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Dirk Meulenbelt’s avatar
Dirk MeulenbeltOP​·​#1321​·​

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

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Dennis Hackethal​·​#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 by Dennis Hackethal​·​#1329​·​
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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​·​#1331​·​
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Copyright encourages creativity because the most creative work is done by the original work’s creator, and copyright protects that creation.

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Dennis Hackethal​·​#1334​·​

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