Harry Potter & the Methods of Rationality returns with a fundraising twist(fanfiction.net)
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Harry Potter & the Methods of Rationality returns with a fundraising twist
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/73/Harry_Potter_and_the_Methods_of_Rationality
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This seems a little dangerous. Does this seem like monetizing fanfiction containing copyrighted characters in a non-direct way to anyone else?
I do like the story so far, and I'd hate for it to go poof because of legal issues.
I do like the story so far, and I'd hate for it to go poof because of legal issues.
Only the release timeline would change, by a few days, not the writing or the releasing at all. But I am not a "copyright" lawyer.
Copyright law doesn't care about whether this is "monetizing" or not. He's infringing simply by using JK Rowling's characters; he's safe only thanks to JK Rowling saying that she doesn't mind HP fanfiction as long as it's not obscene and non-commercial.
So the only real question here is: What does JK Rowling think of this?
So the only real question here is: What does JK Rowling think of this?
She supports fanfiction but it has to be non-commercial. See eg http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3753001.stm
Sure. My point is, this is all based on her whims, not on any legal definitions. So "non-commercial" in this context just means whatever JK Rowling wants it to mean in this context.
Given that it's raising money for a charities, and that the donations only accelerate the publication rate, I would be surprised to see Rowling object when she hasn't objected to previous chapters.
Frustrating: I've been trying for 15 minutes now to make a donation. First, I had to search to find where to make a donation since the announcement didn't include a link. Then the Google Checkout button did not work. Then causes.com sat frozen for over 3 minutes the for getting me a message that there was an unspecified problem with my card. it's a good cause and a great work of fiction so I'm willing to try 1 more time.
It seems that fanfiction.net doesn't allow links in the body text of books. I hope this is the correct link: http://singinst.org/donate/
I think it's this: http://singinst.org/2011summerchallenge
It's the equivalent of Stephen Colbert saying he'll do something silly if people help raise x amount of money for y charity.