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Dirk Meulenbelt’s avatar
Dirk MeulenbeltOP, 7 months ago·#1321

I am not allowed to sell my Star Wars fan-fiction. Why not?

Dennis Hackethal’s avatar
Dennis Hackethal, 7 months ago·#1322

Not a lawyer but I believe such fan fiction would be considered a derivative work.

Copyright protects original creators’ exclusive right to create derivative works. So, selling your Star Wars fan fiction without permission from the copyright holders would be copyright infringement.

See this article.

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Dirk MeulenbeltOP revised 7 months ago·#1326
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Copyright is stifling to creativity, as now people are not incentivised to write fan-fictions.

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Dennis Hackethal revised 7 months ago·#1327
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This idea isn’t marked as a criticism but presumably should be. (Though it need not be marked as a criticism anymore if it’s going to split up into multiple separate submissions as per #1324.)

Criticism of #1326