[ SECRET POST #1126 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1126 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[likekind.livejournal.com]

i definitely see where you're coming from, and i've had similar misgivings myself, but on the whole i'm pretty optimistic about the whole fandom being commoditized business. the first reason is that i think why help_haiti was so successful is because it was about fundraising, not profiteering. Like the way people who would normally never run a marathon will dress up in stupid costumes and hop all the way to raise money, the point is the charity itself, not the commercialization of fandom, if that makes sense.

another big reason is that fandom basically can't be commoditized anyway for legal reasons, The only reason fandom exists to the extent that it does now is mainly because it's not for profit - apart from a few exceptions, authors and corporations don't have a reason to start waving around their copyrights until something distasteful in fandom becomes visible to them.

and finally, what i think is the most hopeful and compelling reason against commodification is that most people in fandom seem to not want it to be commoditized. people get all the pleasure they need from the joy of creating a fanwork and getting feedback and constructive criticism for it, connecting with others who share their interests and passions from around the world, and in return being able to enjoy other people's fanworks for free and often making good friends in the process. while i do know that some money-making does go on in areas of fandom - commissioned portraits, for instance - i think the death of FanLib (http://www.fanhistory.com/wiki/FanLib) goes a long way to point towards fandom resisting being commodified. it wasn't just lack of interest that killed FanLib, after all, there was a backlash and downright hostility against the idea of fandom, fans and fanworks being so crassly commercially exploited by outsiders.

so, to make an extremely long comment short, i'd say that fandom will only be commodified if there's a consensus between the buyer and seller (and it isn't visible to the copyright holders). considering that, seeing as the 'free' aspect of fandom is one of its biggest draw cards, i'd guess that good causes like help_haiti are the only ways commercialism is really going to enter fandom, if at all.

[likekind.livejournal.com]

oh yeah, i forgot to add that the people boasting on your flist are super tacky and totally missing the point - but hopefully they're the exception, not the rule. (plus, since they're not actually getting the money, their boasting would be more comparable to people boasting about how many comments they received rather than how much money they made... right?)