A shallow dive into participatory culture studies -- Initial sources of copyright law -- The Copyright Act of 1909 -- The Copyright Act of 1976 -- The question for parody and satire : is it transformative? -- Related legislation : The PROTECT Act and the CASE Act -- Fan fiction -- Fan art -- Fan film -- Cosplay -- Fandom, social media, and the law -- Summing up and a view of the future.
Summary:
"Fandom and the Law covers the intersection of fan-created content and intellectual property law. And this connection is valuable not only to lawyers and scholars who examine potential copyright and trademark infringement, right-of-publicity violations, fair use, and related legal issues, but to the content creators themselves"--Back cover "An analysis based on the two major iterations of copyright law, the 1909 Act and the 1976 Act"--Provided by publisher.
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