Can Fandom Tropes Be Copyrighted? The NY Times Covers a Lawsuit Involving Omegaverse Fiction

[zodgory]

A lawsuit involving online erotica raises a new question: can tropes from a fan-generated genre like the Omegaverse be copyrighted? @xanalter reports on a strange intellectual property dispute. https://t.co/yliBGeYpqL
- The New York Times (@nytimes) May 23, 2020
-Omegaverse (or A/B/O) as a concept originated as a fanfic trope from a prompt on the

Comments

[nikonplix]

If I ever see omega verse in the mainstream like in movie theaters or books in Costco I’m just gonna have to tap out man

[ishumy]

I can live happier not having to worry about hearing "give me your knot, Alpha!" in any movies, that's for sure.

[reciprocidad]

noooo. Thanks for implanting that image into my head

[readeliza]

Timothy Chalmamet’s next big role.

[ishumy]

And of course the 4th fic with most kudos on AO3 for the peach movie is an A/B/O one, so there Tim goes!

[deborahkla]

lmaoo

[lozbabie]

I keep getting these sponsored ads on FB with them and I don’t know what started them. (This thread won’t help)

[namae_nai]

i think the a/b/o universe is built on graphic porn too much to hit mainstream lol. it's also very close to beastiality tbh...

[des_pudels_kern]

Coincidentally, I think I first encountered a/b/o back in Teen Wolf fanfic, which would technically count as xenophilia.

[bellwetherr]

yeah i only know of this because of teen wolf