Interview with Geoff Allshorn

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Title: Interview with Geoff Allshorn
Interviewer: Susan P. Batho
Interviewee: Geoff Allshorn
Date(s): February 19, 2007
Medium: online as PDF
Fandom(s): Star Trek
External Links: effect of commercialisation and direct intervention by the owners of intellectual copyright : a case study : the Australian Star Trek fan community by Susan Batho (2009)
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Geoff Allshorn was interviewed via phone from Ketchikan Alaska in Montmorency, VIC.

The interview was included in an academic paper by Susan P. Batho which addresses the effect of the Viacom Crackdown, TPTB, and Australian fandom.

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