/lit/ - Literature

>>5014585
people who self publish don't understand or care about copyright laws.

One time I saw a self published book and, no joke, no exaggeration, it just straight up had a picture of Lightning from Final Fantasy 13 as the cover image. Not fanart, either, like a promotional image made by Square Enix.

>>5014585
Mojang would honestly probably not give a shit if they noticed. Kids are writing books. Kids and morons, and neither are really worth fighting with.

These books being on store shelves probably markets the game more than anything. And I think they can still technically be called parodies which makes fighting them in court an iffy matter at best.

This makes me sick. Not because of the copyright infringements, but the fact that these young, self-publishing authors, rather than creating something even remotely original, steal from a fucking video game.

>>5015306
>young authors

>>5014585
>>5015306
Who gives le fuck? The world as we know it is hurtling to screaming oblivion.

>>5014616
didn't notch sue somebody for trying to make a minecraft movie a while back?

>>5014598
Well, yeah, I expect that from things that just show up overnight on Createspace. Some of these are showing up at actual bookstores.

>>5014616
You can still lose potential revenue from books written by kids and you can still take their parents to the cleaners for allowing this sort of behavior.

>>5017014
What bookstores? Where do you live?

>>5017029
New England.

>>5014585
>>5014598
I met these people at the Louisville KY Comic-con, they really believe their story is good.

>>5017056
You have to choices
1. burn all those books
2.leave

>people actually pay money to buy books about fucking minecraft

>>5015550

Good point.

>>5017014

Yeah, that's gonna be great PR. "BREAKING: Fat nerd virgin sues creative child for not paying him royalties".

If I could write a story and put it on my website with ads on it, I don't see why I couldn't publish it. Fan fiction is fair use.

>>5017972

>>5017995
>making a profit
>from a commercial endeavor
>fair use

fair use is not a magic word that lets you get away with copyright infringement

>>5018026
Did he make a profit?

>>5014585
>I've been seeing Minecraft novels in bookstores lately that are clearly not sanctioned by Mojang. How is this sort of thing legal? They're not parodies because they don't make light of the source material. They're straight-faced adventure books written for kids. Is Mojang just cool with people using their intellectual property like that?

Yes, they are.

>people actually being this retarded

https://account.mojang.com/documents/minecraft_eula

Mojang has stated very clearly that they don't give a shit about videos, mods, etc whatever content as long as you aren't pirating their shit, essentially

>>5018237
14,000 copies sold

>>5015752
Yeah, BrandonJLA (of FreddieW/Rocket Jump fame) was making a Minecraft movie until Notch stuck his dick in it, but things have since been settled.
Apparently he has no problem with people using his intellectual property, but when you start making money off of it he's got to put a stop to that shit.

>>5018337
And selling books isn't making money off it?

>>5018257
Extended universe material is a market that's supposed to be conquered by the copyright owners, so it's a much bigger deal than stuff like Let's Plays.

>>5018545
>Implying self published Minecraft novels written by fucking idiots make any significant amount of money.

>write a novel based on my life
>I'm are arsefucking smug prick
>don't get sued by city of Dublin
>book is considered a classic

>write a novel based on my life
>I'm a shitty mouthbreather whose Dasein is de-severed and projected into Minecraft all day everyday
>get sued by Notch for trying to write about my shitty life
>book is considered shit

>>5018581
I laffed

Fuck I miss daily Heidegger threads.

>>5018581
it's what you get for being a shut-in

>Self-Publishing

>>5019304
10/10, literary masterpiece
post more

>>5019304
>Mike Craft

Next James Joyce. You heard it here first.

>>5019304
I'm getting a very 'Tao Lin' vibe from this page.

>>5019322
man this shit is some next level poetry type of stuff

>>5019304
>>5019322
My eyes are bleeding.

>>5019304
>>5019322
This is the funniest thing i've read in awhile.

>implying any of you could wright even remotely as good as this kid does during elementary school.

>>5015306

rules and colsed settings boost creativity!

answer quick:
do something creative
do something creative with your computer mouse and keyboard

>>5018026
>Mike Craft

>>5019631
Nice meme
Here's another

>>5019630
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C_HReR_McQ

>>5019322
>Mark Jebson
Subtlety just isn't this guy's thing is it?
I swear if the bully's name turns out to be Her O. Brine I'm going to fucking lose it.

>>5019647
haha what is this 2013

>>5019312
>>5019524
>>5020488
>making fun of an elementary school student's writing
>making fun of an elementary school student who sold 14,000 copies

>>5017972
Self pub on amazon but I saw a whole series of "erotic adventures" that were copy pasted second life chat rp.

>>5019322

Hm... Okay, I think you found the wrong book.

It's actually "my friend ane i minkfraffed and he sad o no tge heobren is in me an dfen i punchfed him and it left hym" The other 137977 words are just "i writ a nivel mommy" copy pasted over and over again.

I legitimately feel bad for all of these people who get swindled by this self-publishing scam. This kid is going to have his named attached to this piece of shit forever.

>>5019304
>>5019322


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