Semantic Shenanigans

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Welcome! We are so glad you could join us.We are unabashed fan girls and have been so ever since we were wee squeeing kids.Thank you to Busy Little Beaver Productions for getting us started!The Law is an AlienWe have noticed, over the years, that fandoms of all sorts are continuously colliding with the legal system. Cosplayers are bothered at conventions. Artists violation copyright, or see their own intellectual property infringed upon. Fan fiction writers wonder whether a disclaimer will save them. Songwriters hear one thing, write another, but are hauled into court anyway. YouTube issues take down notices. Conventions get ugly. Stars are arrested. Corporate IP holders merge. Or they engage in proxy shareholder fights or struggle to gain control of the board of directors.Fandom, for your GradeFandoms are also the subject of scholarship. Because what fans do and write and dress up as can reflect any ma