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Tech NewsInternetHow Fandom Destroyed and Protected Me
If you love something to the point of unhealthy obsession, it feels like there’s only one place you can really go. The internet. Once upon a time, I really, really, really loved Les Misérables. The book, movie, or musical, you ask? Yes. I own several copies of the book and have read it cover-to-cover multiple … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsMeet the Erotica Author Who’s Making Disney Villains Fuck
It’s an undeniable truth: Disney villains are hot. There’s a reason we have so much fan fiction dedicated to the romantic exploits of Walt’s animated baddies. And it’s why one author has created her own erotica saga that looks at what would happen if some of Disney’s classic villains had emerged as the victors…and then … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle Axes ‘Fanfiction’ Tab That Suggested Grinch and Minions Porn
Earlier this year, Google revamped its search engine on mobile devices, adding tabs for “the most common and relevant subtopics” to the top of results. Search for, say, The Grinch, on your phone, and you might see a suggested tab listing upcoming showtimes. Or, until yesterday, one called “fanfiction” that surfaced stories like “How the … Continued
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Comment of the Day: USA! USA! Edition
Today, we pitted Mockingjay against Catching Fire for the ultimate prize (bragging rights), closely observed a stunning showdown between two praying mantises, and pondered the legal ramifications of defamation of (fictional) characters. Georgetown law professor Rebecca Tushnet joined us for a Q&A on the legalities of fan fiction, artists’ mash-ups, and musical sampling. In response … Continued
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Ask a Law Professor Your Questions about Fan Fiction and Mash-ups
Rebecca Tushnet is a law professor at Georgetown and one of the founders of the Organization for Transformative Works, a nonprofit that promotes and supports fanworks. She’s here today to answer your questions today about fair use, fanworks, and the internet. Tushnet’s currently working on a project looking at the benefits and legal issues of … Continued
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Amazon has added Kurt Vonnegut to its “official” fan fiction program
What do Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries, and Slaughterhouse-Five all have in common? Well, now people can write and sell completely legal fan fiction based on each of them, thanks to Amazon’s Kindle Worlds program. This cannot end well. Amazon announced that the entire Vonnegut library would be joining the Worlds service, which allows people … Continued
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io9The most infamously awful fanfic ever, “My Immortal,” has a web series
The infamous Harry Potter fan fic “My Immortal” is a masterpiece of wretchedness. It stars the Mary Sue-iest of Mary Sues, Hogwarts has gone inexplicably goth, at no point do any of the Harry Potter characters act even slightly like themselves — and now “My Immortal” will be fully immortalized with a web series. I’ll … Continued
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Amazon Is Going to Start Selling Fan Fiction — Legal Fan Fiction
I personally am not the biggest fan of fan fiction, as some of you might know. But rest assured that the Scanners “Head Asplode” pic I’ve used to lead off this article doesn’t come from a place of distaste as much as pure shock at Amazon’s insane, bold, and genuinely brilliant plan to sell legal … Continued
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io9Why it’s so expensive to license the rights to a fictional character
Recently, two seemingly contradictory pieces of copyright law have popped up in the news. One is the case of Jonathan Coulton, whose arrangement of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” was lifted by the producers of Glee. Another is the recent case of a car customizer who was barred from making Batmobiles by a District Court … Continued
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Fan Fiction Friday: Iron Man and Captain America in “Hungry?”
Greetings! Welcome to the first installment of Fan Fiction Friday on io9. For those of you who don’t know, I’ve devoted the last several years of my life to mocking the worst erotic fan fiction the Internet has to offer, for two reasons: 1) for all the glories of this nerd age, we need to … Continued
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