Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

["K. Jo Garner" <kelly AT metalab.unc.edu>]

Yes, but not all fanfic/slash fiction is chased after adamantly in the US.  
Lots and lots of slash fiction is available online, and as long as no-one 
is making a profit off of it, it's generally acceptable. THere is 
apparently a newer development called RPS or real person slash a subset of 
which is BBS (boy band slash), some people think it's "creepy" and 
libelous/slanderous/etc. but that remains to be seen. 

I do not know of any lawsuits in the US versus fanfic or slash fiction 
writers. Warner Bros was considering a lawsuit against slash writers of 
Harry Potter stories but is "reluctant to draw further attention to the 
unofficial sites." Viacom claims all text and images of Star Trek and 
characters thereof are their property, but I can't find reference to them 
shutting down fanfic/slash sites (not containing images but just text). 

Another reference here:

"And while some TV and film producers have threatened legal action against
slash authors, [Paul] Gross [from the TV series Due South,
writer/producer/actor] pointed out that a fan's fantasies are not an area
into which his copyright extends. "I suppose that character is public
ground," he said. "If you're willing to bring it into people's houses
every week, the [fans] are entitled to certain liberties, wherever their
imagination is carried by those characters."
http://slashcity.org/nakedflame/tribe/globe.htm

Cheers
KJ


On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Jim Campbell wrote:

->Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 05:38:47 -0800 (PST)
->From: Jim Campbell <froglips111302 AT yahoo.com>
->Reply-To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
->To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
->Subject: [internetworkers] Manga and Copywrite....
->
->Wow, I wish I had written this!
->
->Lawrence Lessig discusses the Japanese comic (Manga)
->phenomena of dojinshi.
->
->Dojinshi is a fan created manga based on a copywrited
->commercial manga.  Fans write new stories, alternate
->endings and more.
->
->Not only that, fans publish and share their dojinshi. 
->
->
->Now for the shocking part, the Japanese Content
->Providers do NOT sue fans into submission and
->oblivion.  They actually encourage and use the fans to
->further their commercial products.
->
->Its hard to believe.  Don't they realize that fans
->want nothing more than cease and desist orders,
->threats of prosecution, fines, jail time and DMCA
->threats?
->
->http://www.redherring.com/insider/2003/01/copycats011003.html
->
->Thanks,
->Jim Campbell
->Otaku in training
->
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