urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:anonusr anonusr anonusr 2014-01-12T00:02:19Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:anonusr:1230 2014-01-12T00:02:19Z 2014-01-12T00:02:19Z A friend of mine once said that the reason fanfiction is largely ignored by the authors of original works (and their lawyers) is because of a basic copyright principle. You generally don&#39;t get sued if you:<br /><ul><br /><li><span style="line-height: 1.4;">Don&#39;t make money off of someone else&#39;s copyright</span></li><br /><li>Don&#39;t do anything that blocks the copyright owner from making money on their copyright</li><br /></ul>So, here&#39;s my question - what about commissioned fic?&nbsp;Groups like the Organization for Transformative Works (the group that runs A03) &nbsp;argue that fanfiction is completely legal because it is classified as a transformative work (under United States copyright law), and therefore does not infringe on the copyright of the original author - so, in theory, you should be able to sell your fic.&nbsp;However, to the best of my knowledge, there haven&#39;t been any major legal cases that have tested this theory.<br /><br />Since I have a few fic authors on my friend list, I wanted to ask - what do you think? Do you accept commissions? If so, is this something that concerns you? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:anonusr:1007 2013-10-08T03:16:02Z 2013-10-08T03:16:02Z <p>Time to update the profile, I suppose. </p><p>Also, I have an avatar now!</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:anonusr:708 2010-03-15T06:56:13Z 2010-03-15T06:56:13Z I've updated by bio. That is all.