Haven't read the blog in question, but I did want to make a point here...I am a small press author (read no one would ever want to write fan fiction of my stuff) but I have a lot of friends with bigger publishers. They do HAVE to defend their work and discourage fan fiction with an iron fist. It is in their contracts from the publishers. Not quite the same slant that Martin was giving, but the same general point...
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Haven't read the blog in question, but I did want to make a point here...I am a small press author (read no one would ever want to write fan fiction of my stuff) but I have a lot of friends with bigger publishers. They do HAVE to defend their work and discourage fan fiction with an iron fist. It is in their contracts from the publishers. Not quite the same slant that Martin was giving, but the same general point...