Date: Nov. 23rd, 2008 05:39 pm (UTC)
De Kosnik thinks the inevitable "fair use" fanfic court case will be coming up in the next few years. And after that, when/if it's decided in fanfic's favor, the next step will be creating a licensing system wherein fans can produce and sell whatever they want after a certain copyright period, say 10 years. So you could have fan-written paperbacks instead of authorized paperbacks.

Huh. I agree that that court case is coming. But, I don't think De Kosnik's understanding of "fair use" is what he thinks it is. What he proposes would require a total rewrite of existing copyright law. I don't think the creators would like losing their current "life + 70" status for their works, even though I think that's exactly what's needed. More likely it would mean lifting the threat of potential legal challenges towards fanfic. Which would be fine with me.
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