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OTW Fannews: Fanfiction everywhere

Submitted by Claudia Rebaza on 25 January 2013 - 8:29pm

Bob Tarantino at JD Supra Law updated a 2010 discussion about fanfic in light of recent developments in Canada. "A discussion of the legal implications of fan fiction would not be complete without mentioning two relevant matters which are not affected by the UGC exception introduced by the CMA: moral rights and trade-mark (or passing off) claims." Although the UGC exception pertains to copyright infringement, it "has no effect on an author's potential moral rights claims. And because fan fiction may make use of elements of an author's creation such as titles, character and location names to which some form of trade-mark protection applies (e.g., Star Wars fan fiction that makes use of character names like Luke Skywaylker (a registered mark in Canada), ...there remains the possibility that some form of trade-mark based action could be commenced by the relevant rights-owner."

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Links Roundup for 9 November 2011

Submitted by Claudia Rebaza on 9 November 2011 - 4:20pm

Here's a roundup of stories on fan relations with entertainment industries that might be of interest to fans:

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Business Models

Commercialization of Fans

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Links Roundup for 14 October 2011

Submitted by Claudia Rebaza on 14 October 2011 - 9:09pm

Here's a roundup of stories on universal fandom that might be of interest to fans:

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Special TWC issue "Games as Transformative Works" released!

Submitted by .fcoppa on 15 March 2009 - 6:05pm

The second issue of Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC) has just been released! The March 15, 2009, special issue, entitled "Games as Transformative Works," is edited by Rebecca Carlson and combines TWC's general interest in fan works and fan cultures with a focus on games. Anthropology is the issue's dominant disciplinary approach, but literary and cultural studies also frame the discussion.

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Transformative Works and Cultures

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Sometimes People See Sense...

Submitted by .fcoppa on 7 February 2009 - 3:43am

...The Twitter accounts of fans roleplaying Mad Men characters have been restored, after being briefly taken down for supposed copyright infringment. To quote this excellent summary of this issue from The Guardian, "the accounts returned after the show's marketing department had stepped in to persuade AMC that, whatever the legal standing, it was insane to stop this outpouring of (completely free, you fools) fan-promotion."

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Legal Advocacy

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Intellectual Property

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