I think your thoughts on OTW are very positive, which is really nice to read. :P Maybe I'm just naive or haven't read enough about everything yet, but yeah, I'm positive about it. About the only downside I can see is if TPTB get freaked out by their legal stance, in which case, yeah things can go bad, but I don't think they're going to be lobbying to change anything, and instead are more going to do the research for a court battle now, and wait until they come to us, in which case, they've already come to us, so somethings going down already.
Would the defense fund support the individual author? Or the right to write fanfiction? I would like to have more clarification Yeah, I just finished reading someones post saying that in the OTWs mission statements they only refer to fanworks, but I'd assume that if the fanwork isn't illegal, they can't attack the author (can they? I really don't know for sure). Also, I was just reading their site and they say This help will not be limited to those fans or projects directly connected with OTW. So yeah, my interpretation of that is, if *I* were to suddenly get in legal trouble for my fanworks, I can appeal to them for help, and they will at least consider helping me, regardless of whether the fanwork appears on their site or not.
I feel a little cynical about the legal defense fund, and the potential weight that it could reasonably be expected to have. I do feel very strongly that the legal defense fund is a good thing. I'm not sure how good their argument about fair use is, but, if/when they go to court, I would support it, because I don't want to have to take this lying down. I think that if fandom got behind them, we could raise the money so that we're not forced out of court for money reasons, but actually, one of my concerns is that they might rely too much on volunteers for the court case. I know the board member who is a lawyer specializes in copy right, but still....
the list of metafandom links to OTW discussion is here Cool! Thanks.
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:P Maybe I'm just naive or haven't read enough about everything yet, but yeah, I'm positive about it. About the only downside I can see is if TPTB get freaked out by their legal stance, in which case, yeah things can go bad, but I don't think they're going to be lobbying to change anything, and instead are more going to do the research for a court battle now, and wait until they come to us, in which case, they've already come to us, so somethings going down already.
Would the defense fund support the individual author? Or the right to write fanfiction? I would like to have more clarification
Yeah, I just finished reading someones post saying that in the OTWs mission statements they only refer to fanworks, but I'd assume that if the fanwork isn't illegal, they can't attack the author (can they? I really don't know for sure). Also, I was just reading their site and they say This help will not be limited to those fans or projects directly connected with OTW. So yeah, my interpretation of that is, if *I* were to suddenly get in legal trouble for my fanworks, I can appeal to them for help, and they will at least consider helping me, regardless of whether the fanwork appears on their site or not.
I feel a little cynical about the legal defense fund, and the potential weight that it could reasonably be expected to have.
I do feel very strongly that the legal defense fund is a good thing. I'm not sure how good their argument about fair use is, but, if/when they go to court, I would support it, because I don't want to have to take this lying down. I think that if fandom got behind them, we could raise the money so that we're not forced out of court for money reasons, but actually, one of my concerns is that they might rely too much on volunteers for the court case. I know the board member who is a lawyer specializes in copy right, but still....
the list of metafandom links to OTW discussion is here
Cool! Thanks.