Hey everyone! Lately, I've been asking myself a lot of questions regarding copyright and the use of my stuff, which led to some research that uncovered something interesting things.
So brief background: I've been somewhat conflicted about showing potential educational programs my stuff because a LOT of it is either fanfiction or fanart-- and I presumed that those kind of programs (be it colleges or other organizations) would only be interested in wholly original works. But, as it turns out, I learned today that there is a concept known as derivative work-- "...an expressive creation that includes major copyright-protected elements of an orig