There's no tried and true 'solution' to any of this.
Every single fan site in existence exists because it's not worth shutting it down. and, well the folks that own the shows recognize that they do need the fans, and shutting down sites tends to make fans angry
It's a balancing act and a bit like 'don't ask/don't tell'
as long as fan sites don't do things to draw attention to themselves, tptb tend to ignore them
as to fanfic, many original authors don't seem to mind folks playing with their charactrers. Others do. JD Robb, aka Nora Roberts, does not like people playing with her characters so she's asked some sites, such as fanfiction.net to not allow fic containing her characters to be archived. I seem to recall hearing that JK Rowling doesn't have an issue with fanfic as long as it's not slash (same sex fic). In some cases, fanfic writers have been asked and eventually hired to become professional writers, writing officially endorsed stories.
Usually what legal action that there is is the owners of the copyright sending the site owners a cease and desist. The owners basically say 'take it down or we'll sue' and the site owners take the fic/site down and things are over.
Every single fan site in existence exists because it's not worth shutting it down. and, well the folks that own the shows recognize that they do need the fans, and shutting down sites tends to make fans angry
It's a balancing act and a bit like 'don't ask/don't tell'
as long as fan sites don't do things to draw attention to themselves, tptb tend to ignore them
as to fanfic, many original authors don't seem to mind folks playing with their charactrers. Others do. JD Robb, aka Nora Roberts, does not like people playing with her characters so she's asked some sites, such as fanfiction.net to not allow fic containing her characters to be archived. I seem to recall hearing that JK Rowling doesn't have an issue with fanfic as long as it's not slash (same sex fic). In some cases, fanfic writers have been asked and eventually hired to become professional writers, writing officially endorsed stories.
Usually what legal action that there is is the owners of the copyright sending the site owners a cease and desist. The owners basically say 'take it down or we'll sue' and the site owners take the fic/site down and things are over.
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