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

I don't have a specific wiki in mind when I talk about this, I'm just fielding a general concern.

Over the past year or so, Fandom has been really pushing consistent enforcement of the CC license. It is my understanding that all wiki content, with the exception of a few legacy wikis that were grandfathered in under non-CC licenses, must be CC-by-SA or a CC compatible license.

With that said, Fandom still has a lot of wikis dedicated to fan fics. Now my impression of fan fiction and the law is that in-universe fan fiction is technically a copyright violation, and the only reason it has been allowed to thrive is that the rights holders for the works people make fan fiction about generally choose to tolerate it, and those with the power to enforce copyright against fan fiction tend to be willing to look the other way and let it slide.

So, does a crackdown on non-CC content spell the end for fan fiction wikis? What about non-fan fiction wikis that still have a large body of fan works as part of their content? 