#Im not a lawyer

[smute]

anyway dont take this too seriously please but ive been watching an unhealthy amount of american legal dramas so im starting a list of things about the us legal system that either fascinate me or freak me the fuck out. or both.

plea bargaining. seriously? you scare someone enough and they'll plead guilty out of fear of an even harsher sentence

jury duty. nothing wrong with it per se (at least not in theory) but judging by the "ugh, mom, do i have to?" culture that surrounds it i cant help but wonder if how much the lack of motivation and interest affects a jury's decision. sure, the verdict has to be unanimous but sometimes people just wanna go home

but yeah, jury trials in general. long list of pros and cons for this one. great when you're guilty and have a good strategy, maybe sometimes not so great when you're innocent but things just dont look great

grand juries. this concept just seems utterly insane to me and tbh the more i read about it the less i understand it

police chiefs, sheriffs, judges, prosecutors, etc. being ELECTED. call me crazy but some jobs are too important. these people should not be preoccupied with the whims of voters and their own popularity

pre-trial detention. this should be a last resort

cash bail. very wild west (yay) but also very discriminatory (boo)

polygraph tests. absolute red nose clown shoes ridiculousness

civil asset forfeiture, i.e. the pigs can take your stuff

young people being tried as adults (especially since this often seems to depend on skin color)

many states having no minimum age of criminal responsibility at all

fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine. this one's fascinating because it seems so very radical at first glance, but it does make sense when considered in the context of an adversarial legal system

three strikes laws and mandatory minimum sentencing. as far as i can tell these things are universally loathed across the political spectrum yet somehow still a thing

publicly accessible sex offender registries. how is that not considered cruel and unusual punishment? especially when relatively harmless things can constitute registerable offenses

prison sentences that exceed the lifespan of an average human, especially for crimes that aren't literally murder. like sorry but that's just silly.

privately owned for-profit prisons (duh)

slavery (double duh)

oh and the death penalty obviously but that kinda goes without saying

[the-necromancer-wife]

A question regarding TWST copyright? What exactly does it mean? Since I’ve seen people use sprites and official art in banners, icons etc. Can they not do that anymore?

Hello! Technically you can use those images as pfp, banners, etc since nobody's coming from disney japan to sue you for it (it would be too much trouble, they would have to take legal actions against thousands of people lmao) but if you want to make a project like a game using the twst's assets you could face legal consequences.

So with all that being said, it's impossible that someone takes legal actions against you for making a certain character your pfp or banner, because of one main reason: The fact that the clause literally just refers as Creation of fanfiction.

Now, there are three types of ways you can use those assets: Personal, non-commercial and commercial.

Commercial, as the name suggest, is making profit from certain product. Like, for example, making a game and selling it. If you use the assets for making a fangame and then you sell that game to others you are like...super screwed. They can (and will) take legal actions for sure.

Non-commercial on the other hand, refers to the case in which you make certain thing and don't charge anything for it. Here you can put all the works made by fans for other fans (like fangames, fanfic, etc). This is what aniplex is asking not to use the assets for. And I believe the reason behind it is the fact that those works could be mistaken by the actual game if you use the actual assets.

But in the case of banners, pfp, custom handmade merch, etc it falls under the "personal" type of use. The main difference between non-commercial and personal is the presence of distribution. As long as there's no distribution of any material, it can be considered personal and, therefore, allowed to use as you please!

(Twst disclosed that commercial and non-commercial use is forbidden, but they didn't say anything about personal use. So it is fine)

Hope it helps!

Also tagging @twstassets just in case they want to share this info.

[opencharacters]

since Thailand has copyright law being Author Life+50 Years for Know Author & Date of Publication+50 years for legal entity & anonymous author and I know that most of DC & Marvel Character & Arifact from early one to 1972 is currently public domain due they are legal entity as well as Walt Disney film before 1950s ? How should I do with them since I want to use Rainbow Raider as hero divergence from his canon dc counterpart

I'm no legal expert so id suggest just reading more into your local law on the matter.

I'm from Europe so my general understanding of copyright comes from that. However i dont think you're right about dc and marvel characters from before 1972 being public domain, mainly because the legal entity in question didnt make them. The copyright came from the authors of the characters, then transfered over to the corporation.

I think the legal entity thing is like, for example how sometimes government departments put out films, those would be under the publication + 50 date.

[alocalfrog]

Can you imagine suing Boeing and coming home to find Boeing's faulty plane parts washed up in your backyard?

[gov-ontario-transit-official]

We're doing something not quite the same but it's pretty cool still.

@amtrak-official please help this reach the trainnys out there

[cali]

sorry bro i lost focus and forgot where u begin and i end i hope nothing gay happened

[kilometresrufflefuck]

hear me out the other day i woke up and was immediately hit in the face with "7 year gap narumitsu in europe where phoenix kisses edgeworth in a low moment and then tries to flee and edgeworth uses mind chess on him to get the truth out of him which is a completely normal and ordinary average way to discuss your relationship"

[datcravat]

It seems there's a new lawyer in town!!!

[wheatormeat]

Ms. Mia Fey

[kitten4sannie]

mafia san! always gets what he wants btw, especially when it comes to playing with his favorite toy ♡

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“Look at me, baby, yeah, like that,” San whispers down to you, his breathy voice hardly reaching you past the sound of the loud, crackling fire blazing away behind you within the lavish living room of the estate, though you’re far too focused on the shlick sounds of San’s hand rubbing eagerly along his stiff, dripping cock to really hear what he’s saying to you. He presses a finger into the underside of your chin, tilting it up. “You look like you want something, princess. Use your words, will you?”

“I want to touch you, sir, please let me?” you ask, not even recognizing your own pathetic voice. When did you get this desperate for someone as dangerous as Choi San, the trusted head of the Park Estate? Your legs and feet start to grow numb underneath you from being in that same position for so long, encouraging you to lean forward, resting your head against his bare thigh, your eyes wide and full of need, feeling his muscles contract underneath your cheek as he tossed his head back, his fingers squeezing around the base of his throbbing erection. “I’ll be good, sir, I promise…”

Growing hotter by the second from the raging fire nearby and his pretty plaything quite literally begging on her knees just to put her hands on him, San opened up his heavy fur coat to expose the entirety of his naked body, his pretty tan skin glowing underneath the low light of the room. He gave you a smug sideways smile, angling his cock down to lightly smack it against your heated cheek, making you gasp. “Be good and spit on my cock, then, princess.”

Swallowing down the rest of your dignity, you pursed your lips, letting a few strings of saliva drip down onto the head of his cock, watching him eagerly lube it up, your cunt pulsating like it had its own heartbeat. His curved length was thick and heavy inside San’s slick hand, decorated with prominent veins that all led to the reddened, shiny tip. Your blushing face was mere inches away from it, admiring the way San continued to pleasure himself, from gripping at his swollen balls to running his fingers over one of his perked nipples. Not being able to do anything was simultaneously killing you inside but keeping the fire lit inside your core, and San knew that. That’s why he controlled you in this way.

“Does my pretty doll want to be even prettier for me? Hm? Does she want to be a good toy for me?” San hummed out in between heavy breaths, a few drops of sweat falling off of his jaw and wetting the fur of his coat, all the while thick beads of pre-cum pooled out of his slit and dripped down the swollen head of his cock.

“Yes, please,” you voiced desperately, your dilated eyes flitting from his pulsing cock to his fiery gaze, tears starting to blind your vision from how bad you wanted to taste the saltiness of his pre-cum on your tongue, drool escaping from your parted lips.

Chuckling softly at you, he reached down to slip his fingers into your hair, tugging you towards him just as his moans began to grow louder, taking his time as he painted your beautifully pitiful face with his hot load, making sure not to miss your glistening lips, smearing the last few dribbles of cum over them to finally give you a taste. That’s all it took for you to shudder and fall completely apart before him, falling forward into his bare lap, your mind spinning. You really were his toy, operating only for his own pleasure, which in turn had become your own, somewhere along the way.

San’s eyes resembled crescent moons, his smile only growing wider. He had molded you into the perfect pet.

“That’s my good slut. Now, it’s time to bend over and take what I give you.”

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© kitten4sannie, 2024.

[mr-kiwi-the-wizard]

Legally speaking, you cannot be arrested for a crime you haven't committed.

Therefore, you get one kill.

Use it wisely because you won't last long after taking it.

[muisley]

late for his date.....

[mint-mango]

potential eye strain warning!

[weirdmageddon]

the same person who leaked the no fly list earlier this year just published (to clarify, published, not found herself) 2600 pages of email communications from 2019-2021 between known hate groups and conservative officials in the government and their intentional effort to dehumanize trans people. not making this shit up. holy fucking bingle moment

the contents are summarized on the page

i dont recommend looking through this for your own sanity but this should be spread everywhere, they’re caught in 4k happy womens day yall <3 clear proof of transphobes in both hate groups and government positions collaborating to manufacture and incite moral panic to strip away human rights starting with trans people. it’s all laid out here, in their own words. we now have proof, hard evidence, that trans people were never “overreacting” to their rights being stripped away (which i never doubted for the record of course but you know other people definitely do).

[valtsv]

i love the phrase "actionable threat". like i could do it.

[chemilico]

It'll go into the skeleton collection in the closet