Thread:KidFlash16/@comment-32345595-20170704200103/@comment-1038387-20170715103921

It's their policy - it's the same with all big publishers. They can't read fan created material. The legal department makes sure it's filtered out in the mail room and shredded.

If a writer would read a fanfic and fan creation, that material becomes part of their creative process. They can't unsee it. So if in the future they created material that happens to have one or two things in common, you (or the fanfic writer) could litigate and claim plagiarism. Subconscious plagiarism is still plagiarism. Better to not read anything.