I have decided to write my term paper for my Law & Society class on fan fiction. I am still a little unfocused on what I am going to focus on, but something to do with copyright laws and how blogs add an extra coplication. It has to be a pro and con paper. If anyone has any articles on the subject they could point me toward, I would be ever so grateful. My profile address is good.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
sj - Nov 16, 2005 10:23:26 am PST #1409 of 10453
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Emily - Nov 16, 2005 10:25:44 am PST #1410 of 10453
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I know there's a law-specific fandom livejournal community, if that would help... ah! [link]
amych - Nov 16, 2005 10:26:14 am PST #1411 of 10453
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
sj, Rebecca Tushnet's "Legal Fictions" is the paper on the subject. You can find it here: [link] along with her other writing on the subject. It's pre-blogging, but very worth a read.
Dana - Nov 16, 2005 10:26:55 am PST #1412 of 10453
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
You should probably check out Rebecca Tushnet's writings: [link]
Chilling Effects might also have some useful information or links: [link]
amych - Nov 16, 2005 10:31:53 am PST #1413 of 10453
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Also, EFF has a lot of good blogging info -- I don't think they address fanfiction, but they're a great resource for online speech issues in general. [link]
sj - Nov 16, 2005 10:32:39 am PST #1414 of 10453
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks for the links. I love the buffistas. You guys rock.
ETA: If anyone knows of any meatspace articles on the subject, I need to have at least a couple of those.
Dana - Nov 16, 2005 10:33:17 am PST #1415 of 10453
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Brad Templeton's list of 10 Copyright Myths also gets cited a lot here and there: [link]
Consuela - Nov 16, 2005 3:41:12 pm PST #1416 of 10453
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Punk and Sabine posted a cute-as-hell X-Files/Sports Night crossover. [link]
Dana - Nov 18, 2005 6:56:26 am PST #1417 of 10453
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Julie Fortune just posted some Daniel/Vala. Oh, yeah.
P.M. Marc - Nov 18, 2005 9:40:09 am PST #1418 of 10453
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
ithurtsmybrain broke me
Simpsons/Neverwhere.
Some typos, but that hardly detracts from the brain-breakage.
I am without speech.