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Chung, Christina. "Holy Fandom, Batman! Commercial Fan Works, Fair Use, and the Economics of Complements and Market Failure." Journal of Science & Technology Law 19. (2013): 367–404. Added by: joachim (5/27/16, 7:34 AM) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed BibTeX citation key: Chung2013 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Copyright, Fandom, Justice, USA Creators: Chung Collection: Journal of Science & Technology Law |
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| Attachments | URLs http://www.bu.edu/ ... /02/04ChungWeb.pdf |
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This Note examines how existing American copyright laws limit fan expression and ultimately argues that the fair use defense should apply to certain kinds of fan works sold for commercial profit. Part I discusses the nature of fan works and how the evolution of fan works created legal tension between the copyrighted original works and fan works. Part II explores the legal status of fan works under American copyright law and compares the rights of original work authors with those of derivative work authors. Part III focuses on copyright’s fair use exception and examines how this doctrine attempts to achieve copyright’s policy goals. Part IV uses two test cases to argue that current fair use doctrine should expand to permit fair uses where the use is not substitutionary or where the use responds to market failure.14 In Part V, this Note concludes that courts should find fan merchandise to be fair uses where they are complementary to the original work and where the merchandise fills a gap created by market failure.
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