On Fanlore, users with accounts can edit pages including user pages, can create pages, and more. Any information you publish on a page or an edit summary will be accessible by the public and to Fanlore personnel. Because Fanlore is a wiki, information published on Fanlore will be publicly available forever, even if edited later. Be mindful when sharing personal information, including your religious or political views, health, racial background, country of origin, sexual identity and/or personal relationships. To learn more, check out our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Select "dismiss" to agree to these terms.

Etsy

From Fanlore
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Website
Name: Etsy
Owner/Maintainer:
Dates: 2005 - present
Type: Store
Fandom:
URL: http://etsy.com
Click here for related articles on Fanlore.

Etsy is a large online retailer of handmade or vintage goods. A huge variety of fanworks can be found for sale, including fandom-based clothing, jewelry, perfume, fanart, and fanzines. Most sellers describe their shop as a "small business".

"Fan Art and Fair Use: One Truth and Five Myths" by Etsy staff

Once your fic is no longer on AO3 and is instead being sold on Etsy, you’re outside of community norms now. There is very little way to fully protect anything that’s on the internet. Once it’s out there, it’s out there.[1]

Stacey Lantagne, Western New England University School of Law

Further reading

Notes

References

Big text