Subject: It is indeed a conundrum.
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Posted on: 2012-01-20 00:40:00 UTC
Most PPC agents ignore the whole thing entirely and simply write a little disclaimer (see warrior's comment), also taking care not to inform the author of the badfic. It works out...
well, it kind of works most of the time.
It occured to me that, generally speaking, fanwriters need permission from other fanwriters before using their works. How does this fit into the writing of missions? I kind of doubt that every sporked mission had an author willing to let it be sporked...
Before you ask, I did try to reference the wiki, but for some reason, my computer won't let me access the mission-writing guide page, and I don't know where else in the wiki this might be addressed. Thus, I am asking the Board.
Since PPC missions are parodies, we're okay using their stuff so long as it's credited properly. Thanks for the help, guys! :D
I believe it falls under the category of parody, so as long as we quote the original source It's fine.
This is parody, therefore falls under Fair Use. All we have to do is give credit in the disclaimer.
Most PPC agents ignore the whole thing entirely and simply write a little disclaimer (see warrior's comment), also taking care not to inform the author of the badfic. It works out...
well, it kind of works most of the time.
We're not supposed to tell other writers that we're PPCing their work (unless they request it, obviously). The idea is that we're not supposed to police the fandom--this is supposed to be fun, after all. Usually, people will say something along the lines of "[Suefic] belongs to [Suethor] and [witty line.]" in the disclaimer
I'm pretty sure that the needing-permission-thing is also why former Sues or Bits will change their name.
I just assumed we don't need permission from the writer of the fanfic for the same reason the writer of the fanfic doesn't need permission from the author of the original work.