Forum - View topicThe Law of Anime Part III: Defending Yourself
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Hitler hears that FUNimation and ADV are suing each other:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bagaUNWz8Sc |
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samuelp
Industry Insider
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Honestly I'm not so convinced that the Hitler Responds to video series rise to the level of fair use... They're usually at least 5 minutes of nearly uncut footage from the original film with the only addition being the reimagined subtitles, and more importantly the subject matter being commented on is almost always completely unrelated to Hitler or the film itself. Rather, a better defense for those videos might be to try and claim that the Hitler Responds To meme has become so prevalent in society at large that it, in itself, has become its own IP, detached from the original movie, as the 1000s of videos people have made have basically taken on an entirely new life of its own. (That defense would almost certainly lose in court but it would win in my heart ) |
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acetatsujin
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.. Get a VPN. Don't use more than 30 seconds of whatever content you want to use in your videos ... and you should be fine. If you're going to do anything on the internet that will probably disturb your peace of mind, get a VPN and no one will know what the hell you're doing over the Internet.
Like those who are able to view my IP through here, you won't know where I am really located from. I can connect to a lot of other IP addresses that are simply used by other users like me ... so you won't be able to trace me. Yea. It's awesome. It is literally impossible. |
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crosswithyou
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Sorry to be nit-picky but...
Under Parody and Satire
comments Under Fair Use
weighs Anyway, another interesting article and I'm looking forward to the last part! |
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DomonX2
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You take this **** WAY too seriously. I admit, some of it is stupid, but you have to remember is a PARODY/ABRIDGED series and not supposed to be like the show. Also, Yu-Gi-Oh and DBZ sucked ASS long before TFS/Little Kuriboh. |
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ColonelYao47
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Thank you for an excellent and accessible take on the legality of certain activities within anime fandom.
In an earlier part regarding cosplay, you mentioned ways where public performances of a work would be considered infringing copyright. Does this extend to fan-made skits based on said work or the experience of watching said work? Smosh's Death Note video comes up to mind as an example of this. P.S., I love that your avatar is Godot. Nice touch. |
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ChibiKangaroo
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Creating a fan made skit based on a protected work would be the creation of a derivative work, which would likely be infringement. At that point, the question would be whether or not fair use/parody or another affirmative defense applies, or whether the copyright holder actually cares to come after you. The act of watching such a work, in and of itself, is not infringement. Infringement stems from taking some action generally consistent with copying, creating, or distributing (simplifying things a bit). Downloading or making available for download falls under copying and/or distributing, for example. However, if someone else is performing or showing something and you are simply watching, it is unlikely that you would be in trouble, unless you know it is infringing and are contributing to them in some way such as monetarily. |
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