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Got DMCAed
6 years ago
So, for anyone following me on my main twitter they've probably heard me complain about this today, but I got slapped with several DMCA takedowns for my sandshrew character Sandy on my AD, and my account there has been suspended. Needless to say, I'm unhappy for numerous reasons: I liked having an AD to talk about kink stuff without messing with my normal friends, I had a large group of people that I only really contacted through there (Slowly trying to add them to my main account, if you or any of our mutuals fit that description I'm still alive over at @urthdigger), and it's also sobering to see a place take what's basically fanart so seriously.
One could argue I deserved this. I did, after all, commission and display their copyrighted works doing very objectionable things, and it's not a parody and likely wouldn't be considered super transformative (He is, after all, still a sandshrew.) But at the same time, people make fanart all the time, even sexually explicit fanart, and it's largely considered something that while technically illegal isn't actually worth pursuing. That's the mentality I had going into this, and I can't help but feel a little upset over this while deal.
Most importantly, it's forced me to think about what I'll do with Sandy going forward. I like having him as a sandshrew. I love pokemon characters, and I know many of my friends like them as well. But at the same time, even assuming I get my AD back or make a new one, I would like to be able to share art of him without risking getting taken down again. And that means he's going to have to change.
He's probably going to wind up a pangolin, which is close enough. And I may still RP him as a sandshrew, or get sandshrew art in cases where I won't be posting it publicly. But I fear I'm going to have to make him something not copyrighted going forward to feel comfortable posting him again. And who knows, maybe I'll take this opportunity to make him more distinctive and work on aspects of his character that may have been shackled to his old creation.
One could argue I deserved this. I did, after all, commission and display their copyrighted works doing very objectionable things, and it's not a parody and likely wouldn't be considered super transformative (He is, after all, still a sandshrew.) But at the same time, people make fanart all the time, even sexually explicit fanart, and it's largely considered something that while technically illegal isn't actually worth pursuing. That's the mentality I had going into this, and I can't help but feel a little upset over this while deal.
Most importantly, it's forced me to think about what I'll do with Sandy going forward. I like having him as a sandshrew. I love pokemon characters, and I know many of my friends like them as well. But at the same time, even assuming I get my AD back or make a new one, I would like to be able to share art of him without risking getting taken down again. And that means he's going to have to change.
He's probably going to wind up a pangolin, which is close enough. And I may still RP him as a sandshrew, or get sandshrew art in cases where I won't be posting it publicly. But I fear I'm going to have to make him something not copyrighted going forward to feel comfortable posting him again. And who knows, maybe I'll take this opportunity to make him more distinctive and work on aspects of his character that may have been shackled to his old creation.
Tiko and Startide
~startide
Wasn't your AD locked? How on Earth did Nintendo find out? Also, I'm wondering if Nintendo is about to come down hard on the furry fandom. Like a quarter of furs have Pokemon fursonas that are drawn doing lewd stuff
Urthdigger
~urthdigger
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It was not locked, I liked being able to interact with strangers and meet new people on it. And given all the takedowns filed about me had a long list of other accounts... Possibly
