I find there is *tremendous* confusion about legal rights and moral rights, and that people in written works have a much more restrictive sense of copyright than US law, while people have a much more liberal sense of what can
[QUOTE] From Anne Jamison from the “Future of Fanworks” chat with fan studies authors, going on right now. Join in!
I am not sure that a lot of us understand that Wattpad stories *routinely* clock multiple millions, sometimes tens of millions of reads.
[QUOTE] From Anne Jamison from the “Future of Fanworks” chat with fan studies authors, going on right now. Join in!
I’d like to see women be less ashamed of their fanworks. I would like to see women shame each other less for their work. I would like to sprout wings and fly to the moon.
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I think it’s more a convergence in the Jenkins sense; the fandoms have always been there, but there’s increased communication across borders – particularly on such visual forums as Tumblr, Pixiv, deviantArt, where a picture speaks a thousand words. Or
[QUOTE] From Lori Morimoto, from the “Future of Fanworks” chat with fan studies authors, going on right now. Join in!
(about fandom visibility) As Frenchy says, many women and much more visible, and yet this something that hasn’t translated quite as well to female fandom as to male; that is, male fans are being actively catered to by the industry,
[QUOTE] From Anne Jamison from the “Future of Fanworks” chat with fan studies authors, going on right now. Join in!
(about fandom visibility) In the last couple of years, I see many more people willing to be open about their activities and let them connect their fannish identities with RL identities. I also see Lori’s point about transcultural fandom, although
[QUOTE] From Paul Booth from the “Future of Fanworks” chat with fan studies authors, going on right now. Join in!
I think the biggest change I’ve seen to fandom is its incredible visibility in recent years. As digital technology increases the availability of fandom (and the texts that fans are fans of), it has become more common to be seen
fanhackers: transformativeworks: Join the OTW, Paul Booth, Anne Jamison, Frenchy Lunning & Lori Morimoto to discuss The Future of Fanworks: http://bit.ly/1f7oQXr Chat with fan studies academics tomorrow! Will be liveblogging this one as time permits, and there will be transcripts.
transformativeworks: Join the OTW, Paul Booth, Anne Jamison, Frenchy Lunning & Lori Morimoto to discuss The Future of Fanworks: http://bit.ly/1f7oQXr Chat with fan studies academics tomorrow! Will be liveblogging this one as time permits, and there will be transcripts.
[QUOTE] From Lawrence Lessig, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
Yet, it’s easy for us to miss the active in the mere watching. It’s rude to turn around and watch people watch a movie. It’s a crime to try to film them singing in the shower. We live in a