"this has to be the only direction he could have been headed in!"

[sab]

I have a theory. I think the next stage in fannish participatory progression will be re-cutting episodes themselves to tell fanfiction stories -- probably eventually manipulating the characters and the images themselves and effectively "directing" new episodes of our shows. TV downloading is easy, ubiquitous and free. Editing software is getting powerful and cheap.

Tell me-- what are the copyright issues we're going to run into?

I'm watching DS9 Season 7, episode two. Called...something with Shadows. Sisko and the new Ezri Dax are tromping around the selfsame desert where a young Buffy Summers met the First Slayer, and I had a fantasy that someone in the fannish stratosphere would cut those two episodes together to tell a crossovertastic brand-new story. And then I recalled downloading something recently where a fan had looped together audio clips from a David Hewlett movie and a Joe Flanigan movie into a slashy jubilee, and then, you know, one thing led to another.

Dammit, I have GOT to finish writing this scene. I have accomplished four more pages.

Comments

[palebluebell.livejournal.com]

I think you make and excellent point.

Pish-posh to copyrighting "laws" I say.

If they had any sense they'd give us everything they filmed, and let us decide what was best. We certainly couldn't do any worse.

There would perhaps be some argument as to which direction to take, but then, everybody would take the direction they wanted to, as we all do now anyway, and we'd all get the benefit of the finished products.

Sounds like a good plan to me.

[popfantastic.livejournal.com]

Sisko and the new Ezri Dax are tromping around the selfsame desert where a young Buffy Summers met the First Slayer, and I had a fantasy that someone in the fannish stratosphere would cut those two episodes together to tell a crossovertastic brand-new story.

You could cut in bits from the episode where Buffy thinks she is in an insane asylum also!

[skippydoo.livejournal.com]

I can see fanfic going that way. Other than the music are fanvids really that far off from telling a whole new story with the footage already shot?

I think it would have the same legal issues as vids. Plus I can see people like Joss absolutely hating it. To him and others I can see it being a sort of defamation of art.

[empressaurelius.livejournal.com]

.....That is an absolutely BRILLIANT idea you have there! It would be similar to the fannish music videos people make, yes? As far as copyright issues, I can only assume that there would be major ones. *Nods*

[tir.livejournal.com]

I think you're probably right. I'd say the various fan recuts of the new Star Wars films are a first step in that direction.