But at that point, it was a matter of mutual respect...
I've seen that in fandoms for some indie musicians, where fans would religiously respect the bands' feelings on bootlegs, downloading music, and so on. They scoured interviews and articles to find out what the artists thought, and showed genuine concern for those artists' feelings and opinions.
And definitely there are lots of ficcers who care in the same way about whether the original creators are hurt by fics. The ones who don't can stop writing their apologias altogether, as far as I'm concerned. If they don't think it's possible to be bad, I'm not sure what the point is of talking about morality.
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Date: 2005-06-28 02:43 am (UTC)I've seen that in fandoms for some indie musicians, where fans would religiously respect the bands' feelings on bootlegs, downloading music, and so on. They scoured interviews and articles to find out what the artists thought, and showed genuine concern for those artists' feelings and opinions.
And definitely there are lots of ficcers who care in the same way about whether the original creators are hurt by fics. The ones who don't can stop writing their apologias altogether, as far as I'm concerned. If they don't think it's possible to be bad, I'm not sure what the point is of talking about morality.