: Re: Can I use an alien species name from another work of literature in my story? If I wanted to pay homage to a sci-fi author, could I use his or her species in my story? (For example, Andalites

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Using another author's created species is something fanfic authors do all the time. It is legally something of a grey area in Anglosphere legal systems (I don't know anything about the situation elsewhere) - but in the last ten years the amount of fanfic has exploded beyond the ability of anyone to police it, even if they wanted to. It's when and if you start to make any money out of your story that your legal problems may start.

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