Ok someone asked about if writing a fic on Arhi based on a some other existing work is alright or not or if it constitutes to plagiarism.
I'll quote myself and then give you an example.
e.When your reference is another work , concept is another your character even named same been in same situations , but plot your own.
eg."A walk to remember" [reference] that the girl has leukemia but no one knows except her-the guy doesn't likes her-they fall in love-the truth comes out-she dies- he reforms.
IPKKND [concept] a love story of Arnav Khushi in a hate marriage(the guy doesnt likes her) she has leukemia and tells no one when she comes to know(the girl has leukemia but no one knows accept her)...and the story continues [your plot].
And of course you are not going commercial , because then you would be caught under some copyright enlistments.
So your Arhi fan fic is different from IPKKND totally and you take any other existing work as your base.
The good thing is putting a disclaimer , not copying that work word to word and keeping your "Arhi" fic from becoming a remake of "that existing work".
How this can go wrong in commercial sense and the fact that you were not crediting the originals and/or copying the XYZ work and making it a fic on "Arhi" , whereas it is actually a fic on "that work" with changed names(now Arnav Khushi.)
A very famous case happens to be on a LOTR(Lord of the Rings) fic.
An FF writer writes a LOTR fic "Hidden Passions" on some LOTR characters.
The fic has no , absolutely no connection in any form to LOTR except for names.
This FF writer goes pro with "Hidden Passions" under the author name of "Lucia Logan."
The author changed the character names and got it published as an "original" novel.
An online reviewer, recognized large passages as copied from Charlotte Bront's Jane Eyre, and criticized it on their site.
The supposed very highly praised "original" FF writer of LOTR was actually plagiarizing a book written in the 19th century.
She took refugee under LOTR where as all this time it was Charlotte Bronte who was being duped.
The story used not only the plot, but also extensive textual quotes from Charlotte Bront's Jane Eyre.
The publisher withdrew
the book from distribution.
Lot of money went to drain and so did the creditability of FF writers who have been known to have an imagination beyond the originals.
What i want to say as a reader of both originals and Fan fictions is that , getting inspired , quoting dialogues , creating your concept on an existing story is not a crime in the community of Fan Fictions globally.
We are not making money , we are not stealing anyone's limelight in the "real" world.
You have to realize that when we want an action taken against someone , who as it is takes our work and as we call them here a "plagiarizer", is a problem of the "Fan Fiction community" , which is global.
This problem is not of the real world.
When we go with our complaints to the real world , they'll ask you:
RW:" What you wrote?"
YOU:"A fan fic."
RW:"On what?"
YOU:"XYZ."
RW:"But fan fic is breach of copyright law."
YOU:"Excuse me? Im an original , she/he stole my work.(point at the plagiarizer)"
RW:"You confessed your an FF writer , so how can you be an original?"
YOU:"I didnt do this for commercial purpose.Its my words and concept."
The FF plagiarizer: "Me too. I didnt do that for commercial purpose.I was inspired by her/him(pointing at you)."
RW:"So you , writer A of the FF will be scot free from copyright and if you go scot free same does that plagiarizer."
Like all communities , FF community has a code of conduct and stealing
someone's work is a taken for granted breach of those codes.
What ever could be done will only be restricted to the boundaries of this community.
Its a community problem and as a community only be it solved.
No offense to any religion , but for example as im a Muslim , in Islam drinking alcohol is prohibited. Its a taken for granted and written code of conduct.
Someone breaches it.
We cant take them to court but it is said that her/his religion dissolves.
In some sects people don't eat non-veg.
Someone eats it.
We cant take them to court but it is said that her/his religion dissolves.
(Religion/sects are form of communities)
Similarly stealing work - break code of conduct of FF community globally - we cant take you to court but according to our code of conduct you need to be dissolved.
PS_ these are my original thoughts , please donot drag me in any scoop that pertains doubts!
Edited by 18shabbo - 11 years ago
