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I am not allowed to sell my Star Wars fan-fiction. Why not?
Not a lawyer but I believe such fan fiction would be considered a derivative work.
Copyright protects original creators’ exclusive right to create derivative works. So, selling your Star Wars fan fiction without permission from the copyright holders would be copyright infringement.
See this article.
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Copyright is stifling to creativity, as now people are not incentivised to write fan-fictions.
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Copyright encourages creativity because the most creative work is done by the original work’s creator, and copyright protects that creation.
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