Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10502460-20190109235250/@comment-168424-20190110020217

HopelessNightOwl wrote:

Now my impression of fan fiction and the law is that in-universe fan fiction is technically a copyright violation...

The fair use defense generally works unless the copyright holder prohibits re-use of the work to an explicit party. Also, it is hard to separate fanfic from parody in many cases, and parody is generally protected.

You also speak of a crackdown, but who is the source of this enforcement? Without an enforcement agent, it is a fait accompli.