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  • From: rob AT robmyers.org
  • To: cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] NonDerivative NonCommercial Licenses
  • Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 09:31:39 +0000

Quoting Terry Hancock <hancock AT anansispaceworks.com>:

AFAIK, "noncommercial fan fiction" is usually tolerated by
the copyright holder, but is actually illegal.

Yes, fanfic is derivative work:

http://www.chillingeffects.org/fanfic/faq.cgi
http://www.chillingeffects.org/fanfic/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_fiction#Legal_aspects

And you cannot cc-licence what you do not hold the rights to. :-(

- Rob.





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