> I contacted Warner Brothers who holds the copyright for the YR
> characters, theme song and scripts for the shows. I was told
> absolutely NO!!! they would not give me permission to use the
> characters in any novel.

That's the long debate between fanfiction versus mainstream fiction, though. From my understanding, you were trying to publish a mainstream novel, which would net you monetary gain off someone else's copyright. Fanfiction writers don't go that avenue. They disclaim any rights and write under the fair use act because they're not making any monetary gains from their work.

Though, that does remind me (and I still wonder about this) whether Barbara Hambly, the author of the Star Trek novel Ishmael, got permission to cross with Here Come the Brides and make mention of multiple other television characters within the book. I would assume yes, since she was contracted through Star Trek, but I don't know for sure.

--KimberlyFDR