dduane:

wilwheaton:

seriouslydidijustdothat:

martian-martian-martian:

do-you-have-a-flag:

nonbinarybriarmoss:

ok excuse me but w h a t

we love to see it

for context for those unaware of why this is particularly funny

A Deep Dive Into the Anne Rice Fanfiction Debacle

It’s actually not AS funny as it seems: It’s crazier.

For those who have actually played the game, theres a huge fine print thing you have to sign, and if you read through it, it actually says that everything posted on the site is immediately released by the creator as the property of AMC, which, insanely, means if they use the entire plot of your stupid fanfic game as part of the show, they don’t need to credit you ever.

It’s actually a genius way to try and DISCOURAGE independent fanfic, replacing it with a place where the corporation owns and censors everything you make without credit.

If you post something in a normal fanfic, there is some legal precedent for your ownership if your work is plagiarized by the canon production, but the app is one step ahead.

Adding important tags

from @martian-martian-martian

#reminder to never write fic through corportate-owned methods#not apps#not contests (looking at you disney)#not games or online journals or any place where your rights aren’t being visibly and viciously protected#this includes wattpad with last year’s(?) deal with paramount#basically the only safe place now is ao3

and more from @s-cullayy

#yeah as soon as i saw this i was like oh so they’re just trying to get free content from people#that they don’t have to credit#folks this is what ao3 is for#don’t do the writers rooms job for them if you’re not getting paid

A quick note to whomever at corporate approved this plan to exploit not just FanFic writers, but these particular fanfic writers: fuuuuuuuuuuuucccck yyyyooooouuuuuuuuuuu.

A quick note to FanFic writers: I love you. Keep doing what makes you happy.

What he said. :) (And it’s always a good idea to take a careful look at this history of this particular franchise…)