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The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:
Chris Osterndorf: "From films, to toys, to parks, Walt Disney's original vision has come to fruition so completely it’s hard to imagine even he knew what was possible. And one of the chief ways Disney has kept that original vision intact is by building a reputation for being very, very litigious." 
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Frank Rose: '"If it doesn't spread, it's dead": With this pithy dictum, Henry Jenkins summed up the nature of media distribution in the Internet age.'
The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:
You should also check out Spreadable Media's website.
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Lauren Davis: "Fan fiction and fan art are both enormous components of our popular culture [...] But, sometimes creators, publishers, and studios claim that works of fan art and fan fiction violate their copyright. So is that Supernatural fanfic you're working on legal, or should you worry about the lawyers coming a-calling?"
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Damien Walter: "Science fiction authors have long understood the power of a solid fanbase that knows how to connect and grow through new technology. Mainstream writers, take note" ...
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The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:
Kendra Mack: "The participatory nature of the Internet has arguably helped broaden the popular definition of a "fan community" from something exclusive to comic and sci-fi fans to being inclusive of many genres and people" ...
Debbie Elicksen 's curator insight,
February 7, 2014 7:09 PM
Interesting points in this piece. The one thing that jumps off the page for me is how the female demographic is sometimes an after-thought and carry minor roles to the male-centric story headliner of fan culture stories. When is the last time you heard of Superwoman, Spiderwoman, Batwoman, X-Women?
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Cory Doctorow: "Here's an hour-long presentation on copyright law and fan art from San Diego ComicCon 2012, presented by a lawyer from DeviantArt who once worked as a copyright enforcer for Paramount" ...
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Henry Jenkins: "Today, I wanted to share with you an article which I wrote about the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con for Boom: A Journal of California, which has finally come out in print -- just in time for Comic-Con 2012."
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The slippery slope of Copyright in today's market.
Same old adage... all publicity is good publicity?
Or... 'we're making so much money, why bother with time and cost of fighting it'!