This paper argues that cultural policy and copyright law have paid insufficient attention to the rise of miniâcreators, people who get inspiration from existing copyrighted works and add to them to create new expressions. With the various creative and distributive technologies available today, they attempt to recontextualize cultural products they consume and express themselves, but their activities tend to be on the borderline of copyright infringement. Examination of lawsuits related to video game modification in the USA and in Japan will show different judicial approaches to the spread of modification devices for users, but commonly reveal the failure of copyright law to come to terms with their activities. It is suggested that copyright law should recognize their creativity and contribution to the enrichment of culture.View full textDownload full textKeywordscopyright law, user creativity, video games, Japan, cultural policy, fandomRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10286630903111613
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机译：本文认为，文化政策和版权法对微型创作者的兴起没有给予足够的重视，微型创作者是从现有的受版权保护的作品中汲取灵感并添加到创作中的人们。借助当今可用的各种创造性和发行技术，他们试图重新界定消费和表达自己的文化产品的语境，但其活动往往处于侵犯版权的边缘。在美国和日本，与视频游戏修改有关的诉讼的审查将显示出针对用户使用修改设备的传播的不同司法方法，但通常揭示出版权法未能使他们的活动得到解决。建议版权法应承认其创造力和对丰富文化的贡献。查看全文下载全文关键词版权法，用户创造力，视频游戏，日本，文化政策，fandomRelated var addthis_config = {ui_cobrand：“泰勒和弗朗西斯在线” services_compact：“ citeulike，netvibes，twitter，technorati，可口，linkedin，facebook，stumbleupon，digg，google，更多”，发布：“ ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b”};添加到候选列表链接永久链接http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10286630903111613
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