Fan fiction and the fair use doctrine

• Autores: Kaelyn Christiana
• Localización: Serials librarian: The international quarterly of serials management, ISSN 0361-526X, ISSN-e 1541-1095, Vol. 65, Nº. 3-4, 2013, págs. 277-285
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article analyzes the legality of Internet fan fiction through the �fair use doctrine� and the �four factor� test. Internet fan fiction exists in a copyright gray area, because it is (generally) not sold for profit and instead of borrowing from a source material's words, it borrows from their characters and worlds. In addition, there has been no legal precedent set regarding Internet fan fiction, so each instance must be taken on a case by case basis. This article attempts to navigate that gray area by exploring the basics of Fair Use, and then applying them to Internet fan fiction.