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Q&A Unofficial Fan Fictions - How can I Secure Them?

You are worrying about the wrong thing. No one wants to steal your stuff. Unpublished fiction on the web is of zero commercial value. There are far more people writing it than there are reading it....

posted 8y ago by Mark Baker‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2020-01-03T20:41:49Z (over 4 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:58:37Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:58:37Z (over 4 years ago)
You are worrying about the wrong thing. No one wants to steal your stuff. Unpublished fiction on the web is of zero commercial value. There are far more people writing it than there are reading it.

The only people who should worry about being plagiarized are successful authors who are, first, making money, and, second, have a fanbase of people who admire and may want to emulate their work. Only then would anyone have a motive for plagiarizing it.

In other words, your work is not worth stealing until it is published. Once it is published, it is available to anyone who wants to plagiarize it, and the remedies lie in the courts.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-07-18T11:26:53Z (almost 8 years ago)
Original score: 8