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How the Grynch Stole Fandom
| Fanwork | |
|---|---|
| Title: | How the Grynch Stole Fandom |
| Creator: | Peter David |
| Date(s): | posted to alt.tv.star-trek.voyager, see Peter David's "How the Grynch Stole Fandom" on January 13, 2001, "published January 19, 2001, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1418" |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom: | |
| External Links: | How the Grynch Stole Fandom, Archived version |
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How the Grynch Stole Fandom is a 2001 parody by "Doctor Spoof," aka Peter David.
The poem was written in response to Fandom, Inc.'s heavy-handed attempt to copyright the word fandom and shut down fan websites.
It was mentioned in Name Your Fandom™: Website name dispute has larger implications.
Excerpt
- "But in the end, fanzines, they kept coming out.
- This irked the Grynch greatly; it made the Grynch pout.
- He had to stop fandom right down at its core.
- If he did it right, there’d be fandom no more…
- And then… he had an idea.
- The Grynch had a horrible, wondrous idea.
- “I’ll beat them by playing their own fannish game
- I’ll start up a website… and steal their name!
- There won’t be a fandom, if I own it all
- Their websites will crumble; momentum will stall;
- From this moment on, I will see fandom’s fall!"