I’d like to draw your attention back to an image I had used in another context, namely about boys/girls and the assumptions about/representations of in manga, and talk with y’all a little about Zolo. Now, you have to bear in
[QUOTE] From Heidi Tandy paraphrased by Rebecca Tushnet, Penn symposium: fan fiction
Fan creativity is as old as storytelling. Distribution is a lot wider these days, though. If you want a live singalong of Once More with Feeling you may need to inquire about rights. (…) Legal concepts of transformativeness have broadened
[QUOTE] From Abigail De Kosnik, Should Fan Fiction Be Free?, p120-123
Over the past decades of sharing their transformative works, fan fiction readers and writers have generally felt wary of commodifying a form of cultural production that is essentially derivative and perhaps subject to copyright infringement lawsuits. (…) Digital appropriation artists
[QUOTE] From Anna von Veh, What Can Trade Publishers Learn from Fanfiction?
Fanfiction as digital Text also embodies a paradox: it harks back to the days of Dickens in the way it is written and ‘published,’ and it shows a potential path for mainstream trade digital publishing. (…) Fanfiction shows that the
[QUOTE] From Rebecca Tushnet, Economies of Desire: Fair Use and Marketplace Assumptions
Creativity, including remix creativity, is part of a good life. It should be valued for itself, not tolerated. Creativity should be a favorite of the law even if we do not need to worry about incentives or disincentives (chilling effects).
[META] On hipsters and nerds (and fans) (by pbsideachannel)
On hipsters and nerds (and fans) (by pbsideachannel)
[LINK] Inside Scanlation – Inside the world of scanlation
http://www.insidescanlation.com/ Very extensive fan-made resource on scanlation and its history, chock full of great info. Includes a timeline of scanlation, in-depth articles on important online hubs and scanlation groups, background info on the ins and out of scanlation and various related
[QUOTE] From Rebecca Lucy Busker, On symposia: LiveJournal and the shape of fannish discourse
The difference between mailing lists and LiveJournal as media for fannish discussion can best be understood in terms of focus. With the exception of author-centered lists (often used only for the posting of fiction, with perhaps the occasional discussion), mailing
[QUOTE] From Hye-Kyung Lee, Participatory media fandom: A case study of anime fansubbing
Finally, the globalization of media fandom is also driven by consumers’ mobilization and coordination of intellectual capacities to mediate foreign cultural texts. Utilizing their own resources and skills, members of the fandom are willing to and capable of carrying out
[QUOTE] From Mike Masnick at Techdirt, Arthur Conan Doyle Estate Sued To Show That Sherlock Holmes Is Public Domain
A little over three years ago, we had a discussion concerning whether or not Sherlock Holmes was in the public domain. By our understanding of the law, the character absolutely is in the public domain. There is one remaining book