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quinloki · 10 months ago

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I'm going to oversimplify here, because I'm tired and I don't give a shit.

But I remember writing fanfic back when FF.net started, and I remember consuming every scrap of legalese regarding copyrights and trademarks, and anything else even slightly related.

Not just because I wanted to write fanfic but also because I wanted to write some OG stuff and I wanted to know what my legal rights were. I was fuckin' nobody and had no money for a lawyer.

Long story short because I don't want to get all nitpicky - if fan fiction was truly illegal Ao3 wouldn't have lasted a year without being buried in litigation.

Disney alone would've buried them.

Every author quoted as saying it's illegal is a fucking numpty and a troglodyte.

Authors Convinced Fanfic is Illegal/Requires Permission

Terry Goodkind: “Copyright law dictates that in order for me to protect my copyright, when I find such things, I must go out and hire lawyers to threaten these people to make them stop, and to sue them if they don’t.”

John Scalzi: “Let's remember one fundamental thing about fanfic: Almost all of it is entirely illegal to begin with. It's the wild and wanton misappropriation of copyrighted material”

Diana Gabaldon: “OK, my position on fan-fic is pretty clear: I think it’s immoral, I know it’s illegal, and it makes me want to barf whenever I’ve inadvertently encountered some of it involving my characters.”

Robin Hobb: “Fan fiction is like any other form of identity theft. It injures the name of the party whose identity is stolen.”

Anne Rice: “I do not allow fan fiction. The characters are copyrighted. It upsets me terribly to even think about fan fiction with my characters. I advise my readers to write your own original stories with your own characters. It is absolutely essential that you respect my wishes.”

Anne McCaffrey: “there can be no adventure/stories set on Pern at all!!!!! That's infringing on my copyright and can bear heavy penalties…indiscriminate usage of our characters, worlds, and concepts on a 'public' media like electronic mail constitute copyright infringement AND, which many fans disregard, is ACTIONABLE!”

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro: “No. Absolutely not. It is also against federal law.”

Lynn Flewelling: “Whether you are writing about Seregil or Fox Mulder or Sherlock Holmes, if you do not have legal permission from the author, their estate, or publisher, then you are violating US copyright law. It is creative piracy. Doesn't matter how many disclaimers you put on, or if you're being paid. It. Is. Illegal.”

Someone Else, elaborated in the notes

#There's so much nuance to the laws too #you can't trademark dark elf #because dark and elf are common words #you can trademark DROW #and that's why you don't see it used much outside of the company that has the trademark #Even house of mouse couldn't trademark mickey and mouse #unless it's both words associated with the distinct shape and character of that particular mouse #they have no legal legs.#Most people Annie Piss Rices went after just didn't have enough money to win against her #now you start talking money changing hands #then it gets tricky #but there's still the private club rule #so there's ways around that too #g'night

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chloesimaginationthings · 5 months ago

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FNAF Michael refuses to be gaslit on “THE BITE OF 83”

#myart #chloesimagination #comic #fnaf #five nights at freddy's #michael afton #vanessa fnaf #fnaf vanny #fredbear #fnaf 4 #security breach #fazbear entertainment #fnaf fanart #literally like what is fazbear entertainments damage BAHA #IDK if you guys know this #In the pizzaplex era the in universe cover up for the bite of 83 #is literally Fredbear eating burgers #it’s on arcade cabinets and even irl merch #they’ve just made Fredbear a ‘hungry’ guy #which is so crazy what a way to spin Michael’s most traumatic moment #Michael here was just joking around he didn’t expect a legit answer back #Vanessa feels bad too she knows this is in poor taste..#honestly no joke I think ‘Fazbear entertainment’ is like #one of my favourite parts of the new fnaf era #you learn sm about them in subtle ways what lengths they’ll take for a quick buck #truly their only evil is their capitalism it’s great #sorry to Michael Afton again though they love to profit off your misery

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hinamie · 25 days ago

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corvidae

#my art #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #jjk fanart #jujutsu kaisen fanart #yuji itadori #itadori yuuji #blood/#yuuji #im not tagging this as spoilers idc sue me . iykyk but i dont think it's obvious enough at all 2 warrant the tag #idrk what this is sorry ive been having a hard time drawing n feeling inspired lately :'>>> so it goes #i find i tend to default to drawing birds when that happens ???#did it with gojo did it with shiro and now it's yuuji's turn ig #sometimes it's helpful to just . mess around with a whole bunch of brushes until something looks ok #and birds and feathers lean soooo well 2 playing around w brushes theyre very forgiving #flowers also kind of so i threw in some camellias bc i figured why not add More Red #i think they mean something that's probably relevant but i was more looking fr the shape of the petals #th rounded tops blend rly seamlessly with the way i rendered th feathers so i am like!!!! nice #just checked also apparently red camellias just mean love and devotion lmao should have guessed #'perishing with grace' also hm hm hm that's kind of wild with th crows #anyway i didn't put too much thought in2 this one so i won't talk fr ages about the symbolism it's all pretty much right there #anyway ty fr being patient with me im sorry draws have been slow :<#ill come out of it ill bounce back!

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razzafrazzle · 1 month ago

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enough strong bads... time for strong sads (theres still a strong bad here)

[image description: a page of drawings of a human design of strong sad from homestar runner, where she is depicted as a fat, tan-skinned trans woman with gray and brown hair pulled into a bun and multiple piercings. she is wearing a gray sweatshirt, jeans, and steel-toed combat boots, and next to her is a note stating that she is trans and bisexual and that her pronouns are she/they. next to that is a drawing of her smiling and wearing a sloshy t-shirt, and above that is a comic of strong bad poking her in the stomach and saying "even her gender is my hand-me-downs", to which she stays silently angry at him. end id]

#i really like how she came out actually. like Yeah she does look like a depressed 18-24 year old film major #i gave her steel-toed boots to sorta replicate her soolnds. sorta #and under her sweatshirt she does still have a scar from Lil Strong Bad Shenanigans #i wanted the bun to kinda be their weird lil head dollop #i imagine its a pretty loose bun so it flops around #im putting way too much thought into this. i just like strong sad :o]#doc talks #my art #homestar runner #hsr #h*r #strong sad #strong bad

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littlelightfish · 8 months ago

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Them <3

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arundolyn · 8 months ago

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today i bring you aba stimming. tomorrow? who knows

#aba #paracelsus #guilty gear #guilty gear strive #crow.gif #guilty gif #i love her so bad. fucked up silly little girlthing #huge fan of her and her illness #just hanging around. being sillay #took way too long to notice her shirt is pants it made me giggle. just chopped up some shorts and went Yeah thats a shirt #50 notes in under 20 minutes. i see were all not okay here JFJSJJFX

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spoksstuff · 9 months ago

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Home 🏠❤️‍🩹

all credits to the original artist @zaerxa on X, ig & tumblr

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd fanart #dazai osamu #chuuya nakahara #bsd chuuya #bsd dazai #soukoku #skk #skk fanart #dazai x chuuya #I think that this is dazai's flat but chuuya has made it his own too bc he loves how safe it feels being surrounded by dazai's scent #so much so that it easily lulls him to sleep #but even the other way around would work so well #dazai going to chuuya's apartment to check on him hoping to find him home and maybe already asleep on the couch looking all small and cute

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vriskan8or · 8 months ago

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let her go

#homestuck #vriska serket #terezi pyrope #vriska #terezi #vrisrezi #mic_art #screencap redraw of that one utena scene woohoo #vrisrezi and utenanthy dont share many similarities but there are some interesting parallels that can be drawn #like theyre all characters who are devoted to the respective roles they think they have #utena needs to be a prince and vriska needs to be a hero #terezi needs to cast vriska as the villain so that she can be the one to bring her to justice while anthy #is resigned to her role as the rose bride and is cast as a witch by others (and herself in a way...) to justify her suffering #im too tired to put into words all the other shit rattlign around in my brain but something something vriska society violence princes utena #something interesting to note is that in the rgu stabbing scene utena is walking to the left while is hs vriskas walking to the right #which i think is mostly a cultural difference due to english being read left to right while japanese is read right to left #changing which direction is percieved as forward #which could be read further into but could also just be the natural flow of the scene or whateevr #idk i need to peruse ohtori.nu again i looooove reading utena essays

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tubbytarchia · 11 months ago

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so ranchers huh

#sorry Im allergic to long posts but hehe uhh I wanted to post it all at once...#rancher duo #team ranchers #trafficshipping #tangotek #jimmy solidarity #double life #double life fanart #trafficblr #they are so soft and I have way too many ideas for art of them by virtue but Im gonna stop myself there #sorry if my human anatomy is awkward anywhere eugh #not terribly confident about my human art but we go all in baby #fuck it we ball as the kids say #in the way I imagine them Tango keeps his flames at bay when around people but does still walk around with his hair casually on fire #he just cant help it when Jimmy's an affectionate dog more than an avian though you know #tubby art

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spookberry · 11 months ago

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Idiot to Idiot communication

#there's a part 2 to this in my brain but idk if I'll draw it and this can stand alone fine too #danny phantom #my art #van life au #agit technically #i like when older danny grows his hair out but i could kinda see him avoiding it as a way of avoiding that evil alt future #like hes uncomfortable with how it likens back to it #but maybe having van around and seeing that alt future version try to be a better person in their 2nd chance could #ya know relieve any of that anxiety #so i wanted to illustrate them having a conversation about it #but i got stuck on thia funny beginning part #who knows if I'll get around to the serious part

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 1 year ago

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The indescribable tension between an overworked and underpaid smut writer, and his biggest fan hater.

(for @frummpets)

#SVSSS #Shen yuan #shang qinghua #cumplane #Normally I don't tag with ship names but this one is a special case.#Confession time: When I first had SVSSS described to me I 100% thought the main pairing was between these two.#The dynamic is impeccable! Even if its 'just a fan ship' I stand by it.#Sorry to the people who like to think of them as handsome pretty boys. I don't.#These guys sit in their rooms and use the computer for 90% of waking hours. They are not looking after themselves well enough for good skin #They can be cute in their own way. People with acne and missed shaving spots deserve to have their romances too.#And sloppy hate makeouts <3 #Hi Sol! I truly did whoop and holler when drawing your name for the raffle!#You've been so kind and generous towards me and I'd happy to finally have the opportunity to give back some of that joy!#Thank you so much for all your support and the incredible fanart <3 You've made my day so many times!#I hope this silly mini comic is to your liking!#Playing around with colours for this one was a blast!

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bixels · 9 months ago

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Just gonna have to wait and see, right? Just wait and see! Just gotta wait and see! Who knows, we'll just have to wait and see! It's anybody's guess, we'll just have to wait and see! The future is exciting, we just gotta wait and see!

#personal #my art #Fuck your fake ass 'i am very smart!' intellectualizing “observations” and open your god damn ears.#do something for fucks sake. it's sickening seeing videos of ai crap and seeing rows and rows of repliers using their one brain synapse #to type “wow! very exciting!” “haha this is kind of scary! but in a really interesting way!”#and then they go about their day without a second thought while creative industries burn around them #i go to one of america's top tech schools too and it's enough to make you wanna tear our your hair #every day it's seminars and talks about “the potential consequences of ai!” when the consequences are happening NOW #NO MORE DISCUSSING NO MORE INTELLECTUALIZING NO MORE SOCRATIC SEMINARS NO MORE DEBATING. ACT YOU COWARDS #people are getting hurt RIGHT NOW. stop pretending to care when you clearly don't! just be honest and say you wanna make money #my time here has really made me hate academic spaces. you people are so god damn useless and cowardly.

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andoutofharm · 10 months ago

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#added this to my pinned post too!#i know there are other codes floating around but i just got mine sent to me today and wanted to share it here so others can use it!#esims for gaza #palestine #ways to help #updated with more codes! most codes only work for your first purchase and dont always work for everyone so here are more!

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bookalicent · 3 months ago

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