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Fan Fiction and Copyright
Outsider Works and Intellectual Property Protection
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About this book
As long as there have been fans, there has been fan fiction. There seems to be a fundamental human need to tell additional stories about the characters after the book, series, play or movie is over. But developments in information technology and copyright law have put these fan stories at risk of collision with the content owners' intellectual property rights. Fan fiction has long been a nearly invisible form of outsider art, but over the past decade it has grown exponentially in volume and in legal importance. Because of its nature, authorship, and underground status, fan fiction stands at an intersection of key issues regarding property, sexuality, and gender. In Fan Fiction and Copyright, author Aaron Schwabach examines various types of fan-created content and asks whether and to what extent they are protected from liability for copyright infringement. Professor Schwabach discusses examples of original and fan works from a wide range of media, genres, and cultures. From Sherlock Holmes to Harry Potter, fictional characters, their authors, and their fans are sympathetically yet realistically assessed. Fan Fiction and Copyright looks closely at examples of three categories of disputes between authors and their fans: Disputes over the fans' use of copyrighted characters, disputes over online publication of fiction resembling copyright work, and in the case of J.K. Rowling and a fansite webmaster, a dispute over the compiling of a reference work detailing an author's fictional universe. Offering more thorough coverage of many such controversies than has ever been available elsewhere, and discussing fan works from the United States, Brazil, China, India, Russia, and elsewhere, Fan Fiction and Copyright advances the understanding of fan fiction as transformative use and points the way toward a safe harbor for fan fiction.
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Index
- 2 Live Crew 71–73 see also parody
- “Aang Can’t Wait to Be King” (fan video) 88
- Ace Books 138–39
- adaptation see derivative works
- Alternative: Epilog to Orion 13
- Alvin and the Chipmunks 104
- “Anacreontic Song, The” (aka “To Anacreon in Heaven”) 75
- “And the Truth Will Set You Free” 17
- anime music video (AMV) 83 see also vidding
- ARPANET 13
- AudioSwap 146
- Austen, Jane 8, 81, 83 see also zombies, Jane Austen and
- Bach v. Forever Living Products 39–40
- Barsoom 95
- Batman 75, 81
- Adventures of Batman and Robin … and Jesus, The 81
- Batmobile 75
- Dark Knight, The 75
- Detective Comics 75
- Baum, L. Frank 1, 95, 120, 139
- Patchwork Girl of Oz, The 95
- Wizard of Oz, The 5, 53, 89, 95, 120, 126
- Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The 95
- Beekveld, Erwinsee “They’re Taking the Hobbits to Isengard”
- Beowulf 59
- Berlin v. E.C. Publications 73, 79
- Berne Conventionsee copyright / international
- Berners-Lee, Tim 13
- Beyond Antares 13
- Bitterleaf, Belkar 25
- Black Hole Travel Agency (series) 115
- Daley, Brian 115
- Luceno, James 115
- Bogart, Humphrey 29, 41
- Bond, James 3, 35–40, 52
- Fleming, Ian 36
- MGM v. Honda 35–39
- Bradley, Marion Zimmer (aka MZB) 1, 110–116, 135–37, 145
- Contes di Cottman IV 110
- Contraband 112–14, 136
- Darkover 93, 106, 110–1...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction: Who Owns Fandom?
- The World of Fan Fiction
- The First Question: Are the Underlying Works or Characters Protected?
- The Second Question: If the Underlying Works or Characters are Protected, does the Fan Work Infringe upon that Protection?
- Three Interests of the Author in Conflict with Fanfic
- Fanfic: The New Voyages
- Appendices
- Selected Bibliography
- Index