Press Room
OTW representatives are available to discuss and offer comments on: transformative fan works, fandom and the multiplicities of fan culture; open source scholarship; copyright issues and fan creative rights. We can also put you in touch with fans and fanwork creators who are willing to speak to the media.
For contacts, use our Communications webform or e-mail Francesca Coppa, Chair of Communications, fcoppa at transformativeworks.org.
Media Mentions
Press Releases
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Media Mentions
50 Shades of Fanfic: E.L. James and Other Superstars of Fan Fiction
Lindsay Eanet BlackBook May 11, 2012
Archive of Our Own, a Ziven Reccomendation!
straightzivens, D Saint Radio, April 24, 2012
Fifty Shades of Fanfiction: Writers and friends
Victoria Knobloch, The Daily Collegian, April 19, 2012
'Fifty Shades of Grey' shines light on erotic fan fiction
Stephanie Goldberg, CNN, April 6, 2012.
Assignment 3 - Remix Culture: Tensions in Vidding
Barb Marcinkoski, New Media Narrative: Writing and Publishing in a Developing Field, April 5, 2012
From Young Adult Book Fans to Wizards of Change
Courtney E. Martin, New York Times Opinion Pages, March 21, 2012.
Q&A with Professor Rebecca Tushnet
Dear Author, March 21, 2012
Fan Fiction: Moral Rights v. Transformative Use
Brent Bell, Information in Social Context, February 28, 2012
5 Projects Helping Open Media Studies To The World
Sam Ford, Fast Company, February 21, 2012
Expanding Exemptions Won in Last Digital Millennium Copyright Act Rulemaking
infoZine, December 2, 2011
Fan Fiction Keeps 'Harry Potter' Alive; Sheds Light On Spock's Evening Wear: A Discussion on the World Of Fandom With Lev Grossman and the OTW
Your Public Media: Colin McEnroe Show, July 19, 2011
Pottermore Brings Harry Potter To The Digital World
Margot Adler, National Public Radio: All Things Considered, June 23, 2011
The Lawbringer: The trouble with fan fiction
Mathew McCurley, WoW Insider, September 17, 2010
Naomi Novik says fanfic is part of literary history - and reveals what's next for Temeraire
Annalee Newitz, io9, September 9, 2010
The Library of Congress's DRM Exceptions: Not Just About Jailbreaking
Anjali Bhat, Public Knowledge, July 30, 2010
Worth the Wait
Peter Jaszi, ©ollectanea, July 30, 2010
Breaking Down the 2009 DMCA Rulemaking, Part 1: Victory for Vidders
Corynne McSherry, Electronic Frontier Foundation, July 29, 2010
You Have the Right to Make Documentary Films, Library of Congress Says
Hannibal Travis, Digital Mercury, July 27, 2010
Letting Us Rip: Our New Right to Fair Use of DVDs
ProfHacker, The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 27, 2010
Review Of US Digital Millennium Copyright Act Brings New Exemptions
Leslee Friedman, Intellectual Property Watch, July 27, 2010
New DMCA Exemptions Legalize Phone Jailbreaking & DVD Ripping for Fair Use
Geeks are Sexy, July 26, 2010
Jailbreaking iPhone apps is now legal (quotes OTW board member Rebecca Tushnet)
David Goldman, CNNMoney.com, July 26, 2010
Geek Feminism interviews the OTW’s Francesca Coppa
Skud, Geek Feminism Blog, September 23, 2009
Will E-Book Anti-Piracy Technology Hurt Readers?
Laura Sydell, All Things Considered, March 25, 2009
Vidders Talk Back To Their Pop-Culture Muses
Neda Ulaby, All Things Considered, February 25, 2009
Remixing Television: Francesca Coppa on the vidding underground
Jesse Walker, Reason: Free Minds and Free Markets, August/September 2008
Fan Fiction Writers Face Nonfiction Legal Hurdles
The Bryant Park Project, NPR News, July 16, 2008
Transformative Fans Transform Brands
Rebecca Lieb, ClickZ, March 28, 2008
What businesses learned in 2007 about the digital race: Web 2.0 can be a treasure trove and a minefield
Steve Cody and Sam Ford, Christian Science Monitor, December 28, 2007
Scholars and Pop-Culture Fans Create Nonprofit Group to Fight for Creative Rights
The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 18, 2007
Transforming how we think about fiction… and copyright
Ethan Zuckerman, December 12, 2007
The Vidder (profile of Luminosity)
New York Magazine, November 12, 2007
A Transformation of Our Own: Fanfiction Communities and the Organization for Transformative Works
Xiaochang Li, Convergence Culture Consortium, October 31, 2007
Press Releases
OTW helps secure DMCA exemption for remix vidding
July 26, 2010
TWC releases No. 4, special issue on Supernatural
March 15, 2010
Transformative Works and Cultures releases second issue (PDF)
March 15, 2009
First issue of fan studies journal Transformative Works and Cultures released (PDF)
September 10, 2008
