Basically just giving my mod blog a primary spot with a different email, so when I answer someone privately the message isn’t bounced to my old ask blog.
What The MLP Fandom can sell whatever they want SOMEONE EVEN SOLD FLESHLIGHTS And they make money yoand still will not let them sell fanart at conventions…
cute.
I’m not understanding this line of thought. I don’t see how making money off your Intellectual Property means you should then give away your IP to let others make money off…
I think you missed what the face palm was about. If Hussie wants to protect his IP, he has every right to do it. Hasbro has issued cease and desists before too. Remember the Lyra plush? That got a CaD notice.
Andrew Hussie gets showered with money from his devoted fans…
and still will not let them sell fanart at conventions…
cute.
I’m not understanding this line of thought. I don’t see how making money off your Intellectual Property means you should then give away your IP to let others make money off of it. Hussie not allowing unlicensed fanart to be sold doesn’t have anything to do with how much money his Kickstarter has gotten. In fact, allowing unlicensed fanart to be sold is actually dangerous to him from a legal standpoint, because if a copyright holder doesn’t enforce their copyright there’s a chance they could lose it. Knowingly letting unlicensed merchandise be sold can be used as legal fodder if it comes down to some sort of court-case.
I’ve seen people react to Hussie not allowing unlicensed fanart as if he’s the ONLY IP-holder in the world that doesn’t allow it. All non-licensed merchandise is illegal, and people are only “allowed” to sell it at conventions because it slips under the radar of most IP-holders. Some big IP-holders, like Nintendo, tend to view convention fanart as small-fry and not worth their time to prosecute. Others, like Disney, crack down hard when they discover unlicensed fanart. And some, like Valve, don’t really care that much about selling fanwork and sometimes reward great fanartists with jobs or putting their items in game. You never know what companies will prosecute and which ones don’t, and at the end of the day, it’s the person selling the unlicensed work that is breaking the law.
Hussie has actually been SUPER CHILL about the problem of unlicensed merchandise, giving explicit permission for the selling of original artwork and giving artists the option of talking to What Pumpkin about the licensing of their art, if possible. A lot of companies will flat out not even consider that sort of thing.
Hussie isn’t Nintendo or DIsney or Valve, either. Hussie and What Pumpkin are small independent artists and unlicensed merchandise hurts them more than big huge companies. Yes yes, he made a ton of money on Kickstarter, but he has to spend a lot of money to keep Homestuck going. Bandwidth fees, the time it takes to make Homestuck, paying the freelance artists and musicians, buying, selling, and keeping track of merchandise, these things all cost money, and the more popular you and your IP are, the more money it costs to maintain it. Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems.
So I don’t understand why “making money off of a thing you created” should equal “giving up rights to your intellectual property so fans can also make money off a thing you created.”
But then again, creator rights are something I’m intensely invested in, since my entire livelyhood revolves around me being able to make money off of my own IP and the idea of losing my copyright scares the complete hell out of me!
EDIT: I want to clarify the “losing copyright” thing as I worded that wrong! You can’t “lose” your copyright, as it is yours the moment you create something under the current copyright laws in the USA, but having the copyright and PROVING you have the copyright are two different things when it comes to the courts. Publishing on the internet makes it a lot easier to prove that you’re the copyright holder, but there’s still nothing wrong with protecting your copyright!! (thanks Max!)
I understand the line of thought. It goes “I’m entitled to what I want and fuck everyone else.” And it’s stupid.
/facepalm
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nice vest you have there nick
I’M FUCKING SCREAMING.
OH NO HE’S HOT.GIF
Oh no look what I’m going to be obsessed with again
Sure hope this gets an English release. Weh Edgeworth. :(
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askashapeshifter asked: Hope you feel better soon. Take your time. (Tea makes all things better.) That said, I look forward to the result. Be well, and be safe.
Naw I’ll be fine. Its more like my lack of sleep caught up to me and now I’m paying for it, haha. Sleep and a good meal helped tons.
Ha! So many fun voices.
Trying to follow the Tumblr breadcrumbs and find out who made this is exhausting, but a big round of thanks to whoever’s responsible. (Is it you, drkaitlyn?)
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Wee reminder to some people what happens when similar stuff is caught in the professional world. Its not pretty.
For those of you you support me, thank you for the words. Apologized to Skyraptor for the outburst already as well and we’ve come to an agreement.
For those of you pretty determined to make me feel bad about being plagiarized for money though? I don’t tolerate idiots. Poor judgement will come with consequences (Shocking, I know). Its up to HER if she wants to mend that, not white knights.
Again, when the picture is redone, I’ll be happy. I encourage it.
you should also show this http://comipress.com/article/2007/07/09/2267 since it’s not an isolated event and actually happens quite often (also shows some of the consequences)
though i’m curious what your opinion is on slam dunk taking poses from NBA photographs
Sure thing, me and Matt we actually discussing an earlier incident.
The problem here is these are not just poses, but photos. Published ones.
Someone took this photo and sold it to a magazine to be published so technically speaking, someone owns that piece of art and money was exchanged for it.
The earlier incident we were speaking of involved someone taking a photo of a building, tracing it, and putting it in the background. The main issue was the fact that the photographer took legal action against it because that photo belonged to HIM, it was not a stock photo.
Disney’s Sleeping Beauty filmed references for the characters, especially for the fight scenes. Some are pretty direct too. BUT. THEY filmed it. The reference -belonged- to them.
Sorta see what I mean?
I agree, it’s one thing if the artist took the picture themselves for reference or if it was a stock/used with permission but if poses/expressions are taken from a published work, it’s plagiarism even across mediums.
I’m glad we have the internet where works are exposed and plagiarism can be pointed out rather quickly, because sometimes it’s hard to recognize a manga work that plagiarized from say, an obscure series from over 20 years ago but on the internet there’s at least someone who’s read said old series and can identify it.
I’m curious how you feel about “abridged” series since these are amateur “comedians” who use animation/work from others/shows (sometimes for profit like on shirts or products) and say they aren’t violating anything (despite their videos being taken down on youtube constantly for “copyright infringement”) and that it’s “fair use” since it’s a “parody”? (whoa sorry that was a long question OTL) If they made their own animation then they wouldn’t have to worry about youtube taking down their videos but there’s still the issue of “intellectual property” in a way…
Like personally I feel there is a certain kind of “parody” that can bypass this but only because say a show like Family Guy actually got/gets permission from the stuff they want to parody (i.e. Star Wars) but they are “professional” in the sense that the FOX network most likely has the funds to get the rights to parody but I noticed they sometimes “cheat” by having like, “vague spiderman”… I guess in this case it’s more for those who are “amateur” or who may not be able to afford rights to say, parody mickey mouse in their work?
Hoo boy, parody is a even bigger beast, isn’t it? Its definitely stepping into sticky territory.
They do put a disclaimer in the abridged series in front of the episodes of it being non-profit. That’s a plus, yes. But whoever owns the animation is, well, in their rights to demand it to be taken down. Not all will do that. Heck, seems like some companies are completely happy for people like the Nostalgia Critic as free advertisement. I don’t know the full story about his contracts and permissions for him, so hard to say.
T-shirts is a tricky matter as well, since to my knowledge TFS doesn’t go through any licensing. Catch phrases they’ve coined are all well and good, but copyrighted characters mmmmmmight have some issues. There’s a reason why some conventions are real sticklers about fan art prints.
For example, say I wanted to sell a Discordlicious shirt. I drew the art, so that belonged to me, right? But the character belongs to Hasbro. And man, they’ve been one of the most open companies about fan stuff. As long as people play by their rules, they seem okay with it (We love fine is a great example, they have the license to make shirts, so going through them is perfectly fine). It seems they mostly only stop certain adult things and things that are mass produced.
Homestuck is another great example there. Hussie is well within his rights to deny people from selling prints or shirts of his IP. To my knowledge, he’s only fine with commissions but still prefers when permission is sought.
It all seems to come back around to asking permission.
