Law 874: Seminar in Advanced Copyright Law Topics

Assignment for September 1: Fan Fiction

1. Read Rebecca Tushnet, Copyright Law, Fan Practices, and the Rights of the Author, in Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World (Jon Grey et al. eds., 2007)

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2. Read Rebecca Tushnet, Economies of Desire: Fair Use and Marketplace Assumptions, 51 William & Mary L. Rev. 513 (209)

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3. Skim Terry Hart, License to Remix, 23 George Mason L. Rev. 837 (2016)

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4. Explore the Organization for Transformative Works, http://www.transformativeworks.org/.

5. View, read, or hear the fan-created work of your choice in the Archive of Our Own, http://archiveofourown.org/.

6. View the Axanar home page, http://www.axanarproductions.com/. Look around.

7. Read the CBS & Paramount Star Trek Fan Films Guidelines, http://www.startrek.com/fan-films.

8. Read Judge Klausner's May 9, 2016, opinion denying defendants' motion to dismiss in Paramount Pictures v. Axanar

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