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FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#1: Apr 29th 2013 at 1:14:21 PM

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/marionjensen/massive-fiction-project-three-novellas-and-story-s

This is an interesting concept. Basically, three established authors are pledging to collaborate on a work and then release it as Creative Commons Attributed so that people can freely write their own commercial fiction using the established universe.

I disagree a bit with their assertion that fanfiction is illegal in general, but they have a good point that it's difficult to sell fanfic commercially without filing off a lot of serial numbers.

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
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#3: Apr 29th 2013 at 7:43:50 PM

They weren't asserting that they themselves believe fanfic is illegal, merely stating a cut-and-dry copyright law that does basically say that all of us who write fanfic are criminals. At least, if we tried to publish.

Interesting concept, though. Wonder what the setting will be.

FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#4: Apr 30th 2013 at 9:39:28 AM

According to the FAQ for the Kickstarter:

This is a science fiction world, near-future, involving human experiments leading up to a generational space flight. The world is full of conspiracies, mystery, and paranoia. We're writing it with hundreds of characters are involved, so the stories can go in any number of directions, and be focused on any aspect of the world: adults, teens, romance, mystery, action, thriller, etc.

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#5: Apr 30th 2013 at 11:07:02 PM

Perfect for cyberpunk/post-cyberpunk stuff then.

Laura from Shintolin Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
#6: May 5th 2013 at 10:09:08 PM

Ew. Writing fanfiction isn't illegal. And anyone who knows of 50ShadesofGrey should know that even publishing it for money isn't if you ditch the names.

He's the Doctor. He could be anywhere in time and space.
FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#7: May 15th 2013 at 9:48:51 AM

And... they've thrown in the towel after being 1/3 funded with a month to go. I hope they elaborate a bit more later on their reasoning, but I suspect that the people involved probably had other projects pulling at them, and couldn't afford to reserve space for something that might happen.

Pannic Since: Jul, 2009
#8: Jul 16th 2014 at 9:38:08 PM

Why do you need investors in order to write something?

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#9: Jul 17th 2014 at 6:14:04 AM

My main thing with that is that is that attempting to invoke writer interest is a pretty big risk. Most people write fanfics specifically for works that they enjoy, any project like this is going to have to have source material that emotionally connects with people enough to want to involve themselves in it. Creating a world for the express purpose of fanfic could, be interesting, but it could also fall flat if people don't find the world interesting enough on its own merits to want to write about it.

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