ThePompousMan
Wow. Double standards sure are fun!
That's interesting, though. Do anime companies approve of fanfiction too?
The creators probably do. I know a few of them have given explicit permission (Ken Akamatsu is one that springs to mind), but they speak of it in terms of Japanese ficwriters. I'm not sure about the rest, or about fanfic in other countries. And the permission is for the writing of fanfic, not the selling thereof (which is probably not a good idea, even if nothing has been said on that matter).
As for American companies that redistribute the series, who knows?