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If someone wanted to write Tayona fanfic though I wouldn't be too upset unless they made money off of it. I don't care what they write online for fun as long as it doesn't become cannon.

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If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it. Its peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.

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Originally posted by Bytemite:
And then there's the likes of Anne Rice, too. I just think a person can't have such a thin skin. If you're going to use other existing ideas, because it's not like vampires are exactly one person's original idea, then you can't disparage people for doing the same thing. You can't get possessive about an idea, it's just silly.

Like I said, it's the old bards of yore. They had these enduring stories, people would add to a story over generations and centuries like a collaborative, parts would become popular or fall out of favour. But none of them thought they OWNED the stories, they made their money by making an enjoyable rendition. In between, they might trade on their professional reputation and do an original story, which would then take on a life of its own. That's the way it's supposed to be.

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