Featured Article: Unauthorized Sequel
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This week’s Featured Article is Unauthorized Sequels—of the fanfiction variety, that is. It’s often considered polite to ask permission before riffing on another fanwork, but not all writers feel that it’s necessary.
Since there are no set rules to this kind of interaction, fan opinions on this type of recursive fanfiction unsurprisingly run the gamut, and creators who feel strongly against it have gone so far as to threaten “copyright infringement.”
Read the fannish arguments for and against Unauthorized Sequels on Fanlore.
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