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Originally Posted by nekokami
On the other hand, one can imagine an author specifically saying "your non-commercial use is fine by me, just don't try to sell it." Perhaps that's the argument here.
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That was my point, Neko. Many authors are happy to turn a blind eye to fan-fiction, for example, which, generally speaking, is technically in breach of the author's copyright in that it's a "derivative work" (I know that there are a few authors who specifically sanction it). If that same fan-fiction were to be commercially published and sold, however, then those same authors would, I suspect, really have no choice but to take legal action to prevent that publication.