RE: Re: Scanning books into electronic format

From: Agenbroad, James \(Civ,ARL/CISD\) <jagenbro[_at_]arl.army.mil>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:15:01 -0400

Among the exclusive rights granted to the owner of a copyright under 17USC106 is the right "(2) to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work". Fanfic would certainly count as a derivative work in that it incorporates the characters and situations created by others into a new work.

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From: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property [mailto:CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org] On Behalf Of Wallace J.McLean Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 4:55 PM To: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property Subject: [CNI-(C)] Re: [CNI-(C)] Scanning books into electronic format

• Original Message ----- From: "Agenbroad, James (Civ,ARL/CISD)" <jagenbro[_at_]arl.army.mil> Date: Monday, September 11, 2006 5:40 pm Subject: [CNI-(C)] Re: [CNI-(C)] Scanning books into electronic format

> Eg. Writing fanfic episodes of Star Trek
> and not showing anyone is probably a fair use because while it
> violatesone of the copy-like rights (creation of a derivative
> work) if there's
> no distribution there really isn't any harm.

How does fanfic derived from ANY work infringe that work?

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