Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Fan Fiction and Copyright


Negotiating Copyright in Online Creative Spaces by Rebecca Katz
Interesting session on an area of literature and copyright that I do not come across too often, despite the fact that my kids read a lot of fan fiction.

Fan fiction is essentially second generation creativity that remixes earlier media.  The stories are based identifiable segments from the Fandom, source text, fan fiction, fans and their community.

Information behaviour - do fan fiction writers consider the copyright implications of their work?

Freund (2014) copyright literacy, baseline knowledge of fair use and a variety of strategies to cope with complaints.
Legal disengagement as these writers generally have passive information behaviour with limited legal research or understanding.

Within the world of creating fan fiction, authors need to have greater knowledge of fair dealing.  Authors often have a preference for ethical but not necessarily legal. 

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