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Originally Posted by Sol Falling
The problem with adopting fan material into franchises is always intellectual property rights. Because fan material is produced without the consent/supervision of the original company, there's basically no precedent for anything like artistic control or profit sharing.
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To make things worse, due to concerns over allegations of copyright infringement, the original company can't even make something
somewhat similar to known fan material. Which mean, once it shows up as a fan creation, you can kiss goodbye to any chance of it appearing in the original work!