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Teral

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« #4 : 05-28-2003 12:35 »
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Since they killed the show, and their own website is utter crap, I fail to see how fansites could ever harm FOX profits. If they had their own kickass fansite, with pictures, sounds, merchandise links, FOX Futurama Shop, etc. I might see their point. But as it stands I can't see how a simple fanbuilt site, with fanart, fanfics and other show-related, yet fanmade, stuff can damage them. Are they trying to tell us they care for the show? 
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Strat

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« #8 : 05-28-2003 13:45 »
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I've a theory about Fox Lawyers, and it stems from Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men.' See, the lawyers just love the fans and their sites sooo much, they just want to love them and stroke them and hold them. They try and send sweet, loving words that communicate their grand affection. The problem is they try so hard it just comes of as "copyright infringement" and the word "illegal" is mentioned 87 or so times. But they love us, they really do. And the only solution is to shoot them in the back of head for the benefit of humanity  edit: fixed because SQ points out my numerous faults!
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SQFreak

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« #10 : 05-28-2003 20:32 »
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Originally posted by Strat: I've a theory about Fox Lawyers, and it stems from Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men.'
See, the lawyers just love the fans and their sites sooo much, they just want to love them and stroke them and hold them. They try and send sweet, loving words that communicate their grand affection. The problem is they two so hard it just comes of as "copyright infringement" and the word "illegal" is mentioned 87 or so times.
But they love us, they really do. And the only solution is to shoot them in the back of head for the benefit of humanity  That made no sense. Then again, I haven't read Of Mice and Men. And how do you "two so hard"?
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Spice Weasel

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« #13 : 05-28-2003 21:14 »
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It'a all about copyrights. They own the copyrights to the characters, names, logos and the ever popular and jealously guarded "intellectual properties"
The latter is so vague that it can be construed, if your last name just so happens to be "Fry", technically you are in copyright violation.
They will not stop persuing sites that infringe on their copyrights by posting pictures, writng stories or using sounds, images, graphics etc. in relation to their "Property"
It makes absolutely no difference to them if the violators, ie: you and me are good, bad or indifferent.
It's the very idea of using the copyrighted material, period.
That is something nobody can get around. As Ted Turner once said in answer to a purists question about his colorization of classic movies. I have one thing you don't, a reciept of ownership. In other words, it's mine and I can do whatever the hell I want with it.
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Unca Dave
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« #18 : 06-22-2003 17:47 »
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For information regarding US copyright law and what constitutes "fair use", go to the feds' own site at http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html. It makes for some rather interesting reading, although it's about as understandable as Swahili transliterated to Linear A!
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Teral

Helpy McHelphelp
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« #30 : 07-09-2003 13:41 »
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Originally posted by mazaite: I was under the impression that The Outlet was killed by Cashus non havus and not C&D. Due to the fact that it costs some real money to run a site with that kind of bandwith.
Plus the pain in the ass it would've been to restore the content. It was the Futurama Chronicles that was C&D'ed into oblivion by FOX. 
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