labingi

This is very interesting, and a good point! I remember children's book author Pija Lindenbaum lamenting that she'd run into problems with her Kenta och barbisarna, because the protagonist was playing with a Barbie doll and that COULD NOT BE ALLOWED in the English translation. Which is ridiculous, because no one in their right mind would think the book was licenced Mattel material.

Having to avoid "all you need is love" is, of course, even more ridiculous.

At least I can be grateful that if I ever write any original fic, it'll most likely stay untranslated and I thus only have to follow my own country's slightly less insane copyright rules. But of course that doesn't mean I shouldn't support AO3's efforts to give other people the same rights.