The Children of Herne (Robin of Sherwood zine)
| Zine | |
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| Title: | The Children of Herne |
| Publisher: | the fan club, The Children of Herne |
| Editor(s): | Margie Goforth, Jeanine Hennig, Jeanne Hutton, Lynn Kingsley |
| Type: | |
| Date(s): | 1989 |
| Frequency: | quarterly |
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| Fandom: | Robin of Sherwood |
| Language: | English |
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The Children of Herne was a Robin of Sherwood newsletter published by the club of the same name.
There were five issues, after which the club ceased. The editors cited their lack of time and energy to continue the hard work.
Issue 1
Children of Herne 1
Issue 2
Children of Herne 2
Issue 3
Children of Herne 3
Issue 4
Children of Herne 4 was published in 1989 and contains the first half of an interview with Michael Praed that was conducted at Anglicon in May 1989.
Issue 5
Children of Herne 5 was published in 1989 and contains the second half of an interview with Michael Praed that was conducted at Anglicon in May 1989.
An excerpt:
JEANNE: I don't want to open a can of worms, but I'm on the art show here [at Anglicon 1989). and there has been a lot of debate about copyright. How do you feel about people taking photos or drawing your image, either as the character you played or as you, then selling and profiting from it?
MICHAEL: It's a real interesting debate, isn't it. The conventions I've done, I've never been paid for. obviously, and train fares, air fares, drink, and all that, but I've never been paid for an appearance. Frankly, I've never asked for a fee because they're not professionally run organizations. However, my lady, Finola, does do conventions where she gets paid very handsomely. Now, if you're being paid for something, I have absolutely no problem with people drawing your picture. To answer your question, I personally don't have a problem with it or with any aspect of it, a part from one thing. It does get me when I've seen copies of pictures of myself that a great photographer and a good friend of mine, Brian Arris, has taken being sold. He's losing money. I think, really, he should be getting some of the money for this. Not me; he should be. It’s not really fair on him.
I really don't have a problem with someone who wants to draw my picture and then sell it. Sell it for as much money as you can possibly get. If it's for my face, good on you; I really don't care. There's nothing you can do about it because it's impossible for you to enforce copyright law. Is it an infringement of copyright to draw the bloody Enterprise?
JEANNE: I understand it's a very grey area, and Paramount is considering conducting a test case.
MICHAEL: Well, they're bloody stupid. Shall I tell you why? Star Trek [The Next Generation], the series that is on TV, has come about for one reason, and one reason only. Because the (original] Star Trek series was a huge success. Why was it a huge success? Because of Trekkies. Trekkies do what? They go to conventions all the time. There is no harm to a show by doing what happens at conventions. In fact, it does a tremendous amount of good for the show because it rejuvenates interest and get new viewers. I hear it all the time. "I came to the convention not knowing anything about Robin Hood and saw the video and loved it." So I think a great deal of good is done by art shows.
My other point is that if you get paid $10,000 to appear at a convention for an hour and to sign your name, it does seem a little ungracious to then start demanding a percentage of everything that gets sold there. If you've been paid, shut up, do your job, and leave.
The reason why no one has done anything about it is because you're probably not talking about very much money. If you're talking about an artist making $100,000 because of infringement of copyright, you'd be in court right now.