06-02-2013, 04:31 PM | #46 |
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The new star trek movies are basically fanfic. They use the characters but split into an alternate timeline so they don't need to stick to canon.
Seems a bit unfair that the fanfic writers get a one time payment and nothing else. What if the books really takes off and become even more popular than the original and get a movie deal etc? |
06-02-2013, 06:49 PM | #47 |
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No. You seem to misunderstand the meaning of the term.
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06-02-2013, 07:08 PM | #49 |
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If it's considered a work for hire, no they don't get royalties, just the one-time payment.
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06-02-2013, 07:54 PM | #50 |
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When I read the bullet point terms, it sounded like the fanfic authors would get a royalty of all the copies sold via amazon (although net, so who knows how little it may actually be, creative hollywood movie accounting??)
However the original IP owner is granted a license to all the fanfic authors ideas/concepts/characters in the work which I would guess means they can produce their own derivative books/movies/anything without paying the fanfic author a penny. The fanfic author only gets royalties for the ebook they wrote. I could have misinterpreted it and there may be more to it. I imagine anyone who signs up will get a the full legal spiel sent to them to sign/return. |
06-03-2013, 05:06 AM | #51 |
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I never read a fanfic in my life and I probably never will, so this news about amazon doesn't really affect me in any way.
As for the amazon themselves I am not so sure they will have some big benefit from going along this way. As for authors I guess it can be argued that the fanfic is good gateway to writing, but eventually readers want some originality. Or from another perspective, a fanfic writer can never be as successful as "just a writer". |
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06-05-2013, 04:36 PM | #54 |
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I neither write nor read fan fiction, so I am unsure if this is a yippedy doo dah or a big whoop (not) moment
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06-08-2013, 02:26 PM | #55 |
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Another article from the OTW, sort of a summary of various reactions to amazon's announcement
if you're interested it's here http://transformativeworks.org/news/...-kindle-worlds |
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