Can you get in trouble for reading fanfiction?

Copyright And Fanfiction Fanfiction in its originality can be said to be a violation of copyright laws. Fanfiction makes use of settings and characters curled out from an original work of fiction work. It creates an unoriginal work. All these it does is classified as illegal according to copyright law.

Is reading explicit fanfiction illegal?

Explicit fiction is legal no matter who writes it or shares it.

How old do you have to be to read fanfiction?

All adult language is permitted. This rating is not for anyone under the age of 18 but there are quite a few that will read it regardless.

Is wattpad appropriate for 11 year olds?

Wattpad has been given a minimum age limit of 13, but the age limit is 17+ if downloading this via the Apple App Store and given a ‘Parental guidance’ notice via the Google Play store.

Is it bad to read fanfiction?

Unless you wish to end up with a broken heart and minor clinical depression, do not attempt to read the really good fanfiction that seem unlikely to ever be updated again.

Are we normal people immune to fan fiction?

Let it be known, “normal people”: we are not immune to your mockery, and it sucks. Fan fiction, for many people, is just a gateway drug to all other fiction writing. We obviously have the chops to commit ourselves to long pieces of works, and the imagination to go wild with somebody else’s characters.

Do you judge fan fiction writers?

Unfortunately, fan fiction writers are in a constant stream of this kind of judgment on all sides. People make weird assumptions about us and get super judge-y, and yeah, I could just keep my mouth shut about it for the rest of my life and not worry about dealing with this, but fan fiction is important to me.

What is fan fiction?

So, without further ado, here are all the things we are one hundred percent tired of explaining to the rest of the planet and will probably still have to explain in our last gasps of fandom life: Let’s take a moment to dissect the term “fan fiction”: It is a piece of fiction based on another piece of fiction. It is written by a fan.