Is it legal to write fanfiction about real people?

In 2002, one of the earliest fanfiction forums, Fanfiction.net, banned all fanfiction involving real people. It’s true that there’s no shortage of internet clips where celebrities faced with RPF cringe in response, and most naysayers say writing about living people without their permission is a violation of consent.

Can you mention celebrities in a novel?

In general, yes, you can actually use real names in passing. Names of movies, writers, songs, books, celebrities, etc. What you cannot do is use actual copyrighted material: an excerpt from a book, lyrics from a song, dialog from a movie. But names do not enjoy copyright protection.

How do you introduce the main character in a novel?

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Can you use copyrighted characters in fan fiction?

Copyright gives the author the sole right to create derivative works, basically works which use protected elements of the source material. This is a pretty cut-and-dry situation, stating that you cannot legally use their characters or settings for fan fiction.

How to publish fan fiction professionally?

Publishing fan fiction professionally. As described above this is tricky, but there are two easy paths available. One is Amazon’s ‘Kindle Worlds’. This service allows fan fiction to be professionally published so long as it is from one of the ‘worlds’ which has volunteered to be part of the service.

Is fan fiction a copy of the original?

Fan fiction obviously borrows more than an idea, but neither is it a wholesale copy of the original text. Also, it doesn’t usually borrow much of the plot from the original, if any at all. Rather, it generally copies the more abstract elements of the fictional universe, like characters and locations.

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