Actually, and somebody please correct me if I'm wrong here, I believe
fanficition is perfectly legal. Doing stuff like this with charachters,
logo's, etc. copywrited by another is only illegal if  a) You are using it to
make a profit for yourself, or b) You are using it to advertise/ promote
something. Since fanfiction does neither, it should be okay.

No.  Fanfiction, in any form, violates civil law.

I think it actually falls under the protection of `parody' most/all of the
time.

Technically, the copyright holder can lose the copyright if it is 
not enforced.

That's trademarks.  Disney has, and will, take serious action against public
use of their trademarks without licensing them first.

However, I'd wager that no serious legal action will be taken against your
average author because a) we aren't posing a serious threat to the copyright
and b) suing fans is costly and makes you look bad.

	Suika (sorry if anyone didn't want to get this, but )
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