Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10502460-20190109235250/@comment-10502460-20190110103356

Sebastian Clarke wrote: As far as I understand, most copyright holders are happy for fan-fiction and fan-art of their works to be made, since it's free advertising for them, and with there being so much of it, it's hard to police every instance of fan-art or every instance of fan-fiction, on the web and most likely doing so would result in negative publicity for the copyright holder.

There have been several authors, who began writing fan-fiction who have gone on to publish their works, with movies also being made of their interpretations. The same goes for fan-art, several new comics and anime series started out as fan-art. Also, if you look at all the Marvel and DC characters, they're all copies of each other. Whereas fan-fiction and fan-art might be looked down upon, it's a starting block for authors and artists who will one day forge their own careers, especially if you want work in those industries, and you don't know where to start.

That may all be true, but I'm not concerned about what the rights holders think, I'm concerned about what Fandom staff think and how much of a letter-of-the-law approach they would take.