how is that legal he is using other company's IP putting the story be-hide a paywall would be illegal as it would breach copy right infringement as he would be make money off of some else's work or am i wrong??? i do not think patreon counts as they would be paying to support the fanfic writer a unique world with fair use content but i do not know the full legal mumbo jumbo????? can someone clarify
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LIKELet me explain, fanfiction is fair use as long as the work is transformative and noncommercial in nature. If Capcom can prove that this novel is fanfiction and isn't transformative and/or noncommercial, then they would have a lawsuit on their hands. If they did get into a lawsuit I would bet on Capcom winning, the author has not done enough work in changing all the copywrite(names of characters/games, references, Etc.) I would advise the author to get on top of this, but even if he does, he did not change any of the plots from Resident Evil(It's 1 to 1). Of course, I am not an expert, so take everything I say with a grain of salt. (Yes, I just copied this)
It is indeed illegal. you cannot take monetary gain to read a fanfiction, even on pat*reon. you could say that the people who support through pat*reon are doing so to support the author for his creativity, but when you get something that isn't available to those who do not pay, you are basically selling work and it is no longer a donation to support the FF author and it becomes illegal. webnovel probably has yet to fully look into this FF and see just how exactly in the red this book is so I wouldn't be surprised if this book is taken down within the week or at least put back in the free section
you forgot qidian is full of fanfictions, they don't do anything because they can't be be bothered to.
I Know lol, but don't forget in the Chinese webnovel itself the Chinese one not this one there are so many fanfictions that charges money. besides moot point author got cut off by webnovel and stopped writing this.