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Archive of Our Own Our first goal is to create a new, free, open-source software package to allow fans to host their own robust, full-featured archives, which can support even an archive containing hundreds of thousands of stories and which has the social networking features to enable fans to connect to one another through their work. Our second goal is to use this software to provide a noncommercial and nonprofit central hosting place for fanfic and other transformative fanworks, where these can be sheltered by the advocacy of the OTW and take advantage of the OTW’s work in articulating the case for the legality and social value of these works. Unlike other archives, the Archive of Our Own isn’t run by individuals whose interest in fandom may wax and wane, but by a nonprofit organization run by an elected rotating board of committed fans. We hope that this will lead to more permanence and stability than some other archives or services. No one, including the OTW as an organization, makes money from the archive or its content; in fact, the opposite is true because the OTW pays to host the archive. Advertising is not shown. Instead, we hold public radio-style pledge drives to ask for support from our users. No donation will ever be required to use the archive or any of its tools. Building the kind of archive the OTW envisions is not a simple process. We’re not just setting up an archive using existing software, but building new open-source archive software designed around fans’ needs, that can be easily maintained and easily reused, and that can handle potentially millions of stories from hundreds of thousands of simultaneous users. This work is being done by a group of volunteers, including a group of trainees learning how to write and maintain code, to help build the fannish community of coders. This is a group of people who can help to maintain the archive software in future. In other words, we’re not just building the Archive, we’re building the builders. We have also taken the time to develop comprehensive and fan-friendly policies with as much input from fans as possible; you can see our resulting Terms of Service on the Archive of Our Own. This is taking a little while to do, but we absolutely believe it’s worth the time. You can follow the progress of the Archive’s development in our newsletters and our blog. To get involved, contact the Volunteers committee. In fact, we hope that other fans will use our archive software, which will be open-source and free to use and modify, to build their own archives. In the Archive of Our Own, we hope to create a multi-fandom archive with great features and fan-friendly policies, which is customizable and scalable, and will last for a very long time. We’d like to be fandom’s deposit library, a place where people can back up existing work or projects and have stable links, not the only place where anyone ever posts their work. It’s not either/or; it’s more/more! The Archive of Our Own entered open beta in November 2009. To create an account, you need an invitation. We’re using the invitation code system so that the Archive can grow in a controlled manner. We need to add new users gradually so that our account numbers don’t grow beyond what our hardware, bandwidth, help and support can cope with. This helps us ensure that everyone using the Archive gets the best possible experience. Once you receive an invitation email, click the link provided in the email to go to the account creation page. If you’ve been provided with an invitation link by another user, clicking this link should take you to the right place. Fanlore Fanlore is a wiki—a multi-authored website—that any fan can contribute to. Our goal is to record both the history and current state of our fan communities—fanworks, fan activities, fan terminology, individual fans and fan-related events. For more information, see the Fanlore About page and the Fanlore FAQ. The scope of Fanlore includes all fandoms and transformative works of all kinds. We seek to host contributions from a diverse range of fans as they share experiences about the histories of their fannish communities. All fans and interested persons are invited to contribute to Fanlore by creating articles or adding information to existing pages. Anything you can contribute towards the preservation of fannish history is welcome! We’re always excited to welcome new editors to Fanlore, and we have lots of resources to get you started. Start with our Tips for Browsing Fanlore and the Basic Editing Tutorial, and then make sure to browse our more detailed help pages. You’ll also want to familiarize yourself with our policies. Once you’ve started editing, the Fanlore Editing Cheatsheet is an invaluable resource – as is this list of templates that are frequently used around the wiki. If you need further assistance, you can always contact our gardeners for editing help. Short and/or introductory pages are always welcome! Fanlore has an identity protection policy which ensures that fans can keep their pseudonymous fan identities separate from their real names if they wish to. Additionally, the Organization for Transformative Works as a whole is committed to protecting the privacy of fans, whether they are users of our services or not. If an edit has been made to the wiki which connects your real-life and fannish identities without your consent, please contact Fanlore and we will work with you to resolve the issue. Fandom is international, and we welcome contributions from fans all over the world. At this time, Fanlore is an English-language resource, although editors are absolutely encouraged to document fandoms, fanworks, and fan communities that may have originally been conducted in languages other than English. If you would like advice on or assistance with documenting aspects of non-English-language fandoms, or are interested in working with Fanlore to improve the international scope of the wiki, please contact us. Finances In a fiscal sense, no one; OTW is a nonprofit organization, so any revenue the organization takes in goes into the organization’s coffers to support the work the organization does. The OTW does not currently have any paid staff and is run by volunteers. Our official conflict-of-interest policy is the one recommended by the IRS for nonprofits. The OTW is incorporated in the state of Delaware, in the United States. The OTW uses funds to purchase goods and services that cannot be provided by its volunteers, such as expenses related to operations and certain administrative costs. Such operational expenses include the purchase of software and server space to create and maintain the archive. Administrative expenses include a variety of items typical to a nonprofit organization, such as insurance, payment processor fees, and tax preparation and auditing services. The Board is ultimately responsible for these decisions as part of its fiduciary obligation. The Board treasurer is specifically responsible for the creation and implementation of the OTW’s budget, but the Board must vote to approve the budget, as well as any unplanned expenditures. For smaller transactions, the Board will delegate responsibility to OTW’s committees to determine what goods and services may be necessary. Our payment processor will not reveal credit card or bank account numbers to the OTW. 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Finally, the OTW is required to file Form 990 with the IRS each year to report the organization’s financial activities. The OTW produces an annual report, which includes a summary of OTW’s activities over the previous year, as well as the organization’s financial statements. This is made available each year on the OTW Web site. The Form 990 is a public document; however, it will not be available on the OTW Web site, as it contains personal information about individuals that should not be made available via the Internet. Individuals can obtain a paper copy of the annual report and the Form 990 for the cost of duplication and postage by contacting the Treasurer. Please put “Annual Report/990” in the subject line and provide a mailing address. Legal Copyright is intended to protect the creator’s right to profit from her work for a period of time to encourage creative endeavor and the widespread sharing of knowledge. But this does not preclude the right of others to respond to the original work, either with critical commentary, parody, or, we believe, transformative works. In the United States, copyright is limited by the fair use doctrine. The legal case of Campbell v. Acuff-Rose held that transformative uses receive special consideration in fair use analysis. For those interested in reading in-depth legal analysis, more information can be found on the Fanlore Legal Analysis page. Fair use is the right to make some use of copyrighted material without getting permission or paying. It is a basic limit on copyright law that protects free expression. “Fair use” is an American phrase, although all copyright laws have some limits that keep copyright from being private censorship. Fair use favors uses that (1) are noncommercial and not sold for a profit; (2) are transformative, adding new meaning and messages to the original; (3) are limited, not copying the entirety of the original; and (4) do not substitute for the original work. None of these factors is absolutely necessary for fair use, but they all help, and we believe that fanworks like those in the archive easily qualify as fair uses based on all these factors. There is a distinction between plagiarism (the unacknowledged use of someone else’s words claimed as one’s own), fanfiction (the acknowledged or obvious borrowing of story elements to tell a new story in the fanfiction writer’s words), and quotation (the acknowledged or obvious use of small excerpts of another’s work). By “obvious” we mean that even if a fan writer didn’t put a disclaimer on her story, readers know that she did not invent Wonder Woman or Voldemort, or the phrase “Use the Force, Luke.” Plagiarism is deceitful and prevents the original author from receiving credit for her own original work. Fanfiction and quotation are important fair uses which acknowledge the original author and her work. The OTW does not support plagiarism; we do support fanfiction and quotation. While case law in this area is limited, we believe that current copyright law already supports our understanding of fanfiction as fair use. We seek to broaden knowledge of fan creators’ rights and reduce the confusion and uncertainty on both fan and pro creators’ sides about fair use as it applies to fanworks. One of our models is the documentary filmmakers’ statement of best practices in fair use, which has helped clarify the role of fair use in documentary filmmaking. The OTW’s Legal committee is consulting with the Stanford Fair Use Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The mission of the OTW is first and foremost to protect the fan creators who work purely for love and share their works for free within the fannish gift economy, who are looking to be part of a community and connect to other fans and to celebrate and to respond to the media works that they enjoy. These fans create vibrant and active communities around the work they are celebrating, tend to spend heaps of money on the original work and associated merchandise, and encourage others to buy also. They are not competing with the original creator’s work and if anything help to promote it. While some transformative works legitimately circulate in the for-profit marketplace — parodies such as The Wind Done Gone (the retelling of Gone with the Wind from the perspective of a slave), critical analyses that quote extensively from an original, “unauthorized guides,” etc.—that really isn’t what fanfic writers and fan creators in general are doing, or looking to do. We just want to enjoy our hobby and our communities, and to share our creative work, without the constant threat hanging overhead that an overzealous lawyer at some corporation will start sending out cease & desist notices, relying not on legal merit, but on the disproportionate weight of money on their side. Not at all. The OTW does not oppose the derivative works right that allows copyright owners to authorize a mass-market film adaptation, for instance, or allows a writer to authorize a specific individual (such as the author’s son or daughter) to publish sequels commercially. The founding Board Chair of the OTW is Naomi Novik, herself a professional novelist, whose work is under copyright and who has a stake on both sides. We are absolutely willing to help if we can find someone with the necessary legal knowledge. Fortunately, our friends at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are making a major effort to develop global legal expertise, and we plan to call on them in such situations. In any situation, US or non-US, we’ll see what we can do based on the facts and our resources. We have no plans for a test case. We are focusing on building relationships with legal advocacy groups like the EFF and developing legal resources of our own. One of the most exciting and helpful developments in copyright of late has been the development of “best practices,” principles and procedures establishing what constitutes fair use in the judgment of a community of creative users. Best practices can successfully defend fair use rights even without litigation—see the statement of best practices in fair use. It is our position that, at a minimum, noncommercial, transformative fanworks are fair use, and the OTW will defend that position, just as the documentary filmmakers are using their best practices to make films and do business without litigation. Profit matters, and the degree of transformative quality matters: telling stories around a campfire, freely sharing nonprofit fanfiction, summarizing plot in a book review, or making a documentary film about fans is not the same as a major commercial derivative enterprise like making a major TV miniseries out of a novel. Most countries have exceptions to copyright rights for various purposes. In Europe, the more common term is “fair dealing.” Countries differ in their treatment of the scope of copyright and exceptions. For example, in Canada, parody is not a specifically recognized defense to copyright infringement, although it can be fair dealing in appropriate circumstances. Australia has limited protections regarding the freedom of communications. The Gowers Review of Intellectual Property in the UK is expected to bring about changes in UK laws regarding parody and transformative use. In other words, it’s complicated. And it’s ever-changing. Because the OTW and its servers are based in the US, we believe that US law applies to content in the Archive of Our Own, even if the author is a resident or national of a different country. However, different countries make different claims about the reach of their laws. Your country of origin’s laws are likely to apply to you. It is possible that some sections of the OTW policies are broader, or perhaps more restrictive, than a specific jurisdiction’s laws. Other organizations that serve an international audience are dealing with the varying legal regimes under which their users live, work and play. Creative Commons, for example, has developed a multi-step process to “port” their licenses internationally by “both linguistically translating the licenses and legally adapting them to particular jurisdictions.” Ideally, we would like to develop a similar process within the OTW, but for the time being, we are happy to work with our friends at EFF when engaging in legal advocacy outside the United States. If you would like to work on non-US legal issues or education, please contact the Volunteers Committee. This is essentially a personal decision. If it will upset you to read, view, or watch fanworks based on your works, then don’t. Authors are sometimes advised to avoid reading or acknowledging fanfiction transforming their own work, as it is in theory possible that an author could read a story, go on to write something similar, and face a claim by the fan that they copied the fan’s work. There are many reasons to discount this risk, the least of which is that U.S. case law is all in the first author’s favor: no court is going to be receptive to a claim that a later work by the first author in the same universe infringes the fanwork. Among other things, when people begin with similar premises, it isn’t at all surprising that they will end up with similar ideas — but U.S. copyright law protects the specific expression of an idea, not ideas. Even if a fan work is similar to a later work in the same universe, similarity of ideas (say, how wand magic works in Harry Potter) isn’t sufficient for a copyright claim. However, not being able to win doesn’t erase the possibility that someone could threaten to sue. The real issue is that it doesn’t take a fanwork to generate a threat! If an author reads fan mail or online reviews, they might encounter a fan’s ideas about what should happen with the characters; if they read other books, they might encounter a storyline or character similar to a storyline or character they might later use. In fact, the typical author-versus-author infringement case involves claims that one work copied another, apparently unrelated work. The OTW’s mission includes explaining the difference between ideas and expression. A lot of people may have the same idea about what should happen on the next season of House; but if they each write different stories expressing the idea differently, then those stories don’t infringe each other. Donations and Membership To make a donation, go to our donation form. Thank you for your support! If you have any questions or issues completing your donation, please contact the Development & Membership team. 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Organization for Transformative Works The Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) 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. OTW was created to work toward a future in which all fannish works are recognized as legal and transformative, and accepted as legitimate creative activity. Our mission is to be proactive and innovative in protecting and defending our work from commercial exploitation and legal challenge, and to preserve our fannish economy, values, and way of life by protecting and nurturing our fellow fans, our work, our commentary, our history, and our identity, while providing the broadest possible access to fannish activity for all fans. A transformative work takes something extant and turns it into something with a new purpose, sensibility, or mode of expression. Transformative works include but are not limited to fanfiction, real person fiction, fan vids, and fan art. The OTW is interested in all kinds of transformative works, but our priority will be to support and defend the types of works hosted in our archive, and the fans who create them. The term transformative was specifically chosen to highlight in the nonprofit organization’s name one of the key legal defenses for fanworks of all kinds (including real person fiction): that they are transformative of original source materials. A transformative use is one that, in the words of the U.S. Supreme Court, “adds something new, with a further purpose or different character, altering the [source] with new expression, meaning, or message.” A story from Voldemort’s perspective is transformative, so is a story about a pop star that illustrates something about current attitudes toward celebrity or sexuality. The courts have also analyzed “right of publicity” claims against creative works by using the transformative use test from copyright law, so this also applies to one of the main legal issues real person fiction faces. Because one of our primary goals is to defend the right of fanworks to exist, having a key defense for them in our name is important to the organization. The OTW neither wants to nor can speak for all of fandom: fandom is huge, no matter how you define it. Right now, the OTW wants to provide a useful, searchable, reliable and stable home for all fanfiction regardless of rating or fandom, and in the longer term expand to other fanworks. In order to do that, we’re trying to set up a stable, defensible infrastructure—that’s the OTW. We welcome all fandoms in the OTW’s projects, including the Archive of Our Own, the Transformative Works and Cultures journal, and the Fanlore wiki. All of us engaged in making transformative fannish works face a common set of legal issues; we’d like to help fellow fans fight off pointless cease & desist letters, or find legal help if they’ve got a good case and want to pursue it. We are trying to find allies and make connections before there’s any trouble, while also explaining to the world why there shouldn’t be trouble, because fans are loyal customers. The OTW has its roots in a fan community with a decades-long history as a community made up mostly of women. Today, due to the internet and new technology, that community and its interests are rapidly growing in various ways and intersecting with other fan communities with different histories. We are excited and hopeful about the way our community is expanding and meeting with other varieties of remix culture, and we welcome anyone who wants to do what we’re doing. At the same time, it is still important to us to acknowledge that this particular creative community is a place created and shaped so strongly by the tastes of women, because that is historically a pretty rare and amazing thing. OTW values all fans, and the contributions made by fans of all genders. As the Organization grew out of a practice of transformative fanwork historically rooted in a primarily female culture, we also specifically value that history of women’s involvement, and the practices of fandom shaped by women’s work. Many organizations, including the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, the Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, focus on issues and interests related to fandom; the OTW is specifically focusing on issues relating to transformative works of fanfiction, fanvids, and fanart. OTW is an organization created by fans, for fans. It’s run by a board of directors. See About Us for more information. The 2007-2008 Board was appointed to get the OTW up and running. All subsequent boards are elected by OTW members. It is the Board’s responsibility to organize committees, make final decisions, keep financial records, handle compliance, and so on. Board members are asked to serve three-year terms. One-third of the Board is elected every year. The Board is elected from among members in good standing who have served at least one term on a committee. Every member of the OTW gets one vote in the election, regardless of how much they contribute. If you are interested in running for the Board, please contact Elections staff. For more information about our elections process, please visit the OTW Elections website. The Board determines which committees should be organized, then appoints chairs to those committees and approves committee members chosen by the chairs. The initial committee members were chosen from people who responded to the first public “Willing to Serve” call for volunteers. The OTW recruits regularly for different committees and positions. For recruitment calls, please see our Volunteering Page . You can also contact our Volunteers & Recruitment committee at any time. You might also be interested in Fanlore, the OTW’s fandom preservation wiki, and helping add information there. (A good place to start is the Fanlore wishlist, where current editors post where they’d like assistance). For more information, please visit our Volunteering FAQ. We welcome everyone who wishes to discuss sources (shows, bands, sports players, anime, etc.) and fandom; we welcome everyone who creates or enjoys fanfiction, vids, fanart, and other kinds of transformative works. OTW Website OTW translators work in two tiers: Translation staff and the language teams. Staff coordinates translation assignments and liaises with the other committees. Language teams vary in size (with at least one translator and one beta reader) and consist of volunteers who are either native speakers, or fluent in a language other than English. Apart from this website, the translators also help to make other OTW projects like the Archive of Our Own accessible to an international audience. This site is being translated by volunteers in their free time. We decided to release core information in your respective language as soon as it was ready, even though the full site translation has not been completed yet. We are working on eventually making all content available to you, but please understand that this takes time. Please contact us with your question and we’ll be happy to answer it. Transformative Works and Cultures The journal is meant to provide a space for academic analysis of individual transformative works and the larger culture of fandom from which they come, helping to demonstrate the social, educational, and aesthetic value of fandom and fannish works. A successful journal will also help fans who happen to be interested in engaging in fandom in a more theoretical and academic way to share their scholarship more widely, improving communication between fans and academia, as well as provide a theoretical background for OTW’s mission of explaining and preserving fandom and transformative fanworks. The journal will also explain the context of particular works to help establish fanworks as creative art in their own right. Transformative Works and Cultures comes out twice a year, on March 15 and September 15. Detailed online submission guidelines are available at the Transformative Works and Cultures website. We welcome submissions from everyone as long as the contribution complies with Transformative Works and Cultures‘s focus and scope. Transformative Works and Cultures prints peer-reviewed academic articles about transformation, broadly conceived, about fan engagement with various sorts of texts, and about fan communities; editorially reviewed meta articles and personal essays; book reviews; and interviews. Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC) copyrights under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Anyone is free to reprint or remix, with attribution, anything in TWC without obtaining specific permission, as long as the original publication information is attributed and/or hyperlinked back. This means that anybody can post full text of the articles, with attribution, as long as no money is made. Authors may therefore repost full content to their blog or Web site after TWC has been published. Likewise, random people can repost full text without restriction. As long as they attribute it properly, such duplication is fine. If people want to make money off the text, perhaps by anthologizing the essay in an edited volume, then they must ask. This includes the author, because once an article appears in TWC, TWC owns the copyright. TWC grants permission to anyone who requests reprint, regardless of who they are (the author or not), without asking for money. We do this in the spirit of open access. We require that the editors be asked for for-profit reprinting because we will take the responsibility of tracking down and informing the author. The journal retaining copyright is standard in academic journal publishing. Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC) is thus in line with general practice. Production editors at presses seeking reprint permission will automatically come to TWC, not the author. Requesting payment for reprints is one way that academic journals make money. However, TWC, because it is associated with the Organization for Transformative Works, a nonprofit organization, and because we want to retain the spirit of open access, will never ask for money to reprint articles. Our main reason is a purely practical one: TWC retains copyright to protect its ability to grant reprint permission in case the author disappears. Further, we are committed to open access. If we released copyright to the author, the author could choose to abrogate that by refusing to grant reprint permission. This is not in line with TWC’s mission and goals, which are focused on the free dissemination of ideas. Because Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC) is a multimedia journal that publishes screen shots, embeds videos, and uses hyperlinks, the journal must appear online. PDFs are unable to adequately duplicate the interactive experience of the journal. Further, because TWC copyrights under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, fans may wish to transform the journal by creating PDFs of content and making it generally available. As long as the document provides the URLs of the original source, and as long as the poster does not charge money, this activity is perfectly acceptable under the terms of the CC license. In fact, TWC encourages such transformative fan activity. Finally, TWC is bucking the importance the academy places on print media. If we created official PDFs, these documents, not the online versions, would be treated as authoritative merely because of the privilege print is provided in the academic publishing industry—and yet the PDF will always be a second-rate static snapshot of an interactive document. Volunteering The OTW is an all-volunteer organization, so everyone serving is doing so on voluntary basis. At the same time, our roles have differing levels of responsibility and commitment, which we distinguish by using the terms volunteer and staff. Generally, a volunteer serves as part of a pool (e.g. tag wranglers, coders, testers, translators) or a workgroup with specific and focused tasks to complete. Pool volunteers typically are not required to attend meetings; workgroup volunteers may be expected to do so. Volunteers do not hold a vote within their respective committee unless they also serve as committee staff. Staff serve on an OTW committee, are expected to attend meetings, and actively participate in committee business and projects. The time required of staff is often higher than for volunteers. Also, after nine months of service as staff, an individual is eligible to run for a seat on the Board of Directors. Yes; many OTW staffers dedicate their time to multiple roles. However, we ask that you seriously consider the time demands involved in the roles you’re interested in and the time you have to give to the organization. It can be valuable to both our volunteers and the OTW when people serve in multiple roles, but we also want to make sure we don’t overload people with too much responsibility. All of our new position descriptions give an estimated time requirement for the role to help with managing expectations. It is also suggested that volunteers discuss taking on extra roles with their committee chair. The OTW can only accept volunteering applications from people aged 16 years and over. Specific roles and committees may have required qualifications that limit participation to individuals 18 years of age or older. All of the OTW’s volunteers work online, so you don’t need to be in any particular location. As long as you have access to an internet connection, you’re in the right place (and you’ll get to work with people from all over the world). Absolutely! We very much welcome volunteers from around the world and from all backgrounds. As an organization that serves an international community, we have users and members whose first language is not English, and several of our committees and projects benefit from volunteers who have a background in more than one language. English is the ’lingua franca’ for the organization as a whole, so you will need to be able to work in English (but it doesn’t have to be perfect!). If you have specific concerns about applying for an open role, let Volunteers & Recruiting know, and they’ll put you in touch with the committee chair. You will need stable access to the Internet, as we use web-based software and email to communicate. Some roles may require access to different websites or software. Access to these tools is free or paid for by the OTW. The Organization for Transformative Works uses several third-party online tools, such as Basecamp and Campfire, that may not work well with some assistive technology. Our work is largely text-based, and some roles are extremely fast-paced, and require immediate online social interaction in the form of text-based chat. If you have questions about a specific area of concern, please contact us and we will do our best to help. We are currently only accepting applications for the listed roles. Part of our process is to only recruit for roles which are accepting new volunteers and are ready to train and bring them on board. However, we encourage you to keep your eye on the volunteer page and OTW News for the role you are interested in to be available. If you have more specific questions regarding roles, you can contact Volunteers & Recruiting. While we welcome volunteers looking to gain a new experience, some of our roles do require certain skills and experience. Our ability to take on beginners for a particular role may also vary depending on how many experienced volunteers are available to train them. The experience and time requirements for each position are stated in the position’s description. We encourage you to continue to check the volunteer page for open roles that match your qualifications. If you have questions regarding the requirements for a role, feel free to contact Volunteers & Recruiting. You are welcome to use whichever name you would like when you volunteer. Some volunteers like to tie their work to their fandom identity and others prefer to use their legal name, especially if they plan to use their volunteer service on their resume or CV. You are welcome to do either, or to choose a completely new name to use. If you are accepted to volunteer as a Tag Wrangler but do not wish to tie your wrangling to your existing account, your chairs can provide you with an invitation to set up a separate account for wrangling purposes. If you want to use your existing account, it does not need to match your OTW name, but please be aware that your OTW name may be linked with your AO3 name in the course of your wrangling work. Please note: A limited number of roles do require you to use your legal name, as they involve work with outside organizations. This will always be noted in the position description or the application. This depends on the type of role you’re interested in. After you press submit, the page will display information about what happens next, and you’ll be sent an automated confirmation message. For roles which have a lot of positions available (e.g. a volunteer pool, like translation or tag wrangling): Volunteers & Recruiting will send on applications to the chair of the relevant committee and/or to the leads of the volunteer pools. The chair will then interview prospective applicants to see if they’d be a good fit. We’ll let everyone know the results of their application as soon as we can. For roles which are only looking for a specific number of people (e.g. a staff role): Volunteers & Recruiting will save everyone’s applications and send them to the relevant chair at the end of the recruitment period. The chair will then interview prospective applicants to find the person who best fits the open roles. We’ll let everyone know the results of their application as soon as we can. All applications should receive an auto-reply that explains the next steps in the process. To ensure it is delivered, we ask that you whitelist e-mails from *@transformativeworks.org. If you have not received the auto-reply within 48 hours, check your spam filters and then please e-mail volunteers@transformativeworks.org with the position you applied for and the name you used on the application. No, no one in the Organization for Transformative Works receives monetary compensation for their work. Contact Volunteers & Recruiting via the contact form and we’ll be more than happy to answer them for you, generally within 1 week. (If sending a question in a language other than English, a response may take up to an additional week.)
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Archive of Our Own (Naš vlastiti arhiv) Naš prvi cilj je stvaranje novog, besplatnog paketa softvera otvorenog koda koji dopušta fanovima da hőstaju svoje vlastite robustne, potpuno opremljene arhive, paketa koji može podržavati čak i arhivu koja sadrži stotine tisuća priča i koja ima značajke društvenih mreža koje omogućuju fanovima da se povežu jedni s drugima kroz svoja djela. Naš drugi cilj je upotreba ovog softvera kako bismo pružili nekomercijalno i neprofitno središnje mjesto za hősting fanovske proze i drugih transformativnih fanovskih djela, gdje ona mogu biti zaštićena zagovaranjem od strane OTW-a (Organizacija za transformativna djela) i iskoristiti rad OTW-a na uspostavljanju zagovaranja legalnosti i društvene vrijednosti ovih radova. Za razliku od ostalih arhiva, Archive of Our Own – AO3 (Naš vlastiti arhiv) ne vode osobe čiji se interes za fandom može s vremenom smanjiti, već neprofitna organizacija pod vodstvom izabranog odbora sastavljenog od predanih fanova koji se izmjenjuju u odboru. Nadamo se da će ovo dovesti do veće trajnosti i stabilnosti nego kod drugih arhiva ili usluga. Nitko, uključujući OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) kao organizaciju, ne zarađuje novac od Archive of Our Own – AO3 (Naš vlastiti arhiv) ili njegovog sadržaja; zapravo, upravo suprotno, zato što OTW plaća hőstanje AO3-a. Reklame se ne prikazuju. Umjesto toga, održavamo javne pozive u radijskom stilu kako bismo zatražili potporu od naših korisnika. Nikakva donacija se nikada neće zahtijevati kako biste koristili AO3 ili bilo koji od njegovih alata. Zbog čega toliko dugo treba kako bi se izradio softver za arhivu? Izgradnja arhiva kakav OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) zamišlja nije jednostavan proces. Ne postavljamo samo arhiv pomoću već postojećeg softvera, već gradimo novi softver otvorenog koda u korist arhiva dizajniranog na bazi potreba fanova, koji se može s lakoćom održavati i ponovo koristiti, te koji može podnijeti potencijalne milijune priča od strane stotina tisuća korisnika istovremeno. Ovaj rad obavlja grupa volontera, uključujući grupu vježbenika koji uče kako pisati i održavati kod, kako bi pomogli izgraditi fanovsku zajednicu programera. To je grupa ljudi koja može pomoći s održavanjem softvera arhiva u budućnosti. Drugim riječima, ne gradimo samo softver arhiva, već izgrađujemo i graditelje. Također smo uzeli vremena i razvili opsežne, fanovima naklonjene smjernice uz što veći doprinos fanova; rezultate možete vidjeti na Terms of Service na Archive of Our Own – AO3 (Naš vlastiti arhiv). Ovaj postupak traje malo duže, ali mi apsolutno vjerujemo da je vrijedan vremena. Možete pratiti napredak razvoja AO3 putem našeg newslettera i našeg bloga. Kako biste se uključili, kontaktirajte Odbor za volontere . Zapravo, nadamo se da će drugi fanovi koristiti softver arhiva, koji će biti otvorenog koda, besplatan za upotrebu i prilagodbu, kako bi izgradili svoje vlastite arhive. U Archive of Our Own – AO3 (Naš vlastiti arhiv), nadamo se stvaranju multi-fandomskog arhiva s odličnim značajkama i smjernicama koje će biti naklonjene fanovima, koji će se moći prilagoditi i smanjiti ili proširiti po potrebi, te koji će trajati dugo. Željeli bismo biti fandomska knjižnica za pohranu, mjesto gdje ljudi mogu pohraniti kopije postojećih dijela ili projekata i imati stabilne poveznice, a ne samo mjesto gdje svi objavljuju svoja djela. Nije jedno ili drugo, nego je više i više! Archive of Our Own – AO3 (Naš vlastiti arhiv) otvoren je kao beta stranica u studenome 2009. godine. Kako biste napravili račun, potrebna vam je pozivnica. Koristimo sustav pozivnog koda kako bi AO3 mogao rasti u kontroliranom obliku. Moramo dodavati nove korisnike postupno kako naš broj korisničkih računa ne bi prerastao ono s čime se naš hardver, propusnost podataka, te službe pomoći i podrške mogu nositi. Pomoću toga možemo osigurati da svi koji koriste AO3 dobiju najbolje moguće iskustvo. Kada primite e-mail pozivnicu, kliknite na poveznicu u tijelu e-maila kako biste otišli na stranicu za stvaranje računa. Ako vam je pozivnicu poslao drugi korisnik, klik na ovu poveznicu bi vas trebao odvesti na pravo mjesto. Kontaktirajte Open Doors (Otvorena Vrata) za pristup alatu za uvoz. Molimo da nam odmah na početku kažete ako imate posebne potrebe – primjerice, ako želite da mi preuzmemo održavanje stare domene, ili ako vaš arhiv sadrži multimedijski sadržaj. Fanlore (Fanlor) Fanlor je wiki—stranica koju uređuje više autora—na koju bilo koji fan može pridonijeti. Naš cilj je zabilježiti povijest i trenutno stanje naših zajednica fanova—fan radova, fan aktivnosti, fan terminologiju, pojedine fanovske događaje te one vezane za njih. Za više informacija, pogledajte stranicu Fanlora i Često postavljena pitanja Fanlora. Obujam Fanlora uključuje fandome i transformativna fanovska djela svih vrsta. Težimo k postajanju domaćinom doprinosa od širokog opsega fanova kroz dijeljenje iskustva o povijesti njihovih fanovskih zajednica. Fanlorima politiku zaštite identiteta, koja osigurava da fanovi mogu zadržati svoje pseudonimske fanovske identitete odvojenima od svojih stvarnih imena ako tako žele. Nadalje, OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) je posvećena zaštiti privatnosti fanova, bez obzira na to jesu li korisnici naših usluga ili ne. Ako je promjena donesena na wikiji koja povezuje Vaš stvaran i fanovski identitet bez Vašeg pristanka, molimo Vas da kontaktirate Fanlor i raditi ćemo s Vama na rješavanju problema. Financije U fiskalnom smislu, nitko; OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) je neprofitna organizacija, tako da svaki prihod koji dobije ulazi u njezinu blagajnu radi podržavanja rada organizacije. OTW trenutno nema plaćeno osoblje, te je vode volonteri. Kao službenu politiku u pitanju sukoba interesa koristimo ona koju za neprofitne organizacije preporučuje porezna uprava SAD-a (IRS). OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) je inkorporiran u državi Delaware, u SAD-u. OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) koristi sredstva za kupnju dobara i usluga koje volonteri ne mogu pružiti, kao što su troškovi povezani s poslovanjem i određeni administrativni troškovi. Operativni troškovi uključuju i kupnju softvera i prostora na poslužitelju za izradu i održavanje arhiva. Administrativni troškovi uključuju različite stavke tipične za neprofitnu organizaciju, kao što su osiguranje, naknade za obradu plaćanja, pripremu poreza i usluge revizije. U konačnici, Odbor je odgovoran za te odluke u sklopu svoje povjereničke obveze. Blagajnik odbora je posebno odgovoran za sastavljanje i provedbu proračuna OTW-a, ali Odbor mora glasovati za odobravanje proračuna, kao i za neplanirane troškove. Za manje transakcije, Odbor će prenijeti odgovornost odborima OTW-a kako bi odredili koje robe i usluge bi mogle biti potrebne. OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) može primiti donacije iz cijelog svijeta putem online donacija, ili slanjem čeka poštom u naš poštanski pretinac. Pogledajte linkPodržite OTW za detalje. Naš procesor plaćanja neće otkriti brojeve kreditnih ili bankovnih računa OTW-u. Osobni čekovi primljeni putem pošte imat će podatke o računu, ali te informacije nećemo čuvati. Jesu, u Sjedinjenim Državama. OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) je registrirana 501(c)(3) neprofitna organizacija, i sve donacije su porezni odbitci. Jedna od prednosti našeg neprofitnog statusa je da bilo koja donacija organizaciji, uključujući naknadu za članstvo od 10 US$, se također odbija od poreza u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama. Još bolje, vaše prošle donacije su također odbijene od poreza, sve do našeg datuma osnivanja: 5. rujna 2007. Molimo, imajte na umu da ako se nalazite izvan SAD-a, vaš doprinos može i ne mora biti porezni odbitak. Trebali biste se savjetovati s poreznim savjetnikom i vidjeti može li se dar američkoj 501(c)(3) neprofitnoj organizaciji kvalificirati za porezni odbitak u skladu s vašim lokalnim zakonima. OTW mora prikupiti određene podatke (poput imena, adrese, itd.) od donatora kako bi se uskladili s propisima porezne uprave SAD-a (IRS). S obzirom na učestalost obožavatelja koji koriste pseudonime u svom fanovskom životu, ta će informacija biti usko vezana uz OTW, te dostupna samo blagajniku OTW-a i članovima Odbora za razvoj i članstvo. Potpuno anonimne donacije mogu se izvršiti samo u gotovini. OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) je neprofitna organizacija koja podliježe zakonima i propisima koji određuju povjereničke odgovornosti za obavljanje djelatnosti uz podržavanje povjerenja javnosti. OTW će pozorno promatrati ne samo članovi i fanovi izvan organizacije, nego i porezna uprava SAD-a (IRS) i savezne države Delaware, u kojoj smo registrirani kao organizacija. Postoji niz dodatnih zaštitnih mjera. Zlouporaba sredstava OTW-a predstavlja prijevaru i mogla bi biti podvrgnuta kaznenom gonjenju. To prilično dobro djeluje protiv zloupotrebe. Raspodjela sredstava OTW-a slijedit će opće prihvaćene računovodstvene principe u pogledu nadzora i odobravanja izdataka. Konačno, OTW je dužan svake godine podnijeti obrazac 990 poreznoj upravi SAD-a (IRS) kako bi prijavio financijske aktivnosti organizacije. OTW sastavlja godišnje izvješće koje uključuje sažetak aktivnosti OTW-a tijekom prethodne godine, kao i financijske izvještaje organizacije. Izvješće je dostupno svake godina na stranici OTW-a. Obrazac 990 je javni dokument; međutim, neće biti dostupan na internet stranici OTW-a jer sadrži osobne podatke o pojedincima koji ne bi smjeli biti dostupni putem interneta. Pojedinci mogu dobiti papirnatu kopiju godišnjeg izvješća i Obrazac 990 za troškove izrade kopije i poštarine tako da kontaktiraju blagajnika OTW-a. Molimo stavite “Godišnje izvješće / 990” u naslov i navedite adresu za slanje pošte. Zakonitost Autorska prava su namijenjena zaštiti prava stvaratelja da profitra od svog rada na određeno vrijeme, kako bi potaknuli stvaralački pothvat i raširenu razmjenu znanja. Ali to ne isključuje pravo drugih da odgovore na izvorni rad, bilo kritičkim komentarima, parodijama, ili, vjerujemo, transformativnim radovima. U SAD-u, autorska prava su ograničena pravednom uporabom doktrine. Pravni slučaj Campbell protiv Acuff-Rose je smatrao da transformativne uporabe primaju posebno razmatranje u analizi pravedne uporabe. Za one koji su zainteresirani za čitanje dubinske pravne analize, više informacija možete pronaći na stranici Legalna analiza fanlora. Pravedna uporaba je pravo korištenja materijala zaštićenog autorskim pravima bez davanja dopuštenja ili plaćanja. To je osnovno ograničenje zakona o autorskim pravima koja štiti slobodno izražavanje. “Pravedna uporaba” je američki izraz, iako svi zakoni o autorskim pravima imaju neka ograničenja koja čuvaju autorsko pravo od privatne cenzure. Pravedna uporaba favorizira uporabe koje (1) nisu komercijalne i ne prodaju se za dobit; (2) su transformativne, dodaju novo značenje i poruke izvorniku; (3) ograničene, ne kopirajući cjelinu izvornika; i (4) ne zamjenjuju originalni rad. Niti jedan od ovih čimbenika nije apsolutno neophodan za pravednu uporabu, ali svi oni pomažu, a vjerujemo da se fanovski radovi poput onih u Archive of Our Own – AO3 (Naš vlastiti arhiv) lako mogu smatrati pravednom uporabom na temelju svih tih čimbenika. Postoji razlika između plagiranja (nepriznatog korištenja tuđih riječi koje se tvrde kao vlastite), fanovske proze (priznato ili očigledno zaduživanje pripovjednih elemenata kako bi se ispričala novu priča u riječima pisca fanovkse proze), i citiranja (priznata ili očigledna upotreba manjih dijelova drugog rada). Pod ”očigledno” mislimo na to da čak i ako autor fanovske proze nije stavio/la odricanje od odgovornosti na svoju priču, čitatelji znaju da oni nisu izmislili Wonder Woman ili Voldemorta, ili frazu “Upotrijebi silu, Luke.” Plagiranje je obmana i sprječava izvornog autora da primi zasluge za svoj izvorni posao. Fanovska proza i citiranje su važni dio pravedne uporabe koji priznaju izvornog autora i njihov rad. OTW (Organizacija za transformativne radove) ne podržava plagiranje; mi podržaamo fanovsku prozu i citiranje. Dok je sudska praksa u ovom području ograničena, vjerujemo da sadašnji zakon o autorskim pravima već podržava naše razumijevanje fanovske proze kao pravednu uporabu. Nastojimo proširiti znanje o pravima autora fanovske proze, te smanjiti zbunjenost i neizvjesnost na fan i pro autorske strane o pravednoj uporabi koja se primjenjuje na fanovske radove. Jedan od naših modela je izjava o najboljim praksama u pravednoj uporabi , koja je pomogla razjasniti ulogu pravedne uporabe u izradi dokumentarnih filmova. Pravni odbor OTW-a (Organizacija za transformativne radove) se konzultira sa Stanford Fair Use Project, i Electronic Frontier Foundation. Misija OTW-a (Organizacija za transformative radove) je, prije svega, zaštita autora fanovske proze koji rade isključivo za ljubav, i slobodno dijele svoja djela u okviru ekonomije darivanja unutar fandoma, koji žele biti dio zajednice i povezati se s drugim fanovima, te proslaviti i odgovoriti na medijske radove u kojima uživaju. Ovi obožavatelji stvaraju živopisne i aktivne zajednice oko rada koji slave, skloni su potrošiti gomile novca na izvorni rad i pripadajuću robu, te potaknuti druge na kupnju. Oni se ne natječu s originalnim autorskim radom. Dapače, oni ga reklamiraju. Dok neki transformativni radovi legitimno cirkuliraju na tržištu za profit – parodije poput The Wind Done Gone (prepičavanje Prohujalo s vihorom iz perspektive roba), kritičke analize koje opsežno citiraju original, “neovlašteni vodiči”, itd. – to doista nije ono što autori fanovske proze rade ili žele raditi. Samo želimo uživati u našem hobiju, i našim zajednicama, te dijeliti naš kreativni rad bez stalne prijetnje koja nam visi nad glavom da će neki odvjetnik iz neke velike korporacije početi slati obavijesti o prestanku & odustajanju, oslanjajući se ne na pravnu vrijednost, već na golemu količinu novca na njihovoj strani. Nipošto. OTW (Organizacija za transformativne radove) se ne protivi pravu izvedenih djela koja vlasnicima autorskih prava omogućavaju autorizaciju, npr. masovne tržišne adaptacije filmova, ili dopušta autoru da ovlasti određenu osobu (poput autorovog sina ili kćeri) da komercijalno objavljuje nastavke. Predsjednica Osnivačkog Odbora OTW-a je Naomi Novik, koja je i sama profesionalni romanopisac, čiji je rad pod autorskim djelima i koja ima udio u obje strane. Apsolutno smo spremni pomoći, ako možemo naći nekog sa potrebnim pravnim znanjem. Srećom, naši prijatelji u Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) ulažu veliki napor u globalni razvoj pravne stručnosti, i planiramo ih pozvati u takvim situacijama. U svakoj situaciji, bila ona u SAD-u ili ne, vidjeti ćemo što možemo učiniti na temelju činjenica i naših resursa. Nemamo planova za ispitni slučaj. Usredotočeni smo na izgradnju odnosa sa pravnim skupinama poput EFF-a, i razvijanjem vlastitih pravnih resursa. Jedan od najuzbudljivijih i najkorisnijih dostignuća kasnijeg autorskog prava bio je razvoj “najboljih praksi”, načela i postupaka koji utvrđuju što to čini pravednu uporabu u presudi zajednice kreativnih korisnika. Najbolje prakse mogu uspješno braniti pravo na pravednu uporabu ček i bez parnica – za više informacija pogledajte izjavu najboljih praksi u pravednoj uporabi. Naše je stajalište da, barem nekomercijalni, su transformativni radovi pravedna uporaba, a OTW će braniti tu poziciju, baš kao što dokumentarni filmaši koriste svoje najbolje prakse za stvaranje filmova i poslovanje bez parnica. Profit je bitan, i stupanj transformativne kvalitete je bitan: pričanje priča oko vatre, slobodno dijeljenje neprofitne fanovske proze, sažeti zaplet u recenziji, ili izrada dokumentarnog filma o fanovima nije isto kao veliki komercijalni poduhvat poput izrade TV mini-serije iz romana. Većina zemalja ima iznimke u autorskom pravu za različite svrhe. U Europi, uobičajeni pojam je “pravedno postupanje”. Zemlje se razlikuju u postupanju s opsegom autorskih prava i iznimkama. Na primjer, u Kanadi, parodija nije priznata obrana u kršenju autorskih prava, iako se može priznati kao pravedno postupanje u odgovarajućim okolnostima. Australija ima ograničene zaštite glede slobode komunikacije. Gowersova recenzija intelektualnog vlasništva u UK-u očekuje da će donijeti promjene u britanskim zakonima koji se odnose na parodiju i transformativnu uporabu. Drugim riječima, komplicirano je. I uvijek se mijenja. Budući da se OTW (Organizacija za transformativne radove) i njegovi poslužitelji temelje u SAD-u, vjerujemo da se američki zakon odnosi na sadržaj Archive of Our Own – AO3 (Naš vlastiti arhiv), čak i ako je autor stanovnik ili državljanin druge zemlje. Međutim, različite zemlje daju različite tvrdnje o dosegu njihovih zakona. Zakoni Vaše zemlje podrijetla vjerojatno će se odnositi na Vas. Moguće je da su neki odjeljci politike OTW-a širi ili možda ograničavajući od zakona određene nadležnosti. Druge organizacije koje služe međunarodnoj publici bave se različitim pravnim režimima pod kojima njihovi korisnici žive, rade, i igraju. Na primjer, Creative Commons je razvio višestupanjski postupak za “lansiranje” svojih licenci na međunarodnoj razini “jezičnim prevođenjem licenci i pravnim prilagođavanjem određenim jurisdikcijama.” U idealnom slučaju, željeli bismo razviti sličan proces unutar OTW-a, ali trenutno smo sretni što surađujemo s našim prijateljima u EFF-u prilikom uključivanja u pravnu zastupljenost izvan Sjedinjenih Država. Ako želite raditi na pravnim pitanjima ili obrazovanju van SAD-a, molimo kontaktirajte Odbor za volontere. To je u biti osobna odluka. Ako će Vas uzrujati da čitate ili gledate fanovske radove na temelju Vaših djela, nemojte to učiniti. Autore se ponekad savjetuje da izbjegavaju čitanje ili priznanje fanovske proze, jer je u teoriji moguće da je autor pročita priču, nastaviti pisati nešto slično i biva optužen od strane fana da je kopirao njegov/njezin rad. Mnogo je razloga da se otkloni ovaj rizik, od kojih je najbitniji taj da je sudska praksa u SAD-u uvijek u autorovu koristu: niti jedan sud neće prihvatiti tvrdnju da kasniji rad prvog autora u istom svemiru krši rad fana. Između ostalog, kada ljudi započnu s sličnim tlocrtom, uopće ne čudi da će završiti sličnim idejama – ali zakon SAD-a o autorskim pravima štiti specifični izraz ideje, a ne ideje. Čak i ako je fanovski rad sličan kasnijem djelu u istom svemiru, sličnost ideja (recimo, kako magija čarobnog štapića djeluje u Harryju Potteru) nije dovoljna za polaganje prava na autorska prava. Međutim, nemogućnost pobjede ne briše mogućnost da bi netko mogao prijetiti tužbom. Pravi problem je da nije potreban rad fana za generiranje prijetnje! Ako autor čita poruke e-pošte ili recenzije na internetu, možda će naići na ideje fanova o tome što se treba dogoditi s likovima; ako pročita druge knjige, možda će naići na priču ili lik koji je sličan priči ili znaku koji bi kasnije mogli koristiti. U stvari, tipični slučaj povrede autor-protiv-autora uključuje tvrdnje da je jedan rad kopirao drugi, očigledno nepovezani rad. Misija OTW-a (Organizacija za transformativne radove) uključuje objašnjenje razlike između ideje i izraza. Mnogo ljudi može imati istu ideju o tome što se treba dogoditi u sljedećoj sezoni House-a; ali ako svatko od njih piše različite priče koje drugačije izražavaju tu ideju, onda one priče ne krše jedna drugu. Donacije i članstvo Kako biste donirali, posjetite naš obrazac za donacije. Hvala Vam na podršci! Ukoliko imate bilo kakvih pitanja ili problema sa završavanjem svoje donacije, molimo Vas kontaktirajte tim za Razvoj i članstvo. Da, ako ste stanovnik Sjedinjenih Američkih Država. Nažalost, trenutno ne možemo primiti čekove koji dolaze izvan SAD-a . Molimo ispunite naš obrazac za donacije, odaberite opciju “Poslat ću uplatu čekom” i pošaljite svoj ček na: Organization for Transformative Works, Inc. Park Ave S #18156 New York, New York 10003-150 USA Čekovne donacije mogu uzeti do 3 tjedna da bi uplata bila vidljiva. Ukoliko imate bilo kakvih pitanja, molimo Vas kontaktirajte tim za Razvoj i članstvo. Da, ako donirate u američkim dolarima (US $), ali gotovina i novčani nalozi će biti prihvaćeni samo kao ne-članska donacija. Za članske svrhe, moramo biti u mogućnosti povezati Vašu uplatu sa bankovnim računom ili kreditnom karticom tako da možemo potvrditi da ste stvarna osoba i pojedinac kada održavamo izbore. Kako bi donirali, pošaljite novac na: Organization for Transformative Works, Inc. Park Ave S #18156 New York, New York 10003-150 USA Ukoliko imate pitanja o ovome, molimo Vas kontaktirajte tim za Razvoj i članstvo. Da, možete donirati online koristeći naš obrazac za donacije. (Molimo imajte na umu da ne možemo prihvatiti gotovinu ili čekove u valutama koje nisu američki dolar.) Kada donirate koristeći naš online obrazac, biti ćete pitani da odredite iznos donacije u američkim dolarima na obrazcu; poslije, možete dovršiti uplatu koristeći kreditnu karticu ili PayPal. Molimo kontaktirajte tim za Razvoj i članstvo ili PayPal podršku za daljnju pomoć. Jesu, u Sjedinjenim Državama. OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) je registrirana 501(c)(3) neprofitna organizacija, i sve donacije su porezni odbitci. Naš EIN u SAD-u je 38-3765024; to će također biti uključeno u Vaš račun od donacije za Vašu evidenciju. Molimo, imajte na umu da ako se nalazite izvan SAD-a, Vaš doprinos može i ne mora biti porezni odbitak. Trebali biste se konzultirati s poreznim savjetnikom i vidjeti da li se dar američkoj 501(c)(3) neprofitnoj organizaciji kvalificira za porezni odbitak pod Vašim lokalnim zakonima. Molimo kontaktirajte tim za Razvoj i članstvo ako imate daljnih pitanja. Za članske donacije, moramo povezati svaku donaciju sa specifičnim pojedincem zbog pravnih svrha, kako bismo izbjegli jednu osobu koja donira više puta i ima pravo na glasanje više od jedanput. (Pročitajte Zbog čega zahtijevate naknadu za članstvo kako bi dali nekome pravo glasa u OTW izborima? ispod kako bi znali više.) Vaše informacije su sigurne s nama, i mi imamo veliku predanost prema zaštiti podataka. Nikada nećemo povezati Vaše zakonska i fanovske identitete. Molimo Vas pročitajte naša Pravila o uporabi za više detalja. Ako želite donirati bez pružanja adrese, možete napraviti ne-člansku donaciju koristeći gotovinu ili novčani nalog (ukoliko ste stanovnik SAD-a). Molimo, pogledajte Mogu li donirati putem gotovine ili novčanim nalogom? iznad. Molimo kontaktirajte tim za Razvoj i članstvo ako imate daljnih pitanja. Članska donacija Vas čini OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) članom: možete glasati u našim godišnjim izborima za Upravni odbor. Za više informacija o našem izbornom procesu, molimo posjetite OTW Izbori stranicu ili kontaktirajte Izborni tim. Ne-članska donacija, iako je jako cijenjena, ne čini Vas članom OTW-a i ne pruža nikakve glasačke olakšice. Kao mnoge neprofitne, OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) koristi naknadu za članstvo kao izravni i lak-za-provjeriti zahtjev kako bi osigurali da je svaki član zaseban pojedinac. U suprotnome bi jedna osoba mogla stvoriti više članskih računa kako bi imali više od jednog glasa u našim izborima. Ove naknade također odlaze na pomaganje pri održavanju OTW-a —kako bi platile naše operativne troškove za organizaciju i sve naše projekte, tako da ne moramo koristiti oglase ili naplaćivati naknade našim korisnicima. Nastojimo održati našu minimalnu donaciju niskom kako bismo osigurali da nije barijera za ulazak nikome tko brine o organizaciji, ali se nadamo da će većina članova dati više ukoliko mogu! Kako bismo osigurali da su svi glasajući članovi OTW-a (Organizacije za transformativna djela) zapravo stvarni pojedinci i kako bi održali pravedne izbore, ne možemo dozvoliti darovana članstva. Dobrodošli ste napraviti donaciju u čast drugih kroz naš obrazac, ali te im donacije neće dodijeliti status člana. Ne, OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) članstva i Archive of Our Own – AO3 (Naš vlastiti arhiv) računi nisu povezani ni na koji način. Kako bi dobili AO3 račun, molimo pridružite se listi čekanja za pozivnicu. Donacije OTW-u nam pomažu kako bismo održali AO3, stoga je Vaša potpora dobrodošla, ali smo predani tome da ponudimo AO3 kao besplatnu uslugu za sve. Ne postoji poveznica između individualnih donacija i računa na AO3. Ukoliko imate pitanja o AO3 pozivnicama, molimo kontaktirajte AO3 Korisničku podršku. Ne, OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) članstvo i Archive of Our Own – AO3 (Naš vlastiti arhiv) računi nisu povezani ni na koji način. OTW snažno podupire pravo fanova da odvoje fanovske i ne-fanovske identitete. Nikada nećemo povezati to dvoje, i baze podataka koje sadrže podatke o članstvu i AO3 računu su posve zasebne. Naše skladištenje i korištenje Vaših podataka je određeno našim Pravilima o uporabi. Vaše članstvo traje godinu dana brojeći od Vaše najnovije donacije. Ako odlučite postati član OTW-a i Vaša je donacija primljena prije datuma prestanka članstva za tu izbornu godine, koje objavljuje tim za OTW Izbore, onda možete glasati. Ako niste sigurni kada ste zadnji put donirali, molimo kontaktirajte tim za Razvoj i članstvo. Ako imate pitanja o roku za članstvo ili procesu izbora, molimo Vas da kontaktirate Izbore. Vaša donacija podupire OTW-e (Organizacija za transformativna djela) operacije i njezine projekte. Mi smo volonterska organizacija, tako da većina naših troškova ide prema održavanju naših projekata. Kako bi saznali više o našim nedavnim troškovima i prospektivnom proračunu, pogledajte slijedeće: - Nedavne objave o prikupljanju sredstava, s informacijama o našim troškovima i ciljevima; - Naša godišnja izvješća, koja uključuju bilance za prošlu fiskalnu godinu i informacije o napretku naših projekata; - naše nedavne prijave poreza. Ako imate još pitanja, molimo kontaktirajte tim za Razvoj i članstvo Trenutno ne postoji način izdvajanja donacija za jedan OTW-ov (Organizacija za transformativna djela) projekt ili trošak. Ima par troškova koji su nespecifični projekti i povezani sa organizacijom kao cijelom; na primjer, softver koji naši volonteri koriste za sastanke i stvaranje planova; server koji je host i radi za našu internu dokumentaciju i Archive of Our Own – AO3 (Naš vlastiti arhiv) sadržaj; vatrozid koji štiti Fanlore, AO3 i naše interne memorije. Donacije idu prema održavanju svih njih i drugih OTW projekata. Darovi zahvale su neobavezni predmeti koje možete odabrati i primiti ako donirate više od 50 američkih dolara. Popis darova koji su dostupni se mijenja redovito. Molimo posjetite naš donacijski obrazac kako biste saznali koji je trenutni izbor. Molimo kontaktirajte tim za Razvoj i članstvo, recite nam koji biste dar željeli, i kada dosegnete ukupan iznos donacije, poslati ćemo Vam ga. Posjetite naš Ponavljajuće donacije obrazac kako bi napravili ponavljajuću donaciju. Da, ako odaberete opciju članstva, ponavljajuće donacije će se brojati prema članstvu. Nije moguće promijeniti iznos ponavljajuće donacije. Umjesto toga, morati ćete otkazati donaciju i postaviti novu. Molimo kontaktirajte tim za Razvoj i članstvo za pomoć s tim procesom. Kako bi promijenili kreditnu karticu korištenu u donaciji, morati ćete promijeniti detalje PayPal transakcije. Molimo pogledajte PayPal pomoć za više informacija o ovome, i kontaktirajte PayPal podršku za pomoć. Pružanje email adrese za “In Honor of” (u čast) odjeljka za donaciju nije obavezno i ne generira nikakvu obavijest, iako će počasni dobitnik dobiti općenite poruke poslane svim donatorima. Sva naša mjesta koja su trenutno otvorena su navedena na Volontirajte stranici. Ako pozicija koja Vam se sviđa nije trenutno tamo navedena, provjerite stranicu neki drugi put, i držite oko na novim otvorenim mjestima. Uvijek objavimo informacije o novim pozicijama u OTW-u (Organizacija za transformativna djela) na našim stranicama sa vijestima. Open Doors (Otvorena vrata) Open Doors (Otvorena vrata) je projekt OTW-a (Organizacije za transformativne radove) koji je posvećen očuvanju fanovskih djela za budućnost. Naš cilj je sačuvati one fanovske projekte koji bi inače bili izgubljeni zbog manjka vremena, interesa, ili sredstva postojećeg održavatelja. Za više informacija pogledajte webstranicu Otvorenih vrata , koja također sadrži Otvorena vrata – pitanja i odgovori. Organizacija za transformativne radove OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) je neprofitna organizacija koju su osnovali fanovi kako bi služila interesima fanova, pružajući pristup i očuvanje povijesti fanovskih djela i fankulture u svim oblicima. OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) je stvorena kako bi težila prema budućnosti u kojoj su sva fanovska djela prepoznata kao pravna i transformativna, te prihvaćena kao legitimna stvaralačka aktivnost. Naša misija je da budemo proaktivni i inovativni u zaštiti i obrani našeg rada od komercijalnog iskorištavanja i pravnog izazova, te očuvati našu fanovsku ekonomiju, vrijednosti i način života štiteći i njegujući naše kolege fanove, naš rad, komentare, našu povijest , i naš identitet, pružajući najširi mogući pristup fanovskoj aktivnosti za sve ljubitelje. Transformativno djelo uzima nešto što postoji i pretvara ga u nešto s novom svrhom, senzibilitetom, ili načinom izražavanja. Transformativna djelai uključuju, ali nisu limitirana na fanfikciju, fikciju o stvarnim osobama, fan videa, i fanart. OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) je zainteresirana za sve vrste transformativnih djela, ali naš će prioritet biti podržavanje i obrana svih vrsta djela koja se nalaze u našem arhivu, te fanova koji su ih stvorili. Pojam transformativni je posebno izabran da u ime neprofitne organizacije naglasi jednu od ključnih pravnih obrana za fanovska djela svih vrsta (uključujući prozu o stvarnim osobama): da su to transformativni materijali originalnog izvora. Transformativna uporaba je ona koja, prema riječima Vrhovnog suda SAD-a, “dodaje nešto novo, s dodatnom svrhom ili različitim znakom, mijenjajući [izvor] novim izrazom, značenjem ili porukom”. Priča iz Voldemortove perspektive je transformativna, jednako kao i priča o pop zvijezdi koja ilustrira nešto o trenutnim stavovima prema slavnoj osobi ili seksualnosti. Sudovi su također analizirali tvrdnje o “pravu promidžbe” protiv kreativnih djela korištenjem testa za provjeru transformativne uporabe iz zakona o autorskim pravima, tako da se to odnosi i na jedno od glavnih pravnih pitanja koja se odnose na prozu o stvarnim osobama. Budući da je jedan od naših primarnih ciljeva da branimo pravo fanova, postojanje ključne obrane za njih u naše ime je važno za organizaciju. OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) ne želi, niti može, govoriti za cijeli fandom: fandom je ogroman, bez obzira kako ga definirate. Trenutno OTW želi pružiti korisni, pretraživi, pouzdani i stabilni dom za svu fanovsku prozu bez obzira na ocjenu ili fandom, a u dužem roku se proširiti na druga fanovska djela. Da bismo to postigli, pokušavamo uspostaviti stabilnu, obrambenu infrastrukturu – to je OTW. Svi fandomi su dobrodošli u OTW-ove projekte, uključujući Archive of Our Own – AO3 (Naš vlastiti arhiv), časopis Transformative Works and Cultures – TWC (Transformativna djela i kulture), te Fanlore wiki. Svi mi koji sudjelujemo u stvaranju transformativnih fanovskih djela suočeni smo sa zajedničkim pravnim problemima; želimo pomoći kolegama fanovima u borbi protiv besmislenih pisama prekida i odgoda, ili da nađu pravnu pomoć ako imaju dobar slučaj i žele nastaviti. Pokušavamo pronaći saveznike i uspostaviti veze prije nego što imamo bilo kakvih problema, dok također objašnjavamo svijetu zašto ne bi trebalo biti problema, jer su fanovi odani klijenti. OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) ima svoje korijene u desetljećima dugoj zajednici kao zajednici koja se većinski sastoji od žena. Danas, zbog interneta i nove tehnologije, ta zajednica i njezini interesi ubrzano rastu na različite načine i presijecaju se s drugim zajednicama fanova s različitim poviješću. Mi smo uzbuđeni i puni nade o načinu na koji se naša zajednica širi, i svi koji žele raditi ono što mi radimo su dobrodošli. Istodobno je i dalje važno priznati da je ova posebno kreativna zajednica mjesto stvoreno i oblikovano tako snažno od ukusa žena, jer to je povijesno prilično rijetka i nevjerojatna stvar. OTW cijeni sve fanove i doprinose fanova svih spolova. Budući da je OTW izrastao iz prakse transformativnih djela čija je povijest ukorjenjena u prvenstveno ženskoj kulturi, posebno cijenimo tu povijest ženskog sudjelovanja, i praksu oblikovanja fandoma od strane žena. Mnoge organizacije, uključujući Fond za pravnu obranu stripova, Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences i Electronic Frontier Foundation, usredotočuju se na pitanja i interese vezane za fandom; OTW se posebno usredotočuje na pitanja koja se odnose na transformativna djela fanovske proze, fanvidea i fanarta. OTW (Organizacija za transformativna djela) je organizacija stvorena od strane fanova, za fanove. Njome upravlja upravni odbor. Pogledajte O nama za više informacija. Upravni odbor 2007-2008 je bio zadužen za pokretanje OTW-a (Organizacija za transformativna djela). Sve sljedeće odbore biraju članovi OTW-a. Odgovornost Odbora je organiziranje komiteta, donošenje konačnih odluka, vođenje financijskih evidencija, upravljanje pridržavanjem, i tako dalje. Članovi odbora trebaju služiti trogodišnji mandat. Trećina Odbora se izabire svake godine. Odbor se bira među članovima sa dobrim ugledom koji su služili barem jedan mandat u nekom odboru. Svaki član OTW-a dobiva po jedan glas na izborima, bez obzira koliko oni pridonosili. Ako ste zainteresirani za kandidaturu, molimo kontaktirajte Izborničko osoblje. Za više informacija, molimo posjetite OTW-ovu Izborničku stranicu. Odbor određuje koji bi komiteti trebali biti organizirani, zatim imenuje predstavnike tih komitetima i odobrava članove koje izaberu ti predstavnici. Početni članovi komiteta izabrani su od ljudi koji su reagirali na prvi javni poziv “voljni da služe” za volontere. Svi koji žele pomoći su dobrodšli! Stotine volontera sudjeluju u projektima OTW-a (Organizacija za transformativna djela) – većina je odlučila volontirati kao odgovor na naše javne objave za regrutiranje. Volonteri OTW-a uključuju ljude mnogih rasa, spolova, kultura, seksualnih identiteta i sposobnosti. OTW ne diskriminira na temelju bilo kojeg od gore navedenih, a cijenimo raznolikost među našim osobljem. Molimo kontaktirajte naš Volonterski komitet ako biste htjeli volontirati. Svi su dobrodošli koji žele raspravljati o izvorima (emisije, bendovi, sportski igrači, anime, itd.) i fandomima; svi su dobrodošli koji stvaraju ili uživaju u fanovsko prozi, videima, fanartu, i drugim vrstama transformativnih djela. Web stranica OTW-ovi (Organizacija za transformativna djela) prevoditelji/ice rade s dvije razine angažmana: Prevoditeljsko osoblje i jezični timovi. Osoblje koordinira poslove prevođenja i povezuje s drugim vijećima. Jezični timovi variraju u veličini (s barem jednim/jednom prevoditeljem/prevoditeljicom i jednim beta čitačem/čitačicom), i sastoje se od volontera koji su izvorni govornici ili tečno govore neki drugi jezik osim engleskog. Osim ove web stranice prevoditelji također pomažu u realizaciji drugih projekata OTW-a, poput Archive of Our Own – AO3 (Našeg vlastitog arhiva) koji je dostupan međunarodnoj publici. Ovu web stranicu prevode volonteri u slobodno vrijeme. Odlučili smo objaviti osnovne informacije na vašem jeziku čim su bile spremne, iako puni prijevod web stranice još nije dovršen. Radimo na tome da vam svi sadržaji budu dostupni, no molimo vas da prihvatite da to zahtjeva vremena. Molimo, javite nam se sa vašim pitanjem i rado ćemo vam odgovoriti. Transformative Works and Cultures (Transformativni radovi i kulture) Transformative Works and Cultures – TWC (Transformativni radovi i kulture) je namijenjeno pružanju prostora za analizu pojedinih transformativnih djela i fandomske kulture iz koje dolaze, pritom pomagajući demonstrirati socijalnu, ekonomsku, i estetsku vrijednost fandoma i fanovskih djela. TWC pomaže fanovima koji su zainteresirani za angažiranje u fandomu na teorijski i akademski način, da podijele svoje znanje i poboljšaju komunikaciju između fanova i akademske zajednice, te da pruže teorijsku podlogu za OTW-ov (Organizacija za transformativna djela) zadatak objašnjavanja i očuvanja fandoma i transformativnih radova. Časopis će također objasniti kontekst pojedinih djela kako bi pomogao u uspostavljanju fanovskih radova kao svojevrsnim načinom kreativne umjetnosti. Transformative Works and Cultures – TWC (Transformativni radovi i kulture) izlazi dva puta godišnje, 15. ožujka i 15. rujna. Detaljnije smjernice za online slanje radova su dostupne na Transformative Works and Cultures – TWC (Transformativni radovi i kulture) web stranici. Svi radovi su dobrodošli, sve dok su usklađeni sa TWC-ovim fokusom i područjem. Transformative Works and Cultures – TWC (Transformativni radovi i kulture) objavljuje akademske članke o transformaciji, potpuno osmišljene, o angažiranju fanova s različitim vrstama tekstova, i o raznim fanovskim zajednicama; urednički pregledanim meta člancima i osobnim esejima; recenzije knjiga; i intervjui. Transformative Works and Cultures – TWC (Transformativni radovi i kulture) koristi autorska prava pod Creative Commons Imenovanje-Nekomercijalno-Dijeli pod istim uvjetima 3.0 nelokaliziranom licencom. Svatko može reproducirati ili napraviti remix , uz atribuciju, svega u TWC-u bez dobivanja posebnog dopuštenja, sve dok se izvorni podaci publikacije pripisuju i/ili se preusmjeravaju. To znači da svatko može napisati cijeli tekst članaka, uz atribuciju, pod uvjetom da ne dobiva novac od toga. Autori stoga mogu ponovo objaviti cijeli sadržaj na svoj blog ili web stranicu nakon objavljivanja TWC-a. Isto tako, bilo tko može objaviti puni tekst bez ograničenja. Dok god to ispravno pripisuju, takva duplikacija je u redu. Ako ljudi žele zaraditi novac od teksta, možda antologizirajućii eseje u uređenom izdanju, onda moraju tražiti dopuštenje. To uključuje i autora, jer kada se jedan članak pojavi u TWC, TWC posjeduje autorska prava. TWC daje dopuštenje svakome tko zahtijeva ponovni ispis, bez obzira na to tko su (autor ili ne), bez traženja novca. To činimo u duhu otvorenog pristupa. Zahtijevamo da se od urednika traži reprodukcija za profit, jer ćemo preuzeti odgovornost praćenja i informiranja autora. Da časopis zadržava autorska prava je standard u izdavanju akademskih časopisa. Transformative Works and Cultures – TWC (Transformativni radovi i kulture) je stoga u skladu s općom praksom. Urednici proizvodnje u tisku koji traže dozvolu za ponovni ispis će automatski doći do TWC-a, a ne autora. Zahtjev uplate za ponovni ispis je jedan od načina na koji akademski časopisi dobivaju novac. Međutim, TWC, pošto je povezan sa OTW (Transformativni radovi i kulture), neprofitnom organizacijom, i zato što želimo zadržati duh otvorenog pristupa, nikad neće tražiti novac za ponovni ispis članaka. Naš glavni razlog za to je praktičan: TWC zadržava autorska prava kako bi zaštitio svoju sposobnost dodjele dopuštenja za ponovni ispis u slučaju nestanka autora. Nadalje, predani smo otvorenom pristupu. Ako predamo autorska prava autoru, autor bi mogao izabrati da izbjegne otvoreni pristup, tako da odbije dopuštenje za ponovni ispis. To nije u skladu s misijom i ciljevima TWC-a, koji su usmjereni na slobodno širenje ideja. Zato što je Transformative Works and Cultures – TWC (Transformativni radovi i kulture) multimedijski časopis koji objavljuje snimke zaslona (screenshot), ugrađuje videozapise, i koristi hiperlinkove, te zbog toga mora biti online. PDF ne može adekvatno duplicirati interaktivno iskustvo časopisa. Nadalje, zato što TWC ima autorska prava pod Creative Commons Imenovanje-Nekomercijalno-Dijeli pod istim uvjetima 3.0 nelokaliziranom licencom, fanovi bi mogli transformirati časopis u PDF sadržaj, i tako ga napravili opće dostupnim. Dokle god dokument sadrži izvorni URL originalnog izvora, i sve dok osoba koja je objavila taj dokument ne zarađuje novac, ta aktivnost je savršeno prihvatljiva prema uvjetima CC licence. Štoviše, TWC podržava takve transformativne aktivnosti fanova. Konačno, TWC odbacuje važnost koju akademija stavlja na printane medije. Ako stvorimo službene PDF dokumente, ti dokumenti, ne njihove online verzije, bili bi tretirani kao autoritativni samo zbog privilegije koju tiskanje ima u industriji akademske publikacije – a opet će PDF uvijek biti drugorazredni statični snimak interaktivnog dokumenta.