Japanese consider doujinshi as similar to our adaptations of Shakespeare's plays. They could prosecute if they wanted to, but they don't see the harm in fans creatively reinterpreting their work. They've still got the original, and that's what people will always come back to. So Japanese are much more likely to crack down on the outright reproduction of 'canon' work, which ticks them off to no end since they're so generous otherwise.
I can understand this, both parts. Do you know if something similar to Doujinshi exists for works that are entirely textual?
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Date: 2004-10-20 12:18 pm (UTC)I can understand this, both parts. Do you know if something similar to Doujinshi exists for works that are entirely textual?