tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post1449833676413907132..comments2024-03-28T17:41:16.232-04:00Comments on alien romances: Some useful links from this weekRowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-64453872763272323322015-04-26T19:10:57.060-04:002015-04-26T19:10:57.060-04:00Interesting point about historical persons. For ex...Interesting point about historical persons. For example: Anyone can incorporate the 18th-century self-claimed alchemist Count Saint-Germain into a novel. Diana Gabaldon includes him in her Outlander series. However, no other writer can use the historical character Saint-Germain AS A VAMPIRE without infringing on the copyright of Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. (I believe she successfully brought a suit against another author -- maybe a fanfic writer? -- who did so.)Margaret Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293021955480708191noreply@blogger.com