Posts in News of Note

Every month in OTW Signal we’ll take a look at stories that connect to the OTW’s mission and projects, including legal, technology, academic, fannish history, and preservation issues that are important for fandom, fan culture or transformative works. In the News Last month an article in Wired pointed out the importance of AO3’s Fannish Next-of-Kin process, and how much it differed from the policies (or lack thereof) of other major online sites.

Every month in OTW Signal we’ll take a look at stories that connect to the OTW’s mission and projects, including legal, technology, academic, fannish history, and preservation issues that are important for fandom, fan culture or transformative works. In the News While the OTW strives to preserve fandom content through various projects, fans have organized many efforts for individual sites and types of content over the years. One recent example is how fans banded together to address the closure of V Live.

Every month in OTW Signal we’ll take a look at stories that connect to the OTW’s mission and projects, including legal, technology, academic, fannish history, and preservation issues that are important for fandom, fan culture or transformative works. In the News Our Open Doors project announced a big new initiative in October. This article in Slate interviewed both our volunteers and other fans about what it entailed.

Every month in OTW Signal we’ll take a look at stories that connect to the OTW’s mission and projects, including legal, technology, academic, fannish history, and preservation issues that are important for fandom, fan culture or transformative works. In the News A post at JSTOR about The Feminist Art Roots of Fan-Made Videos featured Transformative Works and Cultures staffer and author of Vidding: A History, Francesca Coppa, discussing the community nature of early vids.