So I know I've posted about fair use vs. infringement of a copyright before, sometimes at great length (and even regarding its relation to the issue of orphan works (remember that fun?)), but I feel like maybe some of the Internet needs to revisit the concept.FN 1

Recently my friend cleolinda had another run-in with someone re-posting, in its entirety and ( Read more... )

--> First off, we have cleolinda's The Annotated Movies in Fifteen Minutes1

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(i.e. annotations on three Harry Potter parodies she has posted previously)

Now available for download at Lulu.com

If you haven't encountered the original Movies in Fifteen Minutes parodies (and The Book), you really should check them out. And if you have (or haven't, ( Read more... )

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cleolinda asked me to do a little informal legal review for her upcoming annotated m15ms last night, so I got to see what they're going to be like. If the annotations for Prisoner of Azkaban are anything to go by, they're going to be both funny and really fun to read. Hurrah! Definitely worth a dollar a story. I am looking forward to reading the ( Read more... )

As some of you may have heard by now, Terry Pratchett has been diagnosed with a rare form of early onset Alzheimer's. As you can see, he's upbeat about it, and at this time he's doing just fine, and thinks "there's time for at least a few more books yet." So that's good news. As you can imagine, the diagnosis is upsetting, but we can all hope for ( Read more... )