Part IV<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Here are 3 serious issues to consider when writing fanfic for publication:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n How are Fanfics edited to void copyright issues? <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n E.L. James has not been slapped with\u00a0 a copyright lawsuite despite obvious similarities to Twilight<\/em> so she must have a fantastic fan-fic editor who know is aware of the copyright fine line.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Literary Work Knock-offs: How to stay legally safe while walking the \u201cfine\u201d line.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n FinFic e-books appear to be to literary work what knock-offs are to the fashion industry\u2014close but within the 20% mark of being different enough to still be legal. The idea itself is as old as the hills. Pair a successful pattern with new material and fasten shinier buttons. The only thing missing is the original spark of imagination. It is a concept \u00a0used by many companies in the business industry and exemplified by a \u00a0TV comercial that states, \u201cWe don\u2019t make your cars. We make your cars run better.\u201d Fan-fic on wheels.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Anyone with a drop of artstic and sewing skill could sketch a designer dress from a fashion magazine, sew it and wear it. Yet, they could could not sell it without \u00a0making obvious changes such as removing trademark symbols like the double intertwined Cs for Channel or the LV of Louis Vetton.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n WalMart has jeans that are very similar in color, style and stitching\u00a0 to expensive designer jean labels, but they don\u2019t cross that \u201cwithin 20% similarity copyright line.\u201d However, street venders carrying \u00a0Louis Vettion and Channel \u00a0\u201chard to distinguish copies\u201d could be closed down, their products confiscated and face a heafty fine. \u00a0They crossed the fine line. The same rules hold true in the literary world.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Fanfic may or may not be ethical,(another fine line) \u00a0but it is legal. \u00a0That may a difficult fact to swallow if your original idea is being simulated and sold by others. Perhaps it will help to remember an old saying that states; emulation is the height of being complimented.<\/p>\n What are the advantages to this new twist in publishing that thumbs its nose at the traditional indestry where great but unsolicited manuscripts rarely make it through the door? It cuts out the middleman like agents and\u2026<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\n
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