Re: Re: Scanning books into electronic format

From: Wallace J.McLean <ag737[_at_]freenet.carleton.ca>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:00:01 -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.

Characters, yes.

Situations? Not necessarily. Received on Thu Sep 14 2006 - 21:00:01 GMT

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