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Originally Posted by telekinetic
BG, what's the legality of publishing work using other people's IP protected characters in parody?
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I'm not that certain about American copyright laws. I would guess that this work could not be sold. There are multiple licensees of Milne's work (e.g. Disney) and one or more might take issue with distributing and selling the characters' likenesses to the full extent within a story and not having the rights. It might be all right to give it away, but even then a cease and desist from Disney wouldn't surprise me.
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