Copyright's not the issue, unless they were plagiarizing the text to begin with, in which case paying for it is the least of the problems.
Trademarks are the issue. Giving the appearance of writing original material with trademarked properties for money kicks his fanfiction completely out of the legal grey area that fanfic resides in. It becomes using someone else's intellectual property for profit.
Trademarks are the issue. Giving the appearance of writing original material with trademarked properties for money kicks his fanfiction completely out of the legal grey area that fanfic resides in. It becomes using someone else's intellectual property for profit.
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....