On Derivative Works and Ownership

[ariestess]

Hey friends who are in the know in the publishing and/or legal realms, I need your help here. The screenshot below is from a FB group [posted with permission] about the legalities re: ownership of fanfic. It's based off this FB post of tumblr screenshots about why disclaimers are used in fanfic.




Here's my question: Can someone give me a good link(s) that either confirms or refutes the claims this person is making re: ownership of fanfic? Is this really the way it is with derivative works? This is mostly for personal edification, but also because I would like to get the RIGHT info out to people, regardless of whether I'm right or wrong. I'm really curious...

ETA: Sources I have found thus far to support my stance in this situation:

• 10 Copyright Cases Every Fan Fiction Writer Should Know About
  
• Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.
  
• Fanfiction: A Legal Battle of Creativity
  
• Fanfiction Dilemma: Is it Copyright Infringement or Fair Use?
  
• Copyright Myths from the World of Fan Fiction
  
• To Boldly Go…Where Others Have Gone Before: The Copyright Problems of “Fan Fiction”
  
• Where Fan Fiction Stands On Copyright: A Legal Primer
  
  
• 50 Shades Of Copyright Infringement - How The Broken Copyright System Renders A Story Illegal
  Note: This is the SOLE source cited by the other person to support her argument that basically intimates that all fanfic writers who rework their fanfic into an original novel to publish are money-grubbing hacks like EL James. And if they publish through Ylva, they're even worse because she says Ylva is a vanity/self-pub house that isn't legit or reputable.

I'll keep updating this list as I get more info. And I haven't even touched OTW yet...

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