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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's not a "crime", but I'm afraid it very likely is a violation of copyright, like it or not. I'm sorry, but that's just the way the law is. When you buy a DVD, all you're buying is the physical object. You're not buying any rights to the story, and you just can't (outside a few "fair use" purposes, such as literary criticism or review) just go around publishing stories derived from it without the explicit permission of the rights holder.
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If I remember correctly, when we had the discussion regarding your avatar your position was that you bought the object and you took a photo of it, so your avatar isn't infringing copyright. What is it about fanfiction that makes you reach the opposite conclusion?