Several recent case studies have explored industries in what Kal Raustiala and Christopher
Sprigman have described as intellectual property's" negative space": areas in which creation …

Getting a divorce. Being diagnosed with a disease. Going through a relationship breakup.
Living through a natural disaster. All of these events are often life disrupting and debilitating …

We studied the Reddit communities for three game franchises at the time of a new release in
each franchise to see what the members of the Reddit community for the now-older game …

1870 University of Pennsylvania Law Review [Vol. 157: 1869 works produced and available.
Fan fiction is simply that: fiction cre-ated by fans, typically of popular commercial works, such …

As long as there have been fans, there has been fan fiction. There seems to be a
fundamental human need to tell additional stories about the characters after the book …

User-generated content is a term used to describe the division between culture produced as
a commodity for consumption and the culture that is generated by people acting as creative …

ABSTRACT In the United States, the line between the type and level of transformation
required for a copyrightable derivative work and that required to constitute fair use has not …

The derivative right is at the very core of copyright theory. What can and cannot be reused to
create a new work impacts freedom of expression but also impacts the value of the markets …

Social norms as a regulatory mechanism often carry more weight than formal law--
particularly in contexts when legal rules are gray. In online creative communities that focus …

Investigators in fields such as journalism and law enforcement have long sought the public's
help with investigations. New technologies have also allowed amateur sleuths to lead their …