to me, if I say "everything is made up of atoms" that does not mean "made up of atoms" is a meaningless category, but it does mean that "everything NOT made up of atoms, that which is atomless" is a meaningless category.
also, having been in an rpf fandom, it is true that there is no "original text" in the same way that SG-1 the show is the original text for my fanfic. but there is SOMETHING there that the rpf writer are riffing off of. it's just not as easily collected and pointed to. i don't have any dvd boxes for my source text for Lotrips, but it was definitely there.
personally, not meaning to start something here, but i saw no problem with RPF fandoms being included in a definition of "transformative works" but I'm certainly not up to date on the OTW's definition of what it is they are wanting to include in the definition of "media fandom".
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Date: 2008-02-23 04:27 pm (UTC)also, having been in an rpf fandom, it is true that there is no "original text" in the same way that SG-1 the show is the original text for my fanfic. but there is SOMETHING there that the rpf writer are riffing off of. it's just not as easily collected and pointed to. i don't have any dvd boxes for my source text for Lotrips, but it was definitely there.
personally, not meaning to start something here, but i saw no problem with RPF fandoms being included in a definition of "transformative works" but I'm certainly not up to date on the OTW's definition of what it is they are wanting to include in the definition of "media fandom".
hi!