"Copyright infringement liability for a later work arises only if the later work embodies a substantial amount of protected expression taken from the earlier, underlying work. The later work must take enough protected expression (it does not matter how much unprotected material is taken, for the latter is open to the public) for the later work to be "substantially similar" to the earlier work."

I can't believe it took me this long to find this site. I love Star Trek!

Another Harry Potter fanfiction site.

The wiki for copyright.

This is the Frequently Asked Questions page for copyright laws.

This is a very impressive page dedicated to the legal side of fanfiction. The author is in her 20s, which is also very impressive, considering the amount of detail offered up here.

This site is all about questions and answers concerning fanfiction. The main focus is on copyright, trademark, and other laws. The First Amendment pops up a few times, as well.

General fanfiction information. This site gives an exhaustive look at the idea behind the practice of fanfiction. It talks about issues from history, to genres, to legality. As it is written as a wiki, it is easy to understand.

This is an actual fanfiction website. There are categories from books, to TV shows, to movies, to musicals, and much more. There is even a section for crossover works. For example, the characters from Star Trek meet and have a story made out with the cast of NCIS.

This looks at homoerotic stories of Tolkien's trilogy.

Terms I should know for my project.

Terms I should know for my project. As with every piece of subculture, fanfiction has its own terminology which should be mastered in order to do a decent job of discussing the subject.

Fanfiction about Harry Potter.

Fanfiction about Harry Potter. This site is the oldest fanfiction for Harry Potter out there. "Founded in February 2001, we currently hold over 60,000 stories and receive, on average, over 30 million hits per month." That is a very impressive set of statistics.

This is about editing. I'm very interested in this topic.

This is about new media and writing.

The introduction talks about multimedia writing and editing, two things I'm very interested in.