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This Fannish History Friday we’re flashing back to 1991 and author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro’s infamous anti-fanfic crusade and article, “A Matter of Willful Copyright Infringement.”
The incident - one of many of the era in which a genre author objected to fanfic of their creations - began with a fan asking and being denied permission to write fanfic of one of Yarbro’s characters, escalated into threats of legal action, and ended not just with the confiscation of the offending fanzine, but with the fan writers and publishers paying over $1000 to run apology advertisements in Publisher’s Weekly.
Learn more about this tumultuous period in fandom history on Fanlore!
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otw-fanlore:
This Fannish History Friday we’re flashing back to 1991 and author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro’s infamous anti-fanfic crusade and article, “A Matter of Willful Copyright Infringement.”
The incident - one of many of the era in which a genre author objected to fanfic of their creations - began with a fan asking and being denied permission to write fanfic of one of Yarbro’s characters, escalated into threats of legal action, and ended not just with the confiscation of the offending fanzine, but with the fan writers and publishers paying over $1000 to run apology advertisements in Publisher’s Weekly.
Learn more about this tumultuous period in fandom history on Fanlore!
—
Not sure how to become an editor on Fanlore? Check out our wide variety of resources including tutorials or our new visitor portal. If you have any questions, you can also reach out to us directly by using the Ask feature on our Tumblr or email us. Happy editing!