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* Neither Kishimoto nor Viz Media has ever taken action to shut down ''[[Naruto]]'' fan works, and Shonen Jump publishes Fan Art of all its regulars, ''Naruto'' included. However, even though they have a section on the official website for Fanfics and Fan Art, it is against the rules of the forum to publish a fan work using trademarked characters. [[Epileptic Trees|They must be serious about avoiding cross-pollination between fan ideas and official material.]]

* One of the sites that have been cracking down on [http://astronerdboy.blogspot.de/2012/03/new-proposed-japanese-law-reason-ken.html doujin and other deriative works] in Japan as part of a new law that can end fan creations for good in the country.

** Even before this, [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Yuricon/message/22380 Kodansha has had an explicit Fanwork Ban on their properties], though it was somewhat loosely enforced.

** Even before this, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130411012154/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Yuricon/message/22380 Kodansha has had an explicit Fanwork Ban on their properties], though it was somewhat loosely enforced.

** Specifically, the proposed law would give manga publishers equal ownership rights alongside the author, allowing them to go after fanworks even if the author gives approval.

* Akimoto is supposedly very protective of his [[AKB48]] label and the fanwork ban may be restrictive towards ''[[AKB0048]]''.