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* [[Anne McCaffrey]] originally did a blanket ban save for a few [[RPG]]s. She has since relaxed the ban but imposes rules on would-be writers such as no writing about existing Pern characters, no boys can Impress gold dragons, no girls can Impress bronzes, no dragons of any other colour except for the five standard colours. Ruth is the exclusive exception. Not that anyone actually pays attention to these rules. Oh, the good old days of MSN Groups RPGs with all kinds of sparklypoo dragon colors. The ban was finally lifted in 2004, although it's still a rather small fandom.
** One effect of this: The [[Angband]] [[Roguelike]] variant Pernband (which, despite its comparatively obscure focus, had become one of the most heavily-developed roguelikes of its day) was forced to excise all Pern material and change its name. It eventually became [[TOME]] and, even later, [[Tales of Maj
* [[Anne Rice]]
* [[Robin Hobb]] - the aforementioned article has been archived [http://web.archive.org/web/20051124223715/www.robinhobb.com/rant.html here.]
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* [[Kim Newman]] is uncomfortable seeing other writers use his characters, although he acknowledges that this is [[Anno Dracula|somewhat hypocritical]].
* Jim Butcher's official position on [[The Dresden Files]] fanfiction is that there isn't any. Because, as he explains, if he knew there was some, he'd have to, legally, have it taken down from wherever it was hosted, and he doesn't want to do that.
** As of 2010, fanfiction for [[The Dresden Files]] is now allowed, so long as a disclaimer is included. The full post can be found [http://www.jim-butcher.com/posts/2010/new-fanfiction-policy here].
* Fan fiction is prohibited from being posted on [[David Weber]]'s official forum, to prevent copyright issues, but is otherwise unrestricted.
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** At Anime North, you're expressly prevented from selling fan works based on Disney and '''only''' Disney in the Artist's Alley.
** Likewise, videos critical of Disney can be pulled from Youtube for "Terms of Use Violation".
*** Videos featuring [[Doctor Rabbit]] typically resulted in legal trouble with Colgate. One user in particular, [[Walrus Guy]], ended up butting heads with the company repeatedly due to refusing ''not'' to use the character in [[
* [[Danny Phantom|Butch]] [[Fairly Oddparents|Hartman]] is okay with [[Fanfic]] so long as it's not [[Slash Fic]] and isn't too violent.
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