there is absolutely no reason why fans cannot discuss them in a public forum. Once a work has been released, its fate in the public belongs to the audience, not the author, no matter how much that author thinks that he/she can dictate how fans think about/talk about the work. Authors do not have the right to tell their readers, 'you may only talk about this in a manner that I approve.'
I agree with this 100 percent, btw, and if PAD had contacted Marvel legal and said 'fans are talking about my work in a way I don't like' he would have been laughed out of the office. Nobody is saying that this is why SD was taken down. Maybe that was his motivation for reporting what he thought was a legitimate TOS violation, but so what? If there was something to report, it doesn't matter why he did it.
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Date: 2009-03-02 12:28 am (UTC)I agree with this 100 percent, btw, and if PAD had contacted Marvel legal and said 'fans are talking about my work in a way I don't like' he would have been laughed out of the office. Nobody is saying that this is why SD was taken down. Maybe that was his motivation for reporting what he thought was a legitimate TOS violation, but so what? If there was something to report, it doesn't matter why he did it.