Posted on 2 July 2008 by r
On Gamine Expedition, Sara Grimes writes about the Harry Potter lawsuit differently than I’ve seen before (or the economic production /fan labor issues that I’ve written about) by focusing on how traditional intellectual property analysis ignores the impact of copyright on children:
What troubles me about the Harry Potter lawsuit is that … the object under [...]
Filed under: Harry Potter, children, convergence culture, fans | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: American comics, anime, fandom, fangirl, fans, gender differences in fandom, music, race and ethnicity | 1 Comment »
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 11 June 2008 by kdccdk
I have a long history with Metallica, as they were essentially my introduction to the world of metal, along with other young Gen-X metal kids, now grown adults, who watched Headbanger’s Ball on MTV. I was fully devoted all the way up until Load, when suddenly they became a jam band and they never really [...]
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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 »
