the other hand: damn it, I really could use some extra money, and I would like to be paid for writing short stories (how difficult it is for a young writer to publish short stories right now?). The thing is, for me Kindle Worlds writing and "normal" fanfic writing would be two completely different things? I wouldn't give them any of my stories that I have posted now, not even if they didn't violate they guidelines. I'd prefer to write something just for them, and it wouldn't be the kind of story I usually write for myself. I'd like to give this a shot and see what happens, but I wouldn't give them any of my babies, you know?

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I think it's the "traditional" fanfic sites that wouldn't have a legal leg to stand on. Fanfic is infringement of copyright, and those disclaimers people put on fic would never hold up in court; most rights holders just don't care because it's not costing them anything. If they get it into their heads that they should be paid for fanfic, and that anyone offering it for free is eating into their profits... They'd be idiots, but they'd hardly be the first idiots in the media business.

I don't think it's anything that's likely to come up immediately, but once Kindle Worlds becomes an established source of revenue, who knows?

[cariad-82.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry but could you please tell me what exactly you mean?
By all the comments I got that it has something to do with Fanfics and copyinfringement but other than that I have no idea what you are talking about. Sorry.