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« on: February 08, 2011, 06:16:47 PM »It's not often acknowledged, but Pierson has looked the other way for years while fans not only posted their fan fiction (another derivative work) but even self-published, illustrated and sold it.
True. And the fact that Depp had to negotiate/secure the rights from DC's estate to do the DS film is a good indication that most if not all the copyrights for DS continue to be in full force. Certainly the intellectual property copyright is in force - and that would have been the one that would have affected the Austin group's version the most. But it does seem to be the case that so long as fans produce and distribute things that don't compete with officially licensed material, the copyrights holder (which would be the estate at this point) is willing to look the other way.