Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 12:47 PM
Subject: "The Vampire Chronicles" by Anne Rice
We represent Anne Rice, the author of the above series of novels and the creator of all characters contained therein, including, without
limitation, Lestat, Louis, Claudia, Marius, Armand, Pandora, Mael, Maharet and Khayman (collectively, the "Property"), and the owner of all
copyrights thereto. As the copyright owner, Ms. Rice has the exclusive right to use such characters in literary material.
It has come to our attention that your website fanfiction.net makes available over the Internet numerous stories and other literary material
which contain the above-listed characters and other material from the Property. Even when done on a nonprofit and/or amateur basis, such
use of such characters and material without Ms. Rice's permission constitutes copyright infringement. While Ms. Rice greatly appreciates
the interest of her fans in her characters and material, it is her and our responsibility to make sure that her rights are not infringed.
Accordingly, we must insist that fanfiction.net immediately refrain from making available over the Internet or otherwise any work based on any
element of the Property, including, without limitation, the above-listed characters. It is essential that you confirm immediately by e-mail that
fanfiction.net has complied with the foregoing. If we do not receive the foregoing reassurance from you by the close of business on Monday,
May 21, 2001, we will have no choice but to advise fanfiction.net's Internet server of this matter, and to ask such server to take appropriate
action. The foregoing is stated without prejudice to the rights and remedies of Ms. Rice and her publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., all of which
are hereby expressly reserved.
Very truly yours, Kleinberg Lopez Lange Brisbin & Cuddy LLP.
Corporate Bandwagon at this time invites any, every, and all comments to spew forth about Anne Rice, her copyright policy, her treatment of
fans, fanfiction.net's reaction, and/or anything that may pertain to this particular issue. Does Anne have a right to ban all fan 'literary material'
(poems, short stories) while lauding other fanworks (drawings, etc.)? Are the lawyers in the wrong about the law?
What do YOU think?
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