Day in the Life of an Idiot

I think the public does "own" it, though, particularly things we literally take home with us, like books. I'm not saying that your (or my) writing is public property, but I do think that public reaction to my work has change it -- when people noted an anti-Catholicism in my romances, I not only toned it down, but changed the Vatican Witch Hunters into a rogue agency, rather than one directly under the Pope's ageis, even though it was one fan's comment on Amazon.com... I think that made my subsequent books both mine and the women who commented's.

But I hear what you're saying, I think. And I absolutely agree that part of the dialogue betwenn writer/fan (movie/viewer, etc.) is fanfic, and I did get a chance to imply that on the panel at least.