From: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org (chakram-refugees-digest) To: chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Subject: chakram-refugees-digest V7 #176 Reply-To: chakram-refugees@smoe.org Sender: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk chakram-refugees-digest Thursday, April 24 2008 Volume 07 : Number 176 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [chakram-refugees] RE: Potter Case [cr ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:35:06 +1200 From: cr Subject: Re: [chakram-refugees] RE: Potter Case On Wednesday 23 April 2008 11:29, Cheryl Ande wrote: > I am a bit surprised that the news media has made such a big issue about > this. Even in the Xenaverse people were shut down for copyright > infringement. I remember very well one case in particular where an artist > was caught selling Xena artwork on EBay and was ordered to stop by the > studio. There is an enormous difference between dabbling in fandom and > taking someone's creations and profiting from them without their > permission. The publisher should have known this even if the fan didn't. > Despite a lot of nonsense we hear from some fans, fans don't own the > characters their creators do. > > CherylA OTOH, the Xena TPTB were remarkably tolerant (I thought, incredibly so) about the use of their copyright names and pictures taken direct from Xena episodes on fan sites, even in some cases to accompany articles that were not only critical but positively libellous of TPTB. Contrast that with Star Trek and X-Files (I believe it was) who would jump on any fansite that dared include the tiniest pic from an episode (or so I've heard). I also seem to recall that J K Rowling (or her publishers) have acquired a reputation for being a bit quick on the trigger in matters of copyright, which is probably why the news media picked up on it. cr ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ End of chakram-refugees-digest V7 #176 **************************************