Can I write a book like “Wicked”, with characters from another book?
Absolutely not. Meyers owns all the characters in her books, and will continue to own them for her lifetime + 70 years. This is true for most modern writers. You can be sued in civil court for copyright infringement by using her or any other authors’ characters. They were able to use characters from the Wizard of Oz books because the copyright has expired and the work is in the Public Domain. You CAN use characters from any work in the Public Domain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_doma… Characters like Macbeth and the weird sisters from that play are fair game! I’ve used Hamlet in a story that worked rather well, and no one raised an eyebrow. You *can* write fanfiction, but use a pen name and DON’T get caught. http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths… Here’s a writer who just doesn’t *get* it. She’s in her 30s, not 12. Most 12 y-olds ar
