Document Type
Essay
Abstract
Fan fiction is amateur writing that imaginatively reinvents a work in pop culture while maintaining the identifiable aspects of the preexisting work. Fans of various books, films, and television series write their own versions of the stories and post them online in fan fiction communities. Fan fiction as practiced today is a way for fans to creatively express themselves and become integrated into the story and world they love. The stories range from highly derivative works, where relatively few plot points are changed, to entirely new plot lines using the same world and characters of the original, underlying work. Some provide backstories about existing characters, and some are more in the nature of sequels. Some are quite original works more in the nature of “inspired by” than “derived from.”
DOI
10.37419/LR.V1.I4.7
First Page
959
Last Page
978
Recommended Citation
Steven D. Jamar & Christen B. Glenn,
When the Author Owns the World: Copyright Issues Arising from Monetizing Fan Fiction,
1
Tex. A&M L. Rev.
959
(2014).
Available at:
https://doi.org/10.37419/LR.V1.I4.7
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