How do we handle charging for misspelling canons' names in fic? "Creating the Minis X, Y, and Z" doesn't sound right, so is it "abducting the Minis X, Y, and Z from the Official Fanfiction University of Insert Canon Here"?

1. Two, I think.
   
   2. LotR misspellings will be mini-Balrogs; Stargate Atlantis misspellings will be mini-Wraiths. Also: ouch, that sounds like a really bad idea. What were the Ancients thinking? >.
   3. I don't think explicit permission is needed. The nature of minis is that they pop up when a name is misspelled in fanfiction, so mini owners, especially those with common misspellings, should probably expect theirs to go missing from time to time. Anyway, on a purely ex-universe note, it would be really tedious to track someone down every time an owned mini came up. I wouldn't bother.
   
   ~Neshomeh

First up LOTR misspellings would be Mini-Balrogs, either new ones or ones which have been kidnapped from their owners! I believe those ones can find their own way home, but other people may have different ideas.

I'm guessing that if the character is usually just called Ronon then it is one mini, but if (s)he is always Ronon Dax in speech then I'd guess at two. Again others may have different opinions.