title: Fan Fiction and Copyright: Outsider Works and Intellectual Property Protection
author:  Aaron Schwabach 
description: Aaron Schwabach is Professor of Law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where he teaches subjects including internet law. His previous books include Intellectual Property: A Reference Handbook (ABC-CLIO, 2007) and Internet and the Law: Technology, Society, and Compromises (ABC-CLIO, 2005).
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  [Begin Reading](part0002.html#Chapter1)
  
  
  [Meet the Author](part0003.html#AboutTheAuthor1)
  
  
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  [About Orbit Short Fiction](part0007.html#BackAd1)
  
  
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  # THE VITAL ABYSS
  
  
  An Expanse Novella
  
  
  James S. A