Policies on Copyright, Derivative Works, and Fan Works

By Dusk Peterson

Sections below: Copyright | Banners, Covers, and Story Summaries | Derivative Works | Fan Works | Shared Universe Disclaimer.

COPYRIGHT

All of the contents of this domain are copyrighted. Copyright notices can be found at the bottom of each page of the domain, or in the end credits of the videos. These copyright notices give information on what you're allowed to do with the text or video without seeking permission from me. If you would like to request permission to do something else with the text or video, please e-mail me.

Some of the pages at this domain, with works by other authors or artists, carry a variation of this standard copyright notice:

My own writings carry a notice similar to this:

This text, or a variation on it, was originally published at duskpeterson.com. Copyright © 1981-2009 Dusk Peterson. Some rights reserved. The text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0). You may freely print, post, e-mail, share, or otherwise distribute the text for noncommercial purposes, provided that you include this paragraph. The author's policies on derivative works and fan works are available online (duskpeterson.com/copyright.htm).

My videos carry a notice similar to this:

Share this video with a friend, or post it on your Website.

BANNERS, COVERS, AND STORY SUMMARIES

Permission is granted for the reposting and reprinting of the banners, covers, and story summaries (blurbs) for the purposes of providing information on Dusk Peterson's writings. Please link to duskpeterson.com if possible.

DERIVATIVE WORKS

This is my policy for works that closely follow the original text of my writings, such as a translation or abridgement. If you wish to create a work that is loosely inspired by my writings, such as art or fan fiction, see my policy for fan works. If you're not sure which of these two policies your work falls under, just ask me.

My writings carry a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License, which automatically permits you to make derivative works and fan works. In order to distribute derivative works that closely follow the original text of my writings, please do the following:

1) Give credit to Dusk Peterson, give the title of the original work, and briefly indicate what type of work you've created (translation, audio book, etc.).
2) Reprint the original copyright notice. The original copyright notice can be found at the bottom of the page of text.
For example:
"Translation by Jane Doe of Dusk Peterson's Blood Vow. This text was originally published at duskpeterson.com as part of the series The Three Lands. Copyright © 2008 Dusk Peterson. Some rights reserved. The text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0). You may freely print, post, e-mail, share, or otherwise distribute the text for noncommercial purposes, provided that you include this paragraph. The author's policies on derivative works and fan works are available online (duskpeterson.com/copyright.htm)."

If you have any questions about my writings ("I'm not sure how this particular word should be translated"), feel free to e-mail me.

If you create a work (such as these) that is inspired by my writings, I'd love it if you would e-mail me so that I can know where it is posted, but this is not a requirement.

FAN WORKS

This is my policy for works that are loosely inspired by my writings, such as art or fan fiction. If you wish to create a work that closely follows the original text of my writings, such as a translation or abridgement, see my policy for derivative works. If you're not sure which of these two policies your work falls under, just ask me.

Fan works are welcome. There are no restrictions on what sort of changes you may make to the original work in your fan work. AU my works, slash 'em, het 'em, gen 'em, slice and dice 'em however you want. Just be sure to give credit properly.

My writings carry a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License, which automatically permits you to make derivative works and fan works. In order to distribute fan works and loosely inspired derivate works of my writings, please do the following:

1) Give credit to Dusk Peterson, give the title of the original work, and briefly indicate what type of work you've created (artwork, fanvid, etc.).
2) Link to duskpeterson.com.
For example:
"This fanfic is inspired by The Eternal Dungeon, a series by Dusk Peterson."
"Artwork for Dusk Peterson's 'Bard of Pain' (duskpeterson.com)."

If you have any questions about my stories ("Does this world you've created have this particular custom?"), feel free to e-mail me.

If you create a work (such as these) that is inspired by my writings, I'd love it if you would e-mail me so that I can know where it is posted, but this is not a requirement.

SHARED UNIVERSE DISCLAIMER

My stories are shared universes: anyone is free to create fan works based on my fiction. Works by fan creators that are set in my shared universes are produced without my help (except insofar as fan creators sometimes ask me, "Does such-and-such occur in the society you've written about?"). My series are plotted out by the time I begin serializing them on the Web, so any coincidences between fan works and my later works in the same series just goes to show that (1) any plot in the world that has ever been written, has been written more than once, and (2) my readers are really, really good at picking up on foreshadowing by me. So I'm not feeding them storylines, and they're not feeding me storylines. (Believe me, my Muse keeps me busy enough as it is.)

By the same token, I reserve the right to totally screw up my readers' expectations of what's going to happen next.

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This text was originally published at duskpeterson.com. Copyright © 2006-2009 Dusk Peterson. Some rights reserved. The text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0). You may freely print, post, e-mail, share, or otherwise distribute the text for noncommercial purposes, provided that you include this paragraph. The author's policies on derivative works and fan works are available online (duskpeterson.com/copyright.htm).