I was wondering if Assignment Zero was your source, because, yep, their coverage is oddly shallow, considering the site is supposed to be by and for journalists. You would think journalists would consider payment, for crying out loud. Most of them get paid very little.
I believe you are right about FanLib's completely erroneous take on fanfiction writers.
Their view of us is skewed because they have always looked at us from a profit angle. We're like a virgin redwood forest, and they are the chainsaws.
I think they have gone in the crowdwriting direction because that way lies the highest profit. The more people involved, the more "buzz," and the more eyeballs on ads.
Also, if bunches of people contribute to the finished work, it is far easier to blow past questions of "who wrote this and how are they being compensated?" Everybody wrote it, so Nobody wrote it, if you see what I mean. Crowdwriting makes it easier for FanLib to claim ownership of the work, tossing handfuls of candy at the "winners."
As I said some time ago, FanLib sees our fanfiction, which we create and give away freely, as a lost income opportunity. Their lost income opportunity. There is no way they can peacefully co-exist with us.
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Date: 2007-07-10 06:50 pm (UTC)I believe you are right about FanLib's completely erroneous take on fanfiction writers.
Their view of us is skewed because they have always looked at us from a profit angle. We're like a virgin redwood forest, and they are the chainsaws.
I think they have gone in the crowdwriting direction because that way lies the highest profit. The more people involved, the more "buzz," and the more eyeballs on ads.
Also, if bunches of people contribute to the finished work, it is far easier to blow past questions of "who wrote this and how are they being compensated?" Everybody wrote it, so Nobody wrote it, if you see what I mean. Crowdwriting makes it easier for FanLib to claim ownership of the work, tossing handfuls of candy at the "winners."
As I said some time ago, FanLib sees our fanfiction, which we create and give away freely, as a lost income opportunity. Their lost income opportunity. There is no way they can peacefully co-exist with us.