I'm saying that fannish activites have real world consequences, and ignoring a branch of fannish activity doesn't make those consequences go away.
I'm saying that even if you discount moral objections, there already is a precedent of stars taking exception to what fans write about them and there already is a legal precedent of people suing over RPF and suing for crossing the line between public and private. To say that there hasn't been a specific lawsuit over RPS yet is disingenuous. All of the elements have already happened. If it doesn't happen in Fandom A, it will inevitably happen in Fandom B or C.
I'm also saying that the stars have no clue who is writing this stuff for fun and who are the freaky people, so fandoms are already losing out when stars get frightened of their own fandoms.
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Date: 2005-03-17 07:59 pm (UTC)I'm saying that even if you discount moral objections, there already is a precedent of stars taking exception to what fans write about them and there already is a legal precedent of people suing over RPF and suing for crossing the line between public and private. To say that there hasn't been a specific lawsuit over RPS yet is disingenuous. All of the elements have already happened. If it doesn't happen in Fandom A, it will inevitably happen in Fandom B or C.
I'm also saying that the stars have no clue who is writing this stuff for fun and who are the freaky people, so fandoms are already losing out when stars get frightened of their own fandoms.