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The Legality of Fan Fiction on the Net

23rd
Jun. × ’05
By Kevin A. Thompson
Fan fiction is prevalent on the Internet, but is it legal? It turns out that’s a really interesting question. For the great majority of what is available, the answer is no. ISP’s that distribute these files and the authors of unauthorized works can both be liable for copyright infringement. What is fan fiction? Well, fan [...]
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