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>you cannot sell copies of your Hermione spin-off, because that'd be copyright infringement, because it is a derivative work But you can distribute it for free
by CapstanRoller 3y ago
>you cannot sell copies of your Hermione spin-off, because that'd be copyright infringement, because it is a derivative work
But you can distribute it for free, as fanfiction.
Also, a no-CD crack does not contain any of the original work. It's akin to a program that you can use to modify, say, your legally-purchased Harry Potter ebook in order to change all instances of "wand" to "wang"
- bragr 3y agoFan fiction is illegal, or at best in a deeply gray area, it's just that most people realize suing your super-fans is a bad move. There are exceptions of course, Anne Rice was famously super litigious over any attempted fan fiction of her characters which generated a lot of bad feelings online. https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gqjz/anne-rice-really-hated-when-people-made-her-characters-bone https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gqjz/anne-rice-really-hate...
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoParamount suing Star Trek fan productions is another great example. They recently took down the Wolf 359 audio book project for example.
- lmm 3y ago> But you can distribute it for free, as fanfiction. Not legally. > Also, a no-CD crack does not contain any of the original work. It's akin to a program that you can use to modify, say, your legally-purchased Harry Potter ebook in order to change all instances of "wand" to "wang" Doesn't matter, it's still a derivative work, just as a translation or annotation that doesn't contain any of the original text is a derivative work.