Before Oziana began, the Rand McNally publishing company, corporate successor to Reilly & Britton, showed its support for the Oz Club by granting special permission for the magazine to publish stories about characters in any of the company’s Oz books, including those still protected by copyright. Oziana is unique in being able to publish such stories on a non-profit basis for the Oz fan community. However, it cannot publish stories based on the 1939 MGM movie or other copyrighted visions of Oz that differ from that in the original books.
