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>LOTR is being actively commercially exploited and the commercial exploitations are darn good. Darn good, but not perfect. We are now denied the right to re-i
by Helianthus16 16y ago
>LOTR is being actively commercially exploited and the commercial exploitations are darn good.
Darn good, but not perfect. We are now denied the right to re-interpret LOTR, perhaps because we want to include the Scouring of the Shire--not because the movie was necessarily worse without it, but because we _want_ to.
And heck, take a better example: the Harry Potter movies are in great need of re-interpretation, but don't expect to see independent film-makers getting a bite at that apple anytime soon.
- griftah 16y agoDo we really need more fanfics?
- Helianthus16 16y agowhen you accept that the LOTR movies are just fanfics we've spent millions on, you'll understand why we need more fanfics.
- griftah 16y agoDo we really need to blur difference between art and fanfics even more then?
- gwern 16y agoYes. Fanfiction is an artificial term imposed on us by our current IP regime. It is not a natural kind and simply refers to normal literary practices that run afoul of current laws. Why isn't Shakespeare's _Othello_ fanfiction of Cinthio's short story? Because there was no copyright to run afoul of, and so it was 'only' a retelling or adaptation.
- Jach 16y agohttp://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/1/Harry_Potter_and_the_Methods_of_Rationality http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/1/Harry_Potter_and_the_M... Yes, we do.
- Vivtek 16y agoWell, now we don't.