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puddingsmith ([personal profile] hope) wrote2006-07-30 02:19 pm
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*snortgiggle*

The academic book I'm reading on Star Wars fandom just referenced [livejournal.com profile] maygra.

I fucking love fandom so hard. It just takes the occassional prodding to remind me just why and how much.

[identity profile] sharpest_rose.livejournal.com 2006-07-30 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't read that particular book, but other things of Will Brooker's I've seen have contained some fairly unethical uses of internet resources, so I wouldn't be shocked if he didn't ask permission.

[identity profile] frollo.livejournal.com 2006-08-01 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, this old problem raises its head again. My personal opinion is that if the 'resource' is free and available on the internet then the only acknowledgement required is the usual sort, i.e author, date, url etc. I don't see the point in asking permission to quote something on the net. If I quote/reference a book do I need to write to the author to ask permission first? Unless the resource was personal communication (e.g, email), or of a particularly personal nature, I feel that the fact that most fic/blogs/discussion are freely accessible by anyone with a computer and an internet connection means it is essentially 'out there' so to speak. At least Brooker acknowledged the pseudonym and url, which is surely all that many who read the fic know of its author anyway, despite your own obviously more intimate relationship with the author?

I know that many disagree with me. I'm curious to know your opinion on this. Are things posted on the net in a special category?


(BTW, I think Brooker's work is often, um... less academically rigorous than it could be).