Make your informative fan fiction website

Sort of! It isnʼt legal to make money off of a reimagined version of someone elseʼs copyrighted material, but many published works originated as fanfiction of copyrighted material. If the source-work has entered the public domain, then it is certainly legal to make money off of your own version of it.

It was previously considered unthinkable to turn oneʼs fanfic into original work for traditional publication, let alone have it be a selling point for the masses. Now, itʼs the norm. Published fanfiction is our literary future, but itʼs also long been embedded in the mediumʼs past.

Furthermore, fan fiction published on AO3 is expected to be noncommercial the author cannot legally make any money off of their fan fiction because they are using another authorʼs characters, setting, etc. AO3ʼs nonprofit status prohibits it from commercializing works of fan fiction.

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With dedication and practice (and maybe a little luck), you can certainly build a career out of them. Make the time to hone your craft, get your art and stories out there, collaborate with other creators, and experiment with different ways to earn money from your talent.

Even if the fanfiction author does not make a significant profit from their work, selling fanfiction may still be considered a copyright infringement, as it involves using someone elseʼs characters, settings, and other elements without permission.

In the early 2010s, fans were directly monetizing their own work, while today, the powerand the moneyrests in the hands of traditional publishers scouring AO3 for hits, and with the illegal binders, selling othersʼ works for their own profit.

Works of fanfiction are more likely to constitute fair use if they are transformative with respect to the original work, if they are non-commercial, if they appropriate relatively little of the original work, and/or if they do not tend to detract from the potential market for or value of the original work.