Wishfullfillment is no copyright violation...

[zeroambi]

... says a Munich court today in a case that is not entirely uninteresting form a fanfiction respectively fanart perspective on issues like derivative/transformative work, fair use etc.

In this case Ellis Kaut the author of a popular German childrens book series (also made into a radio-show, a tv-show, and even a movie afaik), telling adventures of

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[fourth_rose]

I saw that on the news today, and was mightily pleased ;)

[frogspace]

wishing for a partner for a fictional character, even in the form of a public art-contest is no violation of copyright, as long/since it's just non-profit fanon, and doesen't really violate the canon of the original.

That was my interpretation too, but I think I read somewhere that von Johnson wanted to sell the pictures? Display them somewhere in a context that was not entirely non-profit? Or something? And they still ruled in her favor.

[zeroambi]

Hm. Well, we'll see what the next instance will make of it.