Of course all of ths refers to U.S. Copyright law...
Strangely enough with anime fanfiction you can argue the example of Comic
Market in Japan, an accepted annual violation of copyright law.
If the writerss and animators have a need to defend a copyright of a
trademarked character they would really have to start there or even with
*published* works such as Sailor Moon Lunatic Party Doujunshi.
of course this is a bad example for western writers as the Mouse (tm) and
Bugs, Buster and Babs (no relation) (tm) have threatened action for
things like the "teeny toon" porn pics or evan Microprose with fiction
based on X-com (where, after threatening a lawsuit they put the stories up
on their own web-page.)
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Seraphim, the Restless Angel with a (borrowed) sword.
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Nene, Ami,
Girls with glasses. girls with computers. Pink hair. blue hair
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Robyn, Duke of Amber. Agent of Chaos.
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