lovecraft68
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You're ignoring how fan fic works. There's no money being made here which makes a difference.That's not how copyright law and proprietary rights work. Write your own damn stuff. Don't ride on the backs of others because you don't have the necessary imagination to write your own stuff.
I used to wonder how all these bands on You tube who end up making money just by doing covers of other people's songs can manage to legally do it.
Apparently the answer is a cover of a song falls under 'parody' even though its a serious attempt so between that and always acknowledging who sang the original in the disclaimer is enough. The fact that Gene Simmons of Kiss is the most litigious man on the face of the planet and can't stop people from doing covers of his songs is proof it works.
Look at the porn industry with all the parodies and especially the popular super hero ones. You think DC/Warner doesn't want to sue them blue? They can't.
As for your constant cracks about 'be original' a lot of people want to write these as a form of homage to a story they really enjoyed and writers have the right to write what they want not what YOU think they should.