Posted on 27 June 2008 by r
In the season finale of Grey’s Anatomy, Dr. Miranda Bailey breaks out with her mad Star Wars knowledge, both movie canon and the books, prompted by a patient referring to Han Solo. She then turns to her co-workers and declares “What, I’m a fan of sci-fi!” Why should she feel the need to defend her [...]
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Posted on 26 June 2008 by kdccdk
Bless his geeky heart, Uncle Trent is at it again. He’s released download statistics for The Slip on Google Earth. Since my job is about using “emerging media” to engage an audience , and I am also a slobbering NIN fan, the whole approach of using freeware and Open Source (google, flickr, YouTube, [...]
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Posted on 25 June 2008 by r
Check out Rebecca Tushnet, User-Generated Discontent: Transformation in Practice, 31 COLUM. J.L. & ARTS 110 (2008). [translation: it's in the Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts]
She argues that the non-commercial nature of fan works makes them transformative, an important element in determining whether a use of a copyrighted work [...]
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Posted on 16 June 2008 by r
The New York Times recently had an article about the recent makeovers of some of your favorite (and least) favorite 80s icons, including Strawberry Shortcake. (International Herald Tribune version here). Another site had a hypothetical breakdown of what the costs of Ms. Shortcake’s makeover would be.
“We’re downplaying characters that were part of Strawberry’s world but [...]
Filed under: Cultural appropriation, Japan, Strawberry Shortcake, fandom, fangirl, intellectual property, restart | No Comments »
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 »
