Category Archives: fan fiction

New book chapter on young women and transformative works

Posted on May 28, 2015 by rtushnet

Busy week, part N: I have a new chapter, Transformative Works: Young Women’s Voices on Fandom and Fair Use, with Betsy Rosenblatt in a book edited by Jane Bailey and Valerie Steeves from U Ottawa Press, eGirls, eCitizens, available as … Continue reading →

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Transformative work of the day, Star Wars edition (expanded universe)

Posted on May 7, 2015 by rtushnet

Courtesy of The Toast. http://tushnet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

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AU IP/Gender Panel II: Documenting Communities of Practice

Posted on February 27, 2015 by rtushnet

Moderator – Meredith Jacob, American University Washington College of Law   Jhessica Reia, Center for Technology and Society at Fundacao Getulio Vargas (CTS-FGV) – DIY or Die! Gender and Creation in Marginal Music Production   Straight edge movement in Brazil: … Continue reading →

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Book chapter on resisting gendered concepts of creativity

Posted on January 7, 2015 by rtushnet

Rebecca Tushnet, The Romantic Author and the Romance Writer: Resisting Gendered Concepts of Creativity, in DIVERSITY IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, (Irene Calboli & Srividhya Ragavan eds., Cambridge Univ. Press, forthcoming 2015). Abstract: Dominant narratives of creativity regularly expect female-associated forms of … Continue reading →

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Organization for Transformative Works fundraising drive

Posted on October 21, 2014 by rtushnet

Fandom makes wonderful things!  Help support our commitment to preserving and protecting noncommercial transformative works, including our forthcoming work on renewing the DMCA exemption for vidders! http://tushnet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

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Redefining fan fiction down

Posted on September 2, 2014 by rtushnet

Neal Pollack’s article defending Amazon has many points of interest.  The only one I’ll engage with is that, contrary to the marketing, Amazon is still seeding Kindle Worlds with pro authors under contract–and apparently given advances as well as editorial … Continue reading →

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Kindle Worlds and fans

Posted on August 18, 2014 by rtushnet

Jeff John Roberts has a piece up at Gigaom about the article I presented at IPSC, with the news hook being Kindle Worlds versus traditional noncommercial fan fiction.  The title calls Kindle Worlds a “bust” for fans; I don’t think … Continue reading →

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IPSC part 4: copyright (and a bit on the right of publicity)

Posted on August 7, 2014 by rtushnet

Second Breakout Session Copyright Fair Use Raw Materials and Creative Works Andrew Gilden Raw materials concept is part of transformativeness in copyright and right of publicity cases.  Project: Examining the application and meaning of this concept.  Noticeable differences—cases seem to … Continue reading →

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Copyright Society: fan productions

Posted on June 9, 2014 by rtushnet

Crowd-Sourced Editorial Content and Fan Productions [Note: this is accidentally on purpose the perfect encapsulation of the move to monetize fandom: Four dudes sitting on a panel and telling me the history of fan fiction.] Moderator: Jay Kogan, DC Entertainment … Continue reading →

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Film on fandom’s future influcing copyright and politics

Posted on May 9, 2014 by rtushnet

PBS Digital discusses the Future of Fandoms, with mentions of yours truly, including my recent article for a festschrift for Henry Jenkins, and the Organization for Transformative Works.  Worth watching just for the fan art on screen. http://tushnet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

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