MOLDY CHUM (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... Duncan’s book The River Why . He alleged copyright infringement and various state-law claims. Via: Rebecca Tushnet's 43(B)log LINK
Against Monopoly (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... Fan fiction continues to spawn new genres . So it's not surprising that the copyright lawyer Rebecca Tushnet wants to bring it out of the shadows and make it part of "fair use." Ms. Tushnet, although I'm sure you're well intentioned, please don't do it. If you want to do something useful, join the abolitionists and argue against copyright. And note that Star Trek creator Gene...
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Literary Review of Canada Online - Friction over Fan Fiction Undaunted by this, Rebecca Tushnet, a professor of law at Georgetown University, and a keen fan fiction writer herself, wants to take fan fiction out of the legal shadows where it has operated, more or less at sufferance, for decades, and carve out a legal place for it within the US doctrine of fair use. She has recently helped...
Confessions of an Aca/Fan: (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
... to remix practices now common online. Other members of the team included: Mimi Ito, Lewis Hyde, Rebecca Tushnet, Anthony Falzone, Michael Donaldson, Michael Madison, Panela Samuelson, and Jennifer Urban. Last week, the Center released their findings . The resulting report offers a very strong, legally credible defense of many now common remix practices, including some language which...
