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amelia_petkova) wrote2013-05-23 09:56 am
amelia_petkova) wrote2013-05-23 09:56 am
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Amazon is being a dumbass
Parts of the following make me want to shake my head and other parts make me want to laugh hysterically.
Amazon has decided to create something called Kindle Worlds, which will allow people to publish fan fiction for profit without being sued over copyright violations. (But not porn! No fanfic porn allowed! That's the main part that had me laughing.) I won't get into extreme amounts of detail here about how Kindle Worlds works, as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cleolinda has a good write-up and ashkitty has written a post containing links to reactions from several authors.
One of the main reactions I had to this is why the hell would anybody pay money for fan fiction when they can already get it for free at any of thousands of websites online?
My other problem is with copyright issues. My understanding (having looked at the issue only briefly so far) is that Amazon would hold the copyright to anything you published on Kindle Worlds and their company could use it to make money without asking for your permission or providing compensation. I also don't see how they're going to keep up with getting permission from every author/scriptwriter/TV company/whoever who has created something that another person wants to publish fan fiction of. I'm also nervous about Amazon expanding their dragon hold on copyright to works published on regular Kindle. I'm likely to end up self-publishing at least once in my lifetime. I had planned to issue a Kindle edition (among other formats on other companies' websites, such as the Nook) since there are so many Kindle users (a better chance for sales and readership) but I'm definitely not interested in handing over all rights to Amazon forever.
Amazon has decided to create something called Kindle Worlds, which will allow people to publish fan fiction for profit without being sued over copyright violations. (But not porn! No fanfic porn allowed! That's the main part that had me laughing.) I won't get into extreme amounts of detail here about how Kindle Worlds works, as
cleolinda has a good write-up and ashkitty has written a post containing links to reactions from several authors.One of the main reactions I had to this is why the hell would anybody pay money for fan fiction when they can already get it for free at any of thousands of websites online?
My other problem is with copyright issues. My understanding (having looked at the issue only briefly so far) is that Amazon would hold the copyright to anything you published on Kindle Worlds and their company could use it to make money without asking for your permission or providing compensation. I also don't see how they're going to keep up with getting permission from every author/scriptwriter/TV company/whoever who has created something that another person wants to publish fan fiction of. I'm also nervous about Amazon expanding their dragon hold on copyright to works published on regular Kindle. I'm likely to end up self-publishing at least once in my lifetime. I had planned to issue a Kindle edition (among other formats on other companies' websites, such as the Nook) since there are so many Kindle users (a better chance for sales and readership) but I'm definitely not interested in handing over all rights to Amazon forever.