But the powers that be forced fans to destroy all those copies. So again, it's just a matter of scope. Pissed off PTP have always existed. And frankly, from what you've told me, it was not to prevent law suits, but to keep Paul Darrow available to fans, through Starlog magazine, that these things were destroyed anyway. People panicked and reacted.
I think if a story is withdrawn by a fan, in response to an angy actor, that's a lovely thing. But do you really think there's no copy of that zine, illegally copied, sitting around somewhere? Because fans being who we are, the originals may have been returned, but somebody along the way copied it. It's beyond naivete to assume otherwise.
But now your objection to RPS has morphed from a moral stance to one of pragmatism: Save the fandom!
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Date: 2005-03-17 08:59 pm (UTC)I think if a story is withdrawn by a fan, in response to an angy actor, that's a lovely thing. But do you really think there's no copy of that zine, illegally copied, sitting around somewhere? Because fans being who we are, the originals may have been returned, but somebody along the way copied it. It's beyond naivete to assume otherwise.
But now your objection to RPS has morphed from a moral stance to one of pragmatism: Save the fandom!
Which is it that really bugs you?