Cyberweasel89 Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Are we allowed to post original fanfiction we've written on the Nexus? And if so, what's the appropriate forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub3rman123 Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Sounds like it. I think the Druid's Garden area would be best for it. That's where most people post their works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberweasel89 Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 Okay. Thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Most fanfic is fine. However, One author - of a famous magic series revolving around a glasses wearing young mage and his adventures at the magical university he attends - (Her lawyers search to find every reference to her name and book titles as well as her character names for people to sue) has sued fanfic authors for using her characters and themes without consent. :rolleyes: Please keep it clean enough for a thirteen year old (PG13) to avoid unnecessary flaming and trolling. Here is a wiki on the legality of fanfic :psyduck:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_issues_with_fan_fiction If that doesn't scare you off, go for it. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roquefort Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Most fanfic is fine. However, One author - of a famous magic series revolving around a glasses wearing young mage and his adventures at the magical university he attends - (Her lawyers search to find every reference to her name and book titles as well as her character names for people to sue) has sued fanfic authors for using her characters and themes without consent. :rolleyes: Please keep it clean enough for a thirteen year old (PG13) to avoid unnecessary flaming and trolling. Here is a wiki on the legality of fanfic :psyduck:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_issues_with_fan_fiction If that doesn't scare you off, go for it. :thumbsup:Just to note that the Wiki page says, of JK Rowling; J. K. Rowling has also complained about sexually explicit Harry Potter fan fiction. However, lawyers on behalf of Ms. Rowling specifically noted, she has "no complaint about innocent fan fiction written by genuine Harry Potter fans". ..so we might yet see a mod in which young Potter joins the Mages' Guild :tongue: The following link is possibly more reliable than Wiki with regard to copyright facts:-http://www.copyright.gov/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hickory Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 The following link is possibly more reliable than Wiki with regard to copyright facts:-http://www.copyright.gov/ Actually, this one would be more appropriate, seeing as the Nexus sites are based in the UK:http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roquefort Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 True, and I nearly posted that one as well. But the majority of the site's users are outside the UK, and probably in the USA; also this isn't about site-specific issues. Bear in mind too that some, maybe all(?), of the nexus files are mirrored on US servers, and most likely subject to US law. US copyright law is likely to conform to internationally agreed standards and, in any case, where do you stop with listing all possibly official links for this subject? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thandal Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 ... in any case, where do you stop with listing all possibly official links for this subject? ;)I usually cite "The Berne Convention", and leave it at that. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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