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[heidi]

Required reading for the HP fandom, these days.

Especially you, tabithajones! She says, btw, that her 1997 article is outdated. Can you squee?

Comments

[frances-potter.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link, Heidi, it was very interesting to read. I wonder what the views of places like Yahoo might be if they were threatened legally for carrying slash on their servers?

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

They're located in Sunnyvale, California - I don't know what that city's laws on discrimination based on sexual orientation are, though.

John?

[ex-ajhalluk585.livejournal.com]

Well, presumably they wouldn't be threatened for carrying slash explicitly, they would be threatened for carrying material in breach of trade mark/copyright and the least meritorious examples would be cited as reasons why the total set of "infringements" could not be justified under any fair dealing usage. This would neatly sidestep the whole question of sexual orientation discrimination (which, incidently, definitely gives people no rights in the UK, if a cause of action can be brought there)

[hermorrine.livejournal.com]

Sunnydale is in the Bay Area (San Francisco for those that don't know), and that entire area is extremely liberal and queer-supportive, so I doubt that would be an issue.

[queerasjohn.livejournal.com]

That's my best answer, Heidster. :) AFAIK www.ageofconsent.org has some resources, but I don't at the moment have a comprehensive list. It's more a "places I'd be willing to live" sort of thing :D

--J