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* [http://transformativeworks.org/ Organisation for Transformative Works website] | * [http://transformativeworks.org/ Organisation for Transformative Works website] | ||
* [http://community.livejournal.com/otw_news Organisation for Transformative Works livejournal] | * [http://community.livejournal.com/otw_news Organisation for Transformative Works livejournal] | ||
* [http://www.fanhistory.com/index.php/OTW FanHistory OTW] | |||
* [http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/12/organization-for-tra.html Boing!Boing!: Organization for Transformative Works: defend fandom!] | * [http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/12/organization-for-tra.html Boing!Boing!: Organization for Transformative Works: defend fandom!] | ||
Revision as of 23:46, 14 January 2008
The Organisation for Transformative Works (OTW) was founded by a small group of fans on Livejournal in May 2007, in reaction to Strikethrough 2007.
OTW says of itself that it is "a nonprofit organization established by fans to serve the interests of fans by providing access to and preserving the history of fanworks and fan culture in its myriad forms".
The board of OTW is Francesca Coppa, Cathy Cupitt, Susan Gibel, Naomi Novik, Michele Tepper, Rebecca Tushnet.
OTW projects
Planned projects announced by OTW (January 2008)
- Open-source software package for archiving fanfiction and social networking
- Hosting a noncommercial and nonprofit fanfiction archive
- Providing legal assistance to protect and defend fanworks from commercial exploitation and legal challenge
- A peer-reviewed academic journal called Transformative Works and Cultures
- A wiki about fandom aimed at the general public