As in Twilight Zone interpretation of copyright. Read this. We control the horizontal. We control the vertical. And we control the characters if you just wrote about them but didn’t make a picture. They are ALL OURS to use because you didn’t create a graphic novel, you were dumb enough to just WRITE a book!
Copyright laws protect writers from unauthorized reproductions of their work, but such reproductions only include verbatim copying. Characters are only copyrightable if their creator draws them or hires an artist to draw them.
WTF???
Long story short:
Some deluded fanfic author has decided to publish a sequel to Stephanie Meyers’s Twilight novels. They have entitled this epic Russet Noon, and instead of just posting it online like a normal obsessed person, she has decided to SELL this tome via some company called AV Publishing, an operation which may very well be located in someone’s basement.
The remarkably daffy understanding of copyright law makes for most amusing wank.
After New Moon, I guarantee you that every girl in America will be in love with Jacob Black. Who said things ended at the end of Breaking Dawn? And who says Jacob didn’t get Bella? Forget Edward. Russet Noon is a Jacob and Bella story. The saga continues with or without Stephenie Meyer. So who cares if she postpones the publication of Midnight Sun indefinitely? The fans will continue the story either in their minds or through tribute sequels like this one. Who wants to know about Edward’s side of the story anyway? It’s all about Jacob Black. Hands down. No negotiations. Bella Swan belongs with Jacob Black.
After the publication of Russett Noon, I guarantee you that every girl in America will not give a rat’s ass when you get served by lawyers with so much money they could buy you, your 15 cats, and your hidden stack of Jacob/Edward slash.
Most appreciative hat tip to Arlene.
For the slow children in law school. This is an example of the use of copyrighted material for purposes of satire or commentary. Twilight: The Sparkledammerung. Brutal hilarity.
I once wrote that if someone did this to A Distant Soil, I would just laugh and then buy two copies, but looking back on it, I’d probably cry first. Then I’d laugh and buy two copies.
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