Name almost any sequel-ish/alternate universe series focussed on romance
Eh, that's why I asked -- i can't name any! I don't actually know the genre/fandom/source very well, so I was curious. Most fandoms, if not all, that I've ever been involved with have been under copyright, so there's always been a significant pressure to properly do the serial-number filing dance. I'd guess that when we get into public-domain works, the need for such filing is reduced (and if the original work is prestigious enough, such filing might even be counter-productive when it comes to publication, because you're reducing the borrowed glory)... and I suppose in some ways, I've been so trained by the 'omg! copyright!' tensions of 20th-cen-based fandoms, I'm not sure I can even comprehend how awesome it must be to know you can take a fanfic and with enough polish and little filing, publish it.
Although I wonder what kind of affect that may have upon the fandom, in general, to have that "shhh, technically we're illlegal" aspect no longer in play.
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Date: 5 Jun 2010 12:25 am (UTC)Eh, that's why I asked -- i can't name any! I don't actually know the genre/fandom/source very well, so I was curious. Most fandoms, if not all, that I've ever been involved with have been under copyright, so there's always been a significant pressure to properly do the serial-number filing dance. I'd guess that when we get into public-domain works, the need for such filing is reduced (and if the original work is prestigious enough, such filing might even be counter-productive when it comes to publication, because you're reducing the borrowed glory)... and I suppose in some ways, I've been so trained by the 'omg! copyright!' tensions of 20th-cen-based fandoms, I'm not sure I can even comprehend how awesome it must be to know you can take a fanfic and with enough polish and little filing, publish it.
Although I wonder what kind of affect that may have upon the fandom, in general, to have that "shhh, technically we're illlegal" aspect no longer in play.