cyber.law.harvard.edu/cx/Glossary Designed to accompany CopyrightX, a free online course on copyright for non-lawyers. Useful for everyone.
[LINK] Professional Author Fanfic Policies – Fanlore
fanlore.org/wiki/Professional_Author_Fanfic_Policies This page is such interesting reading, especially the patterns that emerge when authors talk about the reasons why they changed their minds about fic, why they allow it but don’t read it, and so on. Several authors (Ellen Kushner,
[QUOTE] From From Casey Fiesler, Everything I Need To Know I Learned from Fandom: How Existing Social Norms Can Help Shape the Next Generation of User-Generated Content, p738-739
The question of whether or not fan fiction could be considered fair use has never been addressed by the courts, but some legal scholars have suggested that it should be a categorical exception. While the public generally believes that a
[QUOTE] Fifty Shades of Grey in Public Domain?
rivkat: fyeahcopyright: So Universal is suing Smash Pictures, a porn company who’re making a “parody” of 50 Shades, which they are, uncreatively, calling “Fifty Shades of Grey: A XXX Adaptation”. (Obvious trademark issues, hence the suit.) If this was just a
[REQUEST] Anyone know of any discussions on/proposals for copyright licenses that cover fanworks?
I’m looking for examples of discussions on/proposals for special copyright licenses that would cover the creation of fanworks. There have been quite a few of these, though I don’t remember most of them. For instance, there’s the CC-based fanwork license
[LINK] Discussion of Fanhackers’ “no quoting fannish meta without permission” policy and about fanwork permissions in general
http://elf.dreamwidth.org/673250.html Thoughtful critique of our “no quoting fannish meta without permission” policy, and discussion in the comments about how to make it easier for fans to indicate that what sort of re-use of their work they’re okay with (or not).
[QUOTE] From Lawrence Lessig, Remix
We’ve already seen a similar frustration brew in the context of “fan fiction,” particularly around the Star Wars franchise. As with the Harry Potter story, Lucasfilm learned early on that there were millions who wanted to build upon Star Wars,
[QUOTE] From Hye-Kyung Lee, Cultural consumer and copyright: a case study of anime fansubbing
Similarly, fansubbing has been regarded as an equivalent for TV. In the anime industry context, the role of TV is crucial in nurturing consumer demand for DVDs. For example, the Japanese anime industry witnesses fans normally testing the anime via
[QUOTE] From Rebecca Tushnet, Economies of Desire: Fair Use and Marketplace Assumptions
(…) fan experiences of creativity are also incompatible with control-based theories of copyright positing that authors’ personalities are harmed by unauthorized uses. Julie Cohen has pointed out that the incentive model, in which copyright is a vital driver of creativity,
[LINK] Legal analysis bibliography on Fanlore
http://fanlore.org/wiki/Legal_Analysis There have been a number of articles in law reviews and legal publications addressing various fanwork-related issues, beginning with fan fiction and gradually expanding to other fanworks. This is a bibliography, with links to the full articles where available,