In re Kerfuffle

[rozk]

I was impressed, still am, by giogio's post about the inadvisability of bringing the Califironia authorities into the kerfuffle; one of her assumptions though is that we are in clear breach of copyright. There is a very interesting post here - pointed out to me by Rob Hansen in Making Light that argues something quite contrary and reassures me that maybe the fanfic apocalypse is not as imminent as I feared. Which leaves us with the under age stuff which is more worrying.

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[boji.livejournal.com]

The rumours of coming legislation - both in the US and the UK - make me very worried that download comms and the use of megaupload etc. are what will bring a huge wacking spotlight our way. I think if it was just a matter of fic and icons they might not waste their time (and see it as free addvertising) but they see dl'ds as loss of revenue, just as they had trouble with Tivo first launched with the option to opt out of commercials...