Board Thread:Site Questions/@comment-25345340-20140817023544/@comment-4832646-20140817024815

In order for a story to be exempt from copyright here, it has to be in public domain or the author must give permission. This is US law, where Wikia is based.

That being said, in order for a story to be in public domain, usually the author must be deceased and the story goes to public domain 70-80 years afterward.