Fandoms screwed

[sombrefan]

Say goodbye to your fan videos, image manips and fanfic.

Assuming of course the system works.

Comments

[lexigeek.livejournal.com]

Dear God, that's frightening. You're absolutely right. Fandoms and fan artists are screwed, because with an automated system like this, it's going to pick up everything, from gross violations of copyright all the way down to someone's innocent "hey ma, look what I can draw" fan art, and I doubt the people pulling the strings are going to have the time or inclination to make judgment calls.

[g-reaper.livejournal.com]

Nah, they are all fair use, if the site owner is not making a profit.

I can't wait till this lands in court.

[sueworld2003.livejournal.com]

Oh buger1 I'm screwed!

[sueworld2003.livejournal.com]

Of course that should read 'Bugger' of course! Damn my eyesight!

[esmerelda-t.livejournal.com]

I cant see how it would work with fanfic, how would it be able to tell if I was writting fanfic, or talking about my cat Superman?

[menomegirl.livejournal.com]

Well, that sucks.

[wondersheep.livejournal.com]

Does it work on paper? 'Cause if it don't, I've got about seven spiral bound notebooks that Universal would want to see...

[kuzibah.livejournal.com]

That also assumes they want to pursue those items as copyright violations, which is unlikely, because it's costly and time-consuming and it's hard to prove that it damages their property. I mean, putting an entire episode of "Heroes" on youtube two hours after it airs is a pretty clear violation. A montage of great moments from "Naruto" set to the latest Cheetah Girls single? Not so much.

Anyway, if they were worried about these things, they'd be prosecuting already. It's not like they're hard to find with the search software that exists.