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posted by [personal profile] tadorna at 11:34am on 14/03/2004 under , ,
Some people seem to have very strange ideas of what constitutes a disclaimer. For instance:

"This never happened ... probably ... or it might have done ... actually it did, it's all true."

Uhuh. Right.

"I do not own [insert names of real people here]. They belong to themselves."

Yeah, you've got the wrong end of the stick here, haven't you? As far as I know, RPS writers have never been in much danger of being sued for slavery.

"This [story about other people's fictional characters] never happened."

Again -- wrong end of the stick.

"This belongs to me, don't steal it."

*backs slowly away*
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posted by [identity profile] tvillingar.livejournal.com at 04:27am on 14/03/2004
"Author's Notes: Oh goodie, this is where I get to ramble!"

I don't think so. *delete*
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posted by [identity profile] sheldrake.livejournal.com at 03:51pm on 14/03/2004
Yes, I'd like to thank my dog, my grandmother and my dentist. Oh and my other favourite: 'This fic sucks. It's not beta'd, and in fact I didn't even read it myself, that's how much I hate it. But give me feedback anyway!' Um ... no.
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posted by [identity profile] shirecreature.livejournal.com at 07:32am on 14/03/2004
Puts me in mind of Eddie's D2K cassette where he talks about disclaimers in advertising. (in very fast voice) "This car does not include steering wheel or tires. We are not responsible for anything that happens..."
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posted by [identity profile] sheldrake.livejournal.com at 03:52pm on 14/03/2004
Haha! An Eddie moment for everything. :)
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posted by [identity profile] shirecreature.livejournal.com at 05:55pm on 14/03/2004
I know it's a disease I have...Izzarditis
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posted by (anonymous) at 07:58am on 14/03/2004
Apply at: [livejournal.com profile] its_natural
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posted by [identity profile] sheldrake.livejournal.com at 03:53pm on 14/03/2004
Er... *blinks* Thanks for the thought, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to decline.
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posted by [identity profile] rynalwyn.livejournal.com at 08:32am on 14/03/2004
I've found the trend to write disclaimers that don't actually disclaim anything to be pretty amusing, not to mention annoying and disturbing. But yeah, the "I don't own them" one cracks me up. All those you mentioned fall under the header of "Things In Author's Headers That Make Me Skip a Story Entirely."
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posted by [identity profile] chevauchee.livejournal.com at 12:02pm on 14/03/2004
See now, I spent so much time in regular fandoms that disclaiming ownership is just... It looks funny without it!

And I get bored with disclaimers, so I write random things. Though my current default is "Not mine, not true, not worth a lawsuit."
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posted by [identity profile] sheldrake.livejournal.com at 04:01pm on 14/03/2004
my current default is "Not mine, not true, not worth a lawsuit."

Well, that certainly seems to cover all eventualities. :)
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posted by [identity profile] sheldrake.livejournal.com at 04:00pm on 14/03/2004
"Things In Author's Headers That Make Me Skip a Story Entirely."

Hm, yeah. Doesn't bode well, does it?

Apart from anything else, if you're going to go round making things up about people (and I certainly seem to be making a bit of a habit of it) then surely it's only good manners to stick a disclaimer in there somewhere. [/twisted logic]
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posted by [identity profile] adjectivegirl.livejournal.com at 08:45am on 14/03/2004
::snicker:: You've been reading [livejournal.com profile] monaboyd lately...
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posted by [identity profile] sheldrake.livejournal.com at 04:02pm on 14/03/2004
*coughs*

*looks very hard in the opposite direction*

I don't know what you mean, I'm sure.
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