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Originally Posted by CathrynLouis
I didn't realize that an author could stop fan fiction. Though if I were that fortunate to have readers that wanted to do it, I would leave them to it.  |
It's debatable whether fanfiction can be legally stopped. Certainly some authors have sent out C&D letters; as far as anyone's been able to track down, nobody's actually filed lawsuits for copyright infringement over free fanfic.
Most sites will pull content if the author objects to fanfic, regardless of whether it's legal to publicize. Most fanfic authors will not post fic if the author objects--but some just move to more hidden archives. Anne Rice fanfic is part of the darknets.
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Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) takes the position that most fanfic falls within fair use guidelines, and isn't copyright infringement, and therefore authors have no legal recourse against it. (They can, of course, still object, and many fanfic authors won't write fic that upsets the original author.)