Fan Films and Fanworks in the Age of Social Media: How Copyright Owners Are Relying on Private Ordering to Avoid Angering Fans

Authors

Kagen Despain

Abstract

Fandoms active in creating “fanworks” are increasingly able to leverage social media to coordinate and respond to owners of large media franchises who attempt to limit the creation and distribution of fan films. The resulting friction between these groups can be more efficiently addressed through private ordering rather than through formal legal reform.

Rights

© 2020 Brigham Young University Law Review

Recommended Citation

Kagen Despain, Fan Films and Fanworks in the Age of Social Media: How Copyright Owners Are Relying on Private Ordering to Avoid Angering Fans, 2020 BYU L. Rev. 333 (2020).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/lawreview/vol2020/iss2/9