re-posted from otw_news

Journal Call For Papers
From the Journal Committee:

Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC) is a new international peer-reviewed journal published by the Organization for Transformative Works edited by Kristina Busse and Karen Hellekson. TWC publishes articles about popular media, fan communities, and transformative works, broadly conceived.

We invite papers on all related topics, including but not limited to fan fiction, fan vids, mashups, machinima, film, TV, anime, comic books, video games, and any and all aspects of the communities of practice that surround them. TWC’s aim is twofold: to provide a publishing outlet that welcomes fan-related topics, and to promote dialogue between the academic community and the fan community. You may find more information on the call for papers here.

Submissions can be made through TWC’s Web site; inquiries may be made to the editors (editor @ transformativeworks.org).

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Just thought I'd pass this along for those of you who may be interested in this sort of thing. Especially since a lot of you on my flist are fanficcers, graphics makers and vidders.

A lot of what this group is doing is trying to present a case and ease the restrictions in regards to where copyright infringement is being used to squash creative endeavors. And you know how that goes. I'm convinced that if a lot of the great artists, et al. lived in our world today, they'd probably be getting their asses sued off. Copyright infringement is becoming ridiculous in my opinion. Less of a protective measure, like it should be, and more of an oppression tool by narrow-minded windbags. /end mini-rant

Feel free to pass this along!
(Yes, I posted this to main lj too. Just making sure I hit all those who might be interested. :)