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What is the legality of publishing fanfiction (nonprofit). All revenues and proceeds from the project will be used to print, publish, and mail the books to backers interested. I'd also like to add an ISBN, if possible, so these books may be donated to libraries if they want it.
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The rights are owned by the authors and, above them, by the authors of the original works. To publish Star Wars fan fiction, for example, you would need permission from the fan fiction author AND from the owner of the Star Wars intellectual property (Disney). Even not-for-profit activities can be infringing copyrights and result in statutory damages ($250-$250k/offense).
Answered on Nov 05th, 2013 at 8:36 AM