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The Fair Use of Copyright in Fan Works
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Abstract
The fan works are produced and widely distributed on the Internet, and are dependent on the original works, but have their own originality. Therefore, whether it is protected by copyright law and whether it infringes on the copyright of the original work has become the focus of academic debate. Despite the possible conflict of copyright with the original work, the law should not completely deny the legitimacy of fan works based on its own characteristics and public interest as well as the needs of social and cultural development, but should regulate the elements of its legitimacy on the basis of clarifying its legal attributes and seek reasonable ways to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the original work.
Keywords
copyright, fan works, fair use
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Liu,X. (2021). The Fair Use of Copyright in Fan Works. Advances in Social Behavior Research,1,58-64.
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