An interesting couple links

[CraigL]

io9 had a Law Professor answer questions about Fan Fiction and Mash-ups. Not exactly the type of stuff we see a lot of here, but there's a lot of information that is generally applicable also.

The io9 link:

http://io9.com/ready-ask-a-law-professor-your-questions-about-fan-fict-1466743169

And an organization the lawyer is co-founded with called Organization for Transformative Works seeks to help fanworks with legal advice (and other ways also):

http://transformativeworks.org/

They have this document online:

http://tushnet.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/otw-ntia-pto-comment.pdf

A lot to go through, but initially at least, looked like some good examples, information and advice, from an actual lawyer!

CraigL

 

[Zensteve]

Cool links

There's some interesting things happening, in that whole world. Amazon's access to certain licenses, allowing fan-fic authors to monetise their material, is when it really started rolling openly. It's just matter of time before a/v media will become part of that new deal.

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