somehow tim has found a way to even ~further~ maximize productivity during quarantine.
I am legit going to show this to anyone who ever says to me"Disney is not a bad company! They're loved and inspired children for decades".
Yeah?
Well they are now stealing those inspired works
First up, the link, so chill already: https://disneytermsofuse.com/ Your relevant and terrifying passage(s) are the entirety of Section 7. Go read it. I’ll wait.
Now. First thing to understand is that the legal language within the new TOS *implies* that Disney is only referring to people who use its services, people who clicked and agreed to this new TOS. But it’s implication only. That’s not what this TOS actually says.
This TOS spends a lot of time defining fanworks, or as they call it, User Generated Content.
They want to make it clear that,
a) You totally have the right to make User Generated Content (UGC) all you want.
b) You can put that UGC anywhere you want, whether they own the site or someone else does. What matters is that you’ve put that UGC in a publically accessible place…like, oh, AO3.
c) Disney spends a few breaths saying that the creator of the UGC owns the copyright to that UGC…except if you read those words carefully, they’re not guaranteeing you anything, because THEY own the copyright.
d) Disney then says, since they own the copyright to your UGC, they can literally do anything they want with it. They can steal it, crib it, use the entire thing as their own, make money off of it, reprint it, ANYTHING–and you do not get credit. You do not get paid. You do not get acknowledgement. You might get a DMCA telling you take down your UGC because it is now *their* content that they’re selling and how dare you steal from them. (No, I’m not kidding.)
e) Nobody seems to know a fucking thing about this.
f) The bullshit on Twitter over May the Fourth was just a smokescreen, sorry. https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/28/21238909/disney-star-wars-maythe4th-hashtag-copyright-contract-twitter
Disney doesn’t want your Tweets. They just wanted to see who was paying attention, and how, and if they could get away with it. (Yes, they did go after someone who reposted Disney’s own tweets. No more information on that yet.)
g) Yes, you should absolutely take this seriously. You should be terrified, because how many fan content creators have the bank to fight this if their “copyrighted content” that Disney specifies is still *their* copyrighted content is stolen? OTW exists for this very reason, but this is fucking Disney. They. Own. Almost. Everything. In. The. Corporate. United. States. Entertainment. Industry.
h) No, your MCU, Star Wars, Pixar, Disney animated films, ANY such fanworks, are not safe. If Disney likes it, they will take it. If you say they can’t, they’ll point to their new site-wide TOS and say that they can. Is that legal? Don’t actually know, but think about who’s in the White House right now. Think about who he’d support. Yes, the Library of Congress and the House of Reps are supposed to be in charge, but how long until we could push for them to deal with/fix this shit?
i) Yes, Disney is probably trying to steal content in order to survive the pandemic, seeing as their major sources of revenue (parks and movies) aren’t happening right now.
j) Yes, I will be removing my Star Wars content. I didn’t work on that fucking story for nearly 20 years just for some corporate shill to fucking steal it.
k) Someone who currently wishes to remain anonymous has pinged an OTW peep to see if they’re aware.
l) If they weren’t so specific to point out that they really do mean Any Public Place, I wouldn’t be so concerned…but it doesn’t. This isn’t just about their services. This is about the entire fucking internet.
That’s it. You guys now know everything I know, so no, I wouldn’t be able to answer any of your questions. I suggest spreading the word, if only so someone else with more information can step up and reassure us that Disney can’t do what they believe they can do…
…but it’s fucking DISNEY. They nearly destroyed Public Domain in the United States over fucking Mickey Mouse a hundred years ago. Do you really think they’re going to say, “Oh, sorry, our bad” about this?
What the actual fuck. Like Seriously? Fucking seriously? The system isn't broken my ass
RIP Aiyana Jones, who was killed in her sleep by police 7 years ago this week. black kids deserve to grow up too. #BLM
You play with fire.....You get Burned.
Fucking....this just this whole thread is like me in a nutshell
something that people really dont understand about ADHD is that we dont “jump from one idea to the next”
we have very fast, very associative minds that connect ideas. we have a train of thought, it just goes WAY faster than yours!
example: im thinking about dogs. that makes me think of pitbulls, which makes me think of an animal planet show i enjoy. the show connects to tv in general, which makes me think of my favorite cartoon. i associate my favorite cartoon with art and animation, and i wind up thinking about shading techniques.
TL;DR: having ADHD is kinda like playing a lifelong game of 7 Degrees of Kevin Bacon
A short thing about “weird triggers” inspired by this that I’ll end up deleting later honestly-
You can reblog this but like... don’t fuck around??? I won’t hesitate with the block button on this I swear to fuck I won’t.
Fanart I made while watching @marblecantus‘ Cardfight stream today. Had such a great time watching, even if I didn’t know what was going on lol. (If you see this again marble, Thanks for the stream!!!)
Ready? Go!!!!!
Stream art I did for @snapscube Super Monkey Ball Adventure stream.
the queen of Oz is a trans lesbian and she’s dating Dorothy
Hi I'm Daniel! 19, He/Him. Chef by trade but a child at heart. I post pics of my art or the food that I make
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