Quote Originally Posted by j0ckser
Another thing to bear in mind. Katie posted her story in a public forum for which she was paid nothing. I suspect that would make her story public property. Also there are a number of other people who are writing about this situation, and although Katie's story is the best and the most extensive in describing the overall situation, it is by no means the definitive one.
Having just done Copyright Law at Uni, I can say that her story does not, and cannot, become public property until 50 years after her death or the date of publication. By posting it on the site, she gives the site the right to publish it, that's all, just like a normal publisher. The ideas contained in the story are not protected though, which is the whole basis of fan-fiction, and you are free to use those as long as no copying of the text itself occurs.

I do think that you should contact the original author and inform her, as a simple courtesy, but there is no legal requirement for it to occur. As long as no plagiarism happens (so you can't directly copy ANYTHING from the chapter you mentioned) then you're fine.
That being said, Jinn still has the ability not to publish it here if he so chooses to. And you should make it clear that you are the author of the new story, and aren't associated with Katie.

And now...
Do you have any sort of idea what you want to have occur in the story? If you're inexperienced in BDSM... we have an entire library here of stories that you can read and learn from. Are you asking for ideas on storyline, or technical questions or what? I think the former student idea isn't bad... perhaps make her a relative of Amanda... her cousin, or sister or something?
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