[cc-community] Legalities of Fan Fiction

rob at robmyers.org rob at robmyers.org
Fri Nov 2 11:14:11 EST 2007


Quoting Rich Vázquez <rich.vazquez at gmail.com>:

> Does anyone have recommendations up to date resources or pointers to
> information covering the limits of fan fiction and copyright?

http://www.chillingeffects.org/fanfic/
http://www.chillingeffects.org/fanfic/faq.cgi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_issues_with_fan_fiction

>> From what I've read so far, creative commons seems to be an answer to
> opening that up.

If the original author publishes their work under a CC licence or  
agrees to allow CC licenced fanfic, yes.

- Rob.




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