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Fan fiction hosting sites like MediaMiner and Fanfiction.net have lists of authors whose fandoms are prohibited from their sites. [44] MediaMinder states, "This is a right they [the copyright owner] have as an author or owner of the work. No copyright owner has to allow fan fiction or even tolerate it."
The term fan fiction has been used in print as early as 1938; in the earliest known citations, it refers to amateur-written science fiction, as opposed to "pro fiction". [3] [4] The term also appears in the 1944 Fancyclopedia, an encyclopaedia of fandom jargon, in which it is defined as "fiction about fans, or sometimes about pros, and occasionally bringing in some famous characters from ...
In India, recourse can be had to trademark law which recognises that fictional characters enjoy goodwill, and provides relief for cases of ‘character merchandising’. ’. Character merchandising has been defined as involving the exploitation of fictional characters by licensing these fictional characters in the case of Star India Private Limited vs Leo Burnett (India) Private L
Fictitious entries on maps may be called phantom settlements, trap streets, [14] paper towns, cartographer's follies, or other names. They are intended to help reveal copyright infringements. [15] They are not to be confused with paper streets, which are streets which are planned but as of the printing of the map have not yet been built.
Fan fiction is a written, remixed fiction that draws on the characters of the writer's fandom, in order to tell the fan fiction writer's own story, or their version of the original story. [66] Remix Culture relies on creators taking one work and repurposing it for another use [ 67 ] just as fan fiction takes an existing work and repurposes it ...
Some might call this the nature of being a fan, while others would label it an obsession. ... Level 3 is called "borderline-pathological" and illustrates a more severe impact on an individual's ...
The copyright symbol, or copyright sign, designated by (a circled capital letter "C"), is the symbol used in copyright notices for works other than sound recordings.
From the Beliebers to the Beyhive and the Little Monsters, here's a complete guide of celebrity fan names. Here's a complete list of what every group of celebrity fans calls themselves Skip to ...