On Copyright

The copyrighted works used in my fanworks are used legally as allowed under "fair use" law

"The use of the copyrighted material is justified as fair use under 17 USC 107 because it is (a) transformative and (b) does not adversely affect the market or potential market of the original work or derivative works. The central purpose of this investigation [into purpose and character of use] is to see ... whether the new work merely "supersede[s] the objects" of the original creation, or instead adds something new, with a further purpose or different character, altering the first with new expression, meaning, or message; it asks, in other words, whether and to what extent the new work is "transformative." Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., 510 U.S. 569, 579, 114 S.Ct. 1164, 127 L.Ed.2d 500 (1994), Zomba Enterprises, Inc.; Zomba Songs, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Panorama Records, Inc., Defendant-Appellant., 491 F.3d 574 (6th Cir. 2007)."

Please visit The Organization for Transformative Works for more information on the legality of fanworks.

Love This Team, Love This Game

Love This Team, Love This Game was a dvd that was made available only to season ticket holders for, I believe, a single season several years ago. This is absolutely ridiculous, because it's a fabulous, wonderful, funny, touching thing all around. I managed to find a second-hand copy in a local movie/music shop.

I made my video, Sports for Slashers, from clips I ripped from this dvd. The Bertuzzi/Naslund RPS community I belonged to at the time were mostly unaware of the dvd, so I uploaded the whole thing here because no one should miss the jaw-dropping flirting that goes on between Naslund and Bertuzzi in this thing. No one.

Love this team. ♥