FANFICTION UNIVERSITY
SURF-IT Fellow Lauren LewisProfessor Rebecca Black
(Professor Bill Tomlinson)
WHAT IS FAN FICTION?
Fan-produced fiction based on an existing corpus
Over 1 million posted online Thriving community in several online forumsLiveJournalFanFiction.Net
Voluntary literary practice among adolescentsELLs
Peer edited and reviewedBeta-reading
THE M.O. OF FANFICTION UNIVERSITY
To tap into this existing community and foster these literary practices
Matching up authors and betasWriting resourcesTo provide a supportive community where members can work together to hone their craft
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LAYOUT AND NAVIGATION
REGISTRATION, LOGIN, AND LOGOUT
spec anddisplay
flash notice oflogging in
profile link
fanfictions
friend listingand controlpanel
USER HUB AND USER PROFILES
RELATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
FriendshipsUsers can e-mail each other using the double-blind e-mail system in place
Community listing which has full-features searching and browsing
display all userswith last namesstarting with thechosen letter
COMMUNITY INDEX
FANFICTION
COLUMNS
Released on a weekly scheduleColumns will display in a manner echoing fanfictions
CategoriesSimilar to popular columns found in the fanfiction community online
AUTHOR-BETA MATCHING
Soon, the site should match authors and betas
User-generated “tags”Fan fictionsBeta area of profile (if filled out)
A result list will be give to the user showing the betas which match the fan fiction’s tags most closely
Contacting option
WHAT ABOUT COPYRIGHT?
©
AUTHORS’ FEELINGS J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels, has expressed being flattered by fan fiction, and has explicitly permitted it with certain caveats
Meg Cabot, author of “The Princess Diaries” “says she was delighted to discover that her books had inspired hundreds of stories by fans”
Anne Rice has posted on her blog that “I do not allow fan fiction. The characters are copyrighted. It upsets me terribly to even think about fan fiction with my characters. I advise my readers to write your own original stories with your own characters. It is absolutely essential that you respect my wishes”
FAIR USE FOUR-PART TEST
PurposeNatureAmountMarket effect
RELEVANT CASES
Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. 1994“Pretty Woman” case
Suntrust Bank v. Houghton Mifflin Co. 2001Gone With The Wind vs. The Wind Done Gone
Higgins v. Detroit Educational Television 1998
Warner Brothers Entertainment, Inc., et al v. RDR Books, et al.Harry Potter Lexicon Case
IS FAN FICTION FAIR USE?
Educational meritVarious amounts of borrowing from source material
“Transformative”
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