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					Originally Posted by  snookums
					 
				 
				Is this legal? It doesn't sound like he had permission from the shows creators. Am I wrong? Either way, I'll read it. 
			
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 If he's providing the story for free (as he is), it is considered acceptable to most copyright laws (he is not directly profiting off of someone else's property).  It makes his story nothing more than fan-fiction.
He could be doing it for purely promotional purposes, to gain a larger following for his for-profit writing, or to show the copyright owners that he can write 
Firefly stories, with hopes to get a contract to write more for profit.  This, too, is considered acceptable by most copyright laws.