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Is it possible to make money off fanfic? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Obviously, fan fiction cannot be copyrighted or sold because it's a derivative work of licensed content. I know all of the legal bits regarding the direct profit from the work itself.

But are there any other methods for generating even a little money? Is begging for Patreon or some other tip service the only option?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

so there's three methods i'm aware of:

patreon, or some other similar scheme, as you said
use a following from writing fanfic to promote other, non-fanfic, work
take commissions from individuals