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

[readeliza]

I had no idea the Supernatural fandom was to blame for the atrocity that is omegaverse. Thanks a lot for inflicting that on the world, weirdos.

[ohmylol]

I hate how much I used to like that show

[tetrazzinichikn]

I watched it in college then all of law school, and I’ve been practicing law for ten years.

[veritas_44]

🙄🤢

[krystiocracy]

excuse me?

[theoryofwar]

[ohmylol]

I want to go back to the time when people were ashamed of liking Mpreg and when ABO wasn't s thing, now every fanfic has that and I hate it

[lawofcosines]

we need to bring back fandom bullying

[babs]

lmfao

[juanitatequila]

fandoms have gotten WAYYYYY too brave, the tumblr era really was a mistake by normalizing that shit