Kilted
Vixianna
Yeah except I read that, and I have damn good reading comprehension, and it was still unclear.
Basically, their entire point was that it's wishywashy, and we can't really tell you if your a** is out for legal rape or not.
Yep, that's exactly what they're saying but it's really the very best site I've found to address fanwork at all and yes, they do it by throwing as much information at you as possible so you can draw your own conclusions but it's better than nothing. Most don't want to take it on at all because it's so murky and they can't tell you what to do knowing that no matter how legal your use may be, if someone wants to take you to the cleaners, they will. Money is power, especially in copyright law --- especially since the last copyright extension was made purely to keep Mickey Mouse out of the public domain. All the latest 'reforms' have been anti-innovation so most legal groups are afraid of giving fans advice that might get them in trouble later. You could try
OTW though. They're trying to make the case that fanwork is transformative as strong as possible and they seem to have the legal background necessary so maybe we'll see improvement soon.
Well my work isn't for things like Disney, but for Nick(I'm being purposefully vague here, because I'm not trying to plug myself for one, and for another...corporate hounds. >.>
wink . Meaning that I'd have to go for an affirmative defense of fair use, which is what I suppose claiming that a fanfic is a derivative work(and therefore transformative and subject to fair use) is trying to do.
I just hate feeling legally naked over something that for all study into the subject has been shown to increase sales and give them free advertising.(Knowing that I personally got into or back into some original works because of the fandom works.)
By the way, thanks so much for all these great resources, it's been a fun read so far.