Most authors are fine with fanfiction of their work, as long as they are not sold commercially. Some authors are even flattered by the thought of having fanfics written about their works. However, due to legal reasons, original authors might not be able to read or acknowledge fanfictions.
However, according to many lawyers, such as those associated with the Organization for Transformative Works, the nonprofit organization that runs the AO3 website and offers legal advice and assistance to fanfiction authors, fanfiction is absolutely legal under the fair use doctrine.
She likes it, with stipulations. Obviously, she isn't going to sue any fanfic writer who goes against her wishes, but she has certain preferences. Child/adult shipping is out, and she personally finds Snape with anyone to be awful.
Writing fanfiction is against the law.
Fanfiction has encountered problems with intellectual property law due to usage of copyrighted characters without the original creator or copyright owner's consent.
Fanfiction is generally a derivative work. The copyright holder of the original work has the exclusive right to produce derivative works. Thus, a derivative work, including fanfiction, that is not produced with the copyright holder's consent, could infringe on the copyright holder's copyright.
The “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” appendices served as the series' inspiration. Author Demetrios Polychron, who resides in Los Angeles, believes they stole his fanfiction ideas instead.
Australia, France and many other countries have these laws. Ao3 currently allows it, even has tags that lead to it, so long as it's not an image. I'm not talking about underage stuff in general, but full on explicit rape scenes with children.
Wattpad takes copyright infringement very seriously. Users are not permitted to post stories they do not own unless they have legal permission from the owner and can provide evidence when requested.
It's still reading.
No matter what you read—a novel, a poem, a fanfiction piece—it's still reading, so when you read fanfiction, you get all the benefits of reading, plus all the things I've mentioned above. Who cares if what you're reading is not a “real book”? Who cares if it's not written by a “real author”?
The novel was rejected by 12 different publishing houses before Bloomsbury accepted it. It goes on: "A copy was submitted to Bloomsbury Publishing and was a significant step in convincing them to offer J.K. Rowling her first contract."
Despite the reputation it has for being written by amateurs, fan fiction is something unique that writers put work into and readers enjoy. Therefore, it should be considered literature. Fan fiction is stories written by fans inspired by an existing work of art.
The only bad thing about fanfiction reading is you could possibly mix up fanon and canon… that's it. It's not bad or inappropriate to read fanfiction and anyone who tells you otherwise is gatekeeping.
Are authors allowed to read fanfiction? As I understand it, professional authors are advised (by their agents, publishers, etc.) not to read fanfiction based on their own works.
As per the Terms of Service, Wattpad is only available for people who are 13 years of age or older. If we learn someone under 13 is using Wattpad Services, we'll terminate their account. We also collect your date of birth to ensure that we serve you with the right content for your age.
In 1952, the world's first book of fanfic about fans appeared. The Enchanted Duplicator by Walt Willis and Bob Shaw was a metafiction based on Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, but which described a world populated with sci-fi fans. It chronicles the adventures of hero Jophan in "the land of Mundane".
Remember, on Wattpad you retain all rights to your stories. Not all platforms work this way, so be careful and cautious when approached by anyone who wants you to sign away your hard work.
[Updated] No, Archive of Our Own (AO3) is not shutting down: Here's what we know. New updates are being added at the bottom of this story……. Original story (published on February 7, 2023) follows: Archive of Our Own (AO3) is a non-profit, open-source, fan-created archive for fanfiction and other fan works.
Legal protections
Australia does not have explicit freedom of speech in any constitutional or statutory declaration of rights, with the exception of political speech which is protected from criminal prosecution at common law per Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd v Commonwealth.
CP is the abbreviation of the English word coupling (pairing). It was originally used in the context of virtual fictions (in the forms of comics, animation, and video games), but later, it extended to all character pairing relationships, including in the real world [1].
There are works that are fewer than 500 words and longer than 500,000 words. The longest works of fiction in the world are both fanfictions too. The longest is “The Loud House: Revamped” and is 16,000,000 words. The second longest piece of fiction is a Super Smash Bros fanfiction that is 4,100,000 words.
These rumors have been going around for years, there's no evidence that ffn is shutting down. That said, it is always a good idea to have a back-up of your own work and to download stories you want to read again.