Posted on 31 May 2008 by r
Main points
1. As media consumers become amateur media producers with an (at least perceived) economic stake in a media production, it has become more important for scholars to examine the legal and public policy implications of these fan productions and the communities that create them.
2. Communications theory that has informed most political economy/legal scholarship is [...]
Filed under: attribution, authenticity, convergence culture, copyright, fair use, fan fiction, fan labor, fandom, fangirl, fans, meta, participatory culture, presentations | No Comments »
Posted on 6 May 2008 by r
As you describe in your post, Who Gets to Write Fandom History?, understanding how fandoms are created and evolve is complicated. I think that is even more reason to praise fandom cultural anthropologists, like Henry Jenkins, Camille Bacon-Smith, and danah boyd, who help to create fandom snapshots of limited moments in time
Figuring out what counts [...]
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Posted on 24 April 2008 by r
Last week the testimony ended in the Harry Potter Lexicon case regarding whether J.K. Rowling can prevent the print publication of the Lexicon, a non-licensed encyclopedia of the Harry Potter universe. While barely mentioned during the trial, this case is not just about one unwanted book, but concerns the entire Harry Potter fan community.
From most [...]
Filed under: Cultural appropriation, Harry Potter, authenticity, copyright, fair use, fan labor, fandom, fangirl, fans, fanworks, intellectual property, the best fan or customer is mad | 1 Comment »
Posted on 25 March 2008 by kdccdk
I quit watching Gundam 00, about a month ago. The storyline was moving at a snail’s pace, even for a mecha show (which is known its glacial plot development) and there were too many characters to keep track of. I come back to it this weekend and a good quarter of the secondary [...]
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Posted on 18 January 2008 by r
So what possibly could romance novels featuring awkwardly-smooth-talking fictional Native Americans, plagiary, fans, and black-footed ferrets have in common? One bizarre detective story by a group of go-getter romance novel fans on the blog, Smart Bitches, Trashy Books! In an extensive investigation of the writings of Cassie Edwards, our intrepid detectives found many instances of [...]
Filed under: attribution, cute animals, fan labor, fangirl, fans, plagiary, romance novel | 1 Comment »
