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Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004



I’m late to this party, but this article is fascinating and this poo poo is likely headed to the Supreme Court. Underneath the LOL, it’s really about people weaponizing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to go after their competitors...of M/M wolf erotica shared universe fanfiction...

:psyduck:

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By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


I knew right from the start that the DMCA will enable bad things but I couldn't have anticipated that.

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


Its from 1998 and needs to be redone badly, but LOL at something like that getting accomplished in 2020 in this political climate, to say nothing about Covid.

The MSJ
May 17, 2010

FYI the terrible and creepy Supernatural fandom as well as the concept of mpreg are also mentioned in that article.

Along with something called Cockgate or something? Like it was a huge scandal in the fanfic community. Someone please explain that.

Splicer
Oct 16, 2006

from hell's heart I cast at thee
🧙🐀🧹🌙🪄🐸

The MSJ posted:

FYI the terrible and creepy Supernatural fandom as well as the concept of mpreg are also mentioned in that article.

Along with something called Cockgate or something? Like it was a huge scandal in the fanfic community. Someone please explain that.
"Cockygate" was someone who wrote a bunch of erotica called "The Cocky <insert profession> here" thing and someone else wrote something with the word "Cocky" in the title and the lawsuits happened

By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


These things get progressively dumber the deeper you look into them. This may break the laws of physics in addition to the laws of good taste.

Splicer
Oct 16, 2006

from hell's heart I cast at thee
🧙🐀🧹🌙🪄🐸
digital mpreg copyright act

Splicer
Oct 16, 2006

from hell's heart I cast at thee
🧙🐀🧹🌙🪄🐸
https://twitter.com/zackvoell/status/1264369890942746625

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


It’s gonna turn into the new People Vs Larry Flynt movie.

ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


Anna Nicole Smith is going to be remembered for a long time in the context of estate law because she was rich and died with no will. But here in 2020 too much is never enough, so future generations of intellectual property lawyers are all going to know about mpreg and knotting.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

Cybergoths ahead of the curve as usual

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

Cartoon Man posted:

Its from 1998 and needs to be redone badly, but LOL at something like that getting accomplished in 2020 in this political climate, to say nothing about Covid.

Good news!

quote:

[The Copyright Office] identifies the problems as primarily affecting rightsholders—and while it is “not recommending any wholesale changes to section 512,” it recommended adjustments that would make it easier for corporations to issue takedown notices.

“While [online service providers], supported in many aspects by user advocacy groups, report satisfaction with the current operation of the safe harbors, that view is not shared by the other intended beneficiaries of the section 512 system, including authors, creators, and rightsholders of all sorts and sizes,” the report states. “... Despite the advances in legitimate content options and delivery systems, and despite the millions of takedown notices submitted on a daily basis, the scale of online copyright infringement and the lack of effectiveness of section 512 notices to address that situation remain significant problems.”

Wait, no, bad news!

InediblePenguin
Sep 27, 2004

I'm strong. And a giant penguin. Please don't eat me. No, really. Don't try.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/USATODAY/status/1264959411660914688

Whooping Crabs
Apr 13, 2010

Sorry for the derail but I fuckin love me some racoons
CDC warns of aggressive cannibal rats facing shortage of garbage to eat

ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


Hospital angrily denies snake discovered in operating theatre, insisting there was only a monkey

Bobby Digital
Sep 4, 2009
https://twitter.com/mulboyne/status/1265221836272316417?s=21

Knormal
Nov 11, 2001

Well no wonder if they're feeding it fish instead of it's natural diet of Nacho Cheese flavored Doritos brand corn chips.

ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


Minneapolis Ice Cream Truck Plays Extreme Metal, Serves No Ice Cream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brkE-Cqgx-8

By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


:black101: I would like to start a new fitness program consisting of running behind the truck while he blasted metal and maybe hurled abuse at me once in a while.

Cartoon Man
Jan 31, 2004


2020!!!!! :argh:
It’s really not even loving funny anymore!!!




https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-anomaly-weakening-earth-s-magnetic-field-seems-to-be-splitting-into-two

Don Gato
Apr 28, 2013

Actually a bipedal cat.
Grimey Drawer

Now I know the aliens are just loving with us, they're not even trying to hide anymore.

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?
How will we know when it makes people start to go crazy

By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


Start? Have you missed the last decade entirely?

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?
That's the point I was getting at

Phlegmish
Jul 2, 2011



Everyone laughed at ICP when they asked how those loving magnets work. Turns out, it was a legitimate question. I certainly don't know the answer.

jojoinnit
Dec 13, 2010

Strength and speed, that's why you're a special agent.
What's the origin of the new title?

Shugojin
Sep 6, 2007

THE TAIL THAT BURNS TWICE AS BRIGHT...


jojoinnit posted:

What's the origin of the new title?

I'm guessing the smart toilet that IDs you by your anus

Phlegmish
Jul 2, 2011



Shugojin posted:

I'm guessing the smart toilet that IDs you by your anus

[chuckling, giggling] turn on your monitor ;)

ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


Anti-porn filters stop Dominic Cummings trending on Twitter

Beachcomber
May 21, 2007

Another day in paradise.


Slippery Tilde

Uranus' unbalanced magnetic field is facilitating atmosphere loss at a high rate. Scientists think the same thing might have caused Mars to lose its atmosphere in the past.

Captain Hygiene
Sep 17, 2007

You mess with the crabbo...



Beachcomber posted:

Uranus' unbalanced magnetic field is facilitating atmosphere loss at a high rate.

Look, I've tried changing my diet but nothing seems to help.

Beachcomber
May 21, 2007

Another day in paradise.


Slippery Tilde

Captain Hygiene posted:

Look, I've tried changing my diet but nothing seems to help.

There was literally no way to phrase that sentence that wasn't a double entendre.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

That’s the Scunthorpe Problem and anyone with half a braincell has tried to avoid it for a quarter century.

Not Jack.

SpacePig
Apr 4, 2007

I'M FEELING JIMMY

Platystemon posted:

That’s the Scunthorpe Problem and anyone with half a braincell has tried to avoid it for a quarter century.

Not Jack.

From the article:

quote:

Bizarrely, the shortened hashtag #cumgate has also trended, since the first syllable is not included in Twitter’s filter list, apparently in an attempt to avoid the Scunthorpe problem applying too broadly

Agents are GO!
Dec 29, 2004

SpacePig posted:

From the article:

Open the Cum Gates!

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Agents are GO! posted:

Open the Cum Gates!

Agents are GO!
Dec 29, 2004


:cumpolice:

Eighties ZomCom
Sep 10, 2008




Man shot in backside as he ran for his life from crashed car after chase by gunmen

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Bobby Digital
Sep 4, 2009
https://twitter.com/skynews/status/1266335781775380480?s=21

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