Alright, a thread on the relationship between artists with power and their fans. This is regarding the JULIE AND THE PHANTOMS issue, but I& #39;ll bring in the stuff I& #39;ve written about.

As a result of this thread from @Memles, I learned about how an artist created JULIE AND THE PHANTOMS fan art, put it on shirts through RedBubble, and then an actor and a wife did something not great. https://twitter.com/Memles/status/1310083496778620928">https://twitter.com/Memles/st...

Fan art has been around for centuries and is a way fans show their love of something. It only seems reasonable there would be fan art for a show that has been out for 18 days on Netflix. Everything can find an audience.

As @Memles pointed out in the thread, the conversation between Shada& #39;s wife and the original artist is, "Hey, I made my own version, you& #39;re sooooo amazing. Can I make shirts? I& #39;ll give you a credit!"

And as someone who studies fans and the law, this feels bad.

Now I& #39;m going to contrast that to the McElroys. The McElroys generally like fan art, but they are generally opposed to fan-made merch. The biggest opposition is to stuff on RedBubble/TeePublic/TeeSpring, although fans take a more blanket opposition than the hosts do.

(For more on this issue, see my paper, "You Must Roll 18 or Higher for Your Claims to Succeed: Common Law Trademarks, Unauthorized Merchandise, and the Podcast & #39;The Adventure Zone& #39;" https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3684935)">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/pape...