Fanfiction and Copyright
Like Duolingo, but for Fanfiction and Copyright. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
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Key ideas in Fanfiction and Copyright
- The person who first invented the character owns the copyright
- Fanfiction is a collaborative 'borrowing' of ideas
- Copyright means having the legal right to decide how a world is used
- The original creator still owns the 'toys' (characters/settings)
- Writing fanfiction doesn't transfer ownership of the original characters to you
- Respecting the source material is part of the fanfiction community's social contract
- Understanding that copyright gives the original creator control over their world and characters
- Recognizing the relationship between fanfiction writers and original creators
- Fanfiction must be shared for free as a gift
- Copyright ownership
- Charging money for fanfiction violates the 'No-Money Rule'
- Transformative work adds something new
- Collaborative borrowing
- Posting on free sites like AO3 or Wattpad
- Distinguishing copying from transformative work
- Some creators set 'boundaries' or 'no-go zones' for their work
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Fanfiction and Copyright the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
If you see a famous character in a movie, who holds the legal 'copyright' for that character's design and personality?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
Where Fanfiction and Copyright takes you
Learn the unwritten rules of writing fanfiction so you can share your stories safely and respectfully. Understand the difference between playing in a fictional world and stealing someone's hard work.
- 1
Playing with Someone Else's Toys
- The Rules of the Playground
- When It is Okay to Post
- 2
Writing with Respect
- Fanfiction vs. Stealing
- The Power of the Disclaimer
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
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