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skip.knox
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"Swords aren't Lightsabers"
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I was fortunate enough to visit Oslo briefly some years ago and happened on a museum there (the historical museum, not the ship museum)...
Dec 18, 2025
Naruzeldamaster
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Differences between 'copyright' and 'trademark' when doing parodies.
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Discussion in a different thread has lead to this one because it got me curious. In my mind, I FEEL like I understand how far you could...
Dec 18, 2025
KATutin
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What's the best writing advice you ever received?
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Advice received! And for me, writing every day would burn me out. That's not to say I don't do other writing-related things.
Dec 18, 2025
Mad Swede
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"Swords aren't Lightsabers"
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Ulfbehrt swords are made of steel which has a high carbon content (about 1.8 - 2.0%), which makes the blade both strong and flexible...
Dec 18, 2025
Naruzeldamaster
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What if your story idea has already been done?
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Fair point, still not a risk I'd be willing to take if my parody was that close to the thing I'm parodying ya know? Plus if I was doing...
Dec 18, 2025
Malik
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"Swords aren't Lightsabers"
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I haven't heard this. It's possible, but the trick is to get exactly the right amount of carbon in your iron for the task at hand...
Dec 18, 2025
pmmg
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What if your story idea has already been done?
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Hmmm… i dont wish to pretend to know all things copyright, but the superman S is probably a trademark and not a copyright issue.
Dec 18, 2025
pmmg
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What's the best writing advice you ever received?
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Was the dont need to write everyday advice you received, or a reply to my rules? For me, i will say mileage may vary, but if your story...
Dec 18, 2025
Naruzeldamaster
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What if your story idea has already been done?
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I think the defining thing that makes a parody not fair use is 'how much of the parody resembles the actual thing' I could probably make...
Dec 18, 2025
Karlin
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Most recent books you bought.
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Bought Zorba the Greek as an ebook, new translation. Rereding it- thsi is probably the third or fourth time I'm reading it. Realizing...
Dec 18, 2025
KATutin
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Most recent books you bought.
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Oak King Holly King by Sebastian Nothwell Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning This Cursed House by Del Sandeen. Two and three are not...
Dec 18, 2025
KATutin
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Scrivener Software: to use or not?
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Purchased Scrivener some years ago now. Never looked back.
Dec 18, 2025
Prince of Spires
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"Swords aren't Lightsabers"
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Isn't one of the theories surrounding the Viking ulfberht swords that the iron used in them was mined from a region in India which had a...
Dec 18, 2025
Prince of Spires
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What if your story idea has already been done?
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Parodies are sort of their own separate thing in copyright law. They can be fair use, even if they copy a lot of the original. Which is...
Dec 18, 2025
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Ronin872
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What's the best writing advice you ever received?
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"Today will be better than yesterday"
Dec 18, 2025
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