Copyright disclaimer on Les Miz fic?

[transemacabre]

Y'all, is it really necessary to put a disclaimer on your Les Miz fic acknowledging that you didn't invent the characters and that you don't make any money from it? The fucking book was published in 1862! I'm pretty sure it's out of copyright by now! In fact, you probably could publish your fanfic and make money off it, if you wanted to and if anyone would buy it. If a zombified Victor Hugo rises from the dead and comes knocking on your door, you have bigger problems than worrying about him suing you, all right.

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[minutia-r.livejournal.com]

Back when I was a baby fan and still put disclaimers on things (it's what I saw everyone doing) the disclaimer I put when I incorporated public domain things in my Harry Potter fic was "I do own this (and so do you.)"