AUs with Names Changed

[blackat_t7t]

I've been wondering- what would be the legal situation if one were to write an AU fanfiction taking place either in the real world or a world of the fan's creation (or maybe an in-verse fic for a series that takes place in the real world), and then change the names?

Could they then claim it was original? Could they sell it as their own work? Would

Comments

[johnnypenn]

As long as you take out all the fan fic elements, it's fine. Because the rest of it is original.