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Old 07-02-2012, 04:17 PM   #42
Bilbo1967
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No; that's the reason we have copyright law, which prohibits someone from simply taking someone else's book and writing a sequel to it. And that's precisely what these fan fiction authors are doing, in blatent disregard for the law.
I think if you had said that fan fiction was a breach of copyright law (in your opinion) I'd not have said anything. It was the reference to leeches, parasites and bloodsuckers that I was describing as an hysterical over-reaction, and I stand by that.

BTW, it's "blatant".
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