* Copyright.
* Banners, Covers, and Story Summaries.
* Derivative Works.
* Fan Works.
* Shared Universe Disclaimer.
Updated May 2012.
All of the contents of this domain are copyrighted. Copyright notices
can be found at the bottom of each page of the domain, or in the end credits
of the videos. These copyright notices may give information on what you're
allowed to do with the text or video without seeking permission from me.
If you would like to request permission to do something else with the text
or video, please e-mail me.
BANNERS, COVERS, AND STORY SUMMARIES
Permission is granted for the reposting and reprinting of the banners,
covers, and story summaries (blurbs) for the purposes of providing information
on Dusk Peterson's writings. Please link to duskpeterson.com if possible.
This is my policy for works that closely follow the original text of my writings, such as a translation or abridgement. If you wish to create a work that is loosely inspired by my writings, such as art or fan fiction, see my policy for fan works. If you're not sure which of these two policies your work falls under, just ask me.
For works that carry a Creative Commons license, follow the terms of the license. For all other works, please contact me. I'm generous about granting permission for noncommercial derivative works. If you would like to create a commercial work, we can discuss terms.
If you have permission to publish a derivative work, please do the following:
1) Give credit to Dusk Peterson, give the title of the original work, and briefly indicate what type of work you've created (translation, audio book, etc.).2) Reprint the original copyright notice. The original copyright notice can be found in the copyright section of e-books or at the bottom of the page of text of online writings.
For example:
"Translation by Jane Doe of Dusk Peterson's Twenty Thousand Gold Stars. This text was originally published at duskpeterson.com as part of the series Unmasked. Copyright © 2007 Dusk Peterson. Some rights reserved. The text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0). You may freely print, post, e-mail, share, or otherwise distribute the text for noncommercial purposes, provided that you include this paragraph. The author's policies on derivative works and fan works are available online (duskpeterson.com/copyright.htm)."
If you have any questions about my writings ("I'm not sure how this
particular word should be translated"), feel free to
e-mail
me.
If you create a work that is inspired by my writings, I'll be glad to
list it on my Shared Universes
page.
This is my policy for works that are loosely inspired by my writings, such as art or fan fiction. If you wish to create a work that closely follows the original text of my writings, such as a translation or abridgement, see my policy for derivative works. If you're not sure which of these two policies your work falls under, just ask me.
Fan works are welcome. There are no restrictions on what sort of changes you may make to the original work in your fan work. AU my works, slash 'em, het 'em, gen 'em, slice and dice 'em however you want. Just be sure to give credit properly.
In order to distribute fan works, please do the following:
1) Give credit to Dusk Peterson, give the title of the original work, and briefly indicate what type of work you've created (artwork, fanvid, etc.).2) Link to duskpeterson.com.
For example:
"This fanfic is inspired by The Eternal Dungeon, a series by Dusk Peterson."
"Artwork for Dusk Peterson's 'Bard of Pain' (duskpeterson.com)."
If you have any questions about my stories ("Does this world you've
created have this particular custom?"), feel free to
e-mail
me.
If you create a work that is inspired by my writings, I'll be glad to
list it on my Shared Universes
page.
My stories are shared universes: anyone is free to create fan works based on my fiction. Works by fan creators that are set in my shared universes are produced without my help (except insofar as fan creators sometimes ask me, "Does such-and-such occur in the society you've written about?"). My series are plotted out by the time I begin publishing them, so any coincidences between fan works and my later works in the same series just go to show that (1) any plot in the world that has ever been written, has been written more than once, and (2) my readers are really, really good at picking up on foreshadowing by me. So I'm not feeding them storylines, and they're not feeding me storylines. (Believe me, my Muse keeps me busy enough as it is.)
By the same token, I reserve the right to totally screw up my readers'
expectations of what's going to happen next.
"[Fan fiction writers] don't have my characters. They have their own versions of my characters. And they're not in my world; they're in their own simulacrum . . ."Fanfiction doesn't affect canon because . . . well, because it isn't canon, because I didn't write it. If somebody writes a fic where Lee goes into a homicidal rage and kills Bran's grandfather, it doesn't affect my story any more than someone leaving a comment on my work saying, 'I wish Lee would go into a homicidal rage and kill Bran's grandfather!' . . .
"The way I see it, fanfic is just another expression of what people who enjoy my work wish they could see happen, and as such, no, I'm not bothered. . . . Thank you so much for your kind words about my writing, and I'm thrilled to hear I may have inspired you to write some of your own."
—Maculategiraffe (who, as always, puts the matter so well).
This
text was originally published at duskpeterson.com.
Copyright © 2006-2012 Dusk Peterson. Some rights reserved. The text
is licensed under a Creative
Commons Attribution Noncommercial License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0).
You may freely print, post, e-mail, share, or otherwise distribute the
text for noncommercial purposes, provided that you include this paragraph.
The author's policies on
derivative works and fan works are available online (duskpeterson.com/copyright.htm).